Bro. White: My interest is still with those who are keeping the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus. It has now been thirteen years since I first embraced the Advent cause and the third angel's message. I am glad I have had experience as long as I have. I have enjoyed many good seasons, and been blessed temporally and spiritually; for in keeping God's commandments there is great reward. Godliness is profitable in all things, having a promise of this life, and that which is to come.
When I first believed in our soon coming Lord and Saviour, I expected the second coming would take place before this time; but when we consider the magnitude of the great and eventful day, and that God is of long-suffering toward his creatures, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, we see that he is not slack concerning his promises. Let us in patience possess our souls, and not be weary in well-doing; for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. I want to be sanctified, soul and body, that I may be prepared for eternal life in the kingdom of God.
The Review is a welcome messenger. It is all the preaching I have now. Its pages are consoling and edifying. I feel to sympathize with those who have been foremost in the cause, in their afflictions, and hope and trust God will restore health again, that they may be a blessing to the cause.
DAVID UPTON.
Genoa, N. Y.
Obituary Notices.
DIED, in Deerfield, Steele Co., Minn., Sept. 23, 1865, of typhoid fever, Roxy E. Bates, daughter of Willis and Elizabeth Bailey, in the 25th year of her age. Her friends mourn not as those without hope.
W. M. ALLEN.
DIED, in Deerfield, Steele Co., Minn., Nov. 25, 1865, of congestion of the lungs, Malvina A., eldest daughter of Josiah H. and Esther P. Warren, aged 19 years, 8 months and 9 days.
W. M. ALLEN.
DIED, in Spaulding, Sag. Co., Mich., of consumption, Nov. 14, 1865, Caroline E. Davis, aged 49 years and 8 months. She died rejoicing in the hope of the soon coming of her Saviour.
GEO. L. DAVIS.
DIED, of dysentery at Bowne, Kent Co., Mich., Sep. 30, 1865, Agnes L., daughter of James and Alvira Aldrich, aged 2 years, 4 months and 4 days.
JOHN L. EDGAR.
DIED, of dysentery and lung fever at Bowne, Kent Co., Mich., Francis, son of Isaac and Elvira Green, aged 2 years and 1 month. Sister Green mourns but is comforted with the blessed hope that she will soon meet him in the kingdom of God. May the father have the same hope.
JOHN L. EDGAR.
Dr. Dick on Endless Misery
Dr. Dick, in adverting to the doctrine of endless misery, thus candidly expresses his convictions : "When I consider the boundless nature of eternity, when I consider the limited duration of man, I can scarcely bring myself to believe that the sins of a few brief years are to be punished throughout a duration that HAS NO END."
When Good Men Fall Out
When worthy men fall out, only one of them may be faulty at first; but if such strifes continue long, commonly both become guilty. But thus God's diamonds often cut one another, and good men cause afflictions to good men.
SARAH A. DOUD
By Sarah A. Doud.
From Sister Doud.
BRO. WHITE: I have been waiting for some time to see a word from Vassar in the Review, but as no such word has as yet appeared, I thought I would write, that the brethren and sisters of the faith might know that there is a company of Sabbath-keepers in Vassar.
We number about thirty, and trust we are growing in grace and in the knowledge of the truth. This church is the fruit of the labors of Brn. Van Horn and Canright. We refer to the Mich. Tent with glad hearts, and thank God for the light of the truth he sent us through his messengers; and that he gave us willing hearts to receive the truth and he saved. Our way grows brighter each day, and our Bibles more precious. We search the Scriptures, and of a truth find therein the words of life, and that they do testify of Jesus. We shall hail with delight the return of these brethren, as if has been some eight weeks since we have heard the word preached. We hold our meetings of prayer and praise every Sabbath morning, and Bible-class in the afternoon. They are precious seasons to us all. We are happy to hear from our brethren and sisters through the land, and the words of good cheer that come to us through the Review. We feel grateful to our Father for all the blessings he so lavishly bestows upon us.
Pray for us that we may fight the good fight of faith, obtain the victory, and be saved with the remnant who have kept the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. In hope.
SARAH A. DOUD
Vassar, Mich.
Encouragement from Norridgewock
A PRIVATE note from Bro. Cornell, dated at Norridgewock, Me., after he and Bro. Andrews had returned to that place to dedicate the new meeting-house, states that they found things there in a much better state than they expected; that the meeting-house is the best finished and best arranged of any that he has seen among our people; and after stating other items of encouragement, concludes as follows: "The battle goes well. Praise the Lord."
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Note from Bro. Lawrence.
By R. J. Lawrence
BRO. WHITE: My last report was from home, Sept. 14, since which I have been at home until the 28th of November, when I started for Gratiot. On the morning of the 15th, on getting off the cars at St. John's, I met Bro. Canright aiming for the same point, since which time we have been together as you will see by his report. Next Sabbath and first-day we shall be at Seville. Then we shall separate, he to go to St. Charles and Tuscola, and I to return here and spend another week, and then to Ithaca to labor a short time there.
R. J. LAWRENCE.
Alma, Mich., Dec. 14, 1865.
Request.
By Prudence Gay
Bro. WHITE : We have often requested that some of the brethren would come this way and preach; but there never has been any one nearer than Saline, and that was some time ago. We think that good might be done here. We still hope and pray that some servant of God may be directed this way, for we are very lonely. There are two of us trying to keep the commandments. Will some one please come?
Your unworthy sister, striving to overcome.
PRUDENCE GAY.
Milan, Monroe Co., Mich.
Notice to Sabbath-Keepers
By L. C. Tolhurst
Notice.—I would say, for the benefit of any Sabbath-keeper that may pass through Cleveland, that you will be received with a glad heart at our residence, 105 Erie street, Cleveland, Ohio.
L. C. Tolhurst.
Appointments.
By R. J. Lawrence
No providence preventing, I will meet with the church in Wright, Mich., Jan. 6, 7.
Will some one meet me at the Rapids on the afternoon of Thursday the 4th.
With the church in Caledonia, Jan. 13, 14.
Will some one meet me at the Rapids on Thursday the 11th. The church in Bowne will meet with us.
With the church in Vergennes, evenings of 16, 17.
" " " " Fair Plains, 20, 21.
" " " " Bushnell, (if necessary), 23, 24.
" " " " Orleans, 27, 28.
" " " " Orange, 30, 31.
" " " " Tyrone, Feb. 3, 4.
R. J. LAWRENCE.
Mission to the Freedmen
By Editor
IN the last issue of the Voice of the West, we find the announcement that Eld. J. V. Himes and H. K. Flagg departed for the South on their mission to the freedmen, Dec. 1. They evidently do not wish to remain long, as they request the prayers of their brethren that they may be "succeeded" in their mission.
Talking to Mourners
From the following paragraphs which we clip from the Gospel Herald, we should judge that singular efforts were sometimes made in the "Christian" denomination in the way of proselytism. Under the heading of "Talking to Mourners," it says:—
"Here is where common sense is frequently outraged. Pounding men between the shoulders, pulling and shaking them, &c., is an unpardonable folly. If religion is to be mauled or squeezed into men, better at once thrust them under a forge-hammer, or put them through a rolling-mill.
"Telling mourners that they have religion if they only knew it, and believed it, is telling a hard story. If that be true, perhaps, they always had it, and did not know it,—perhaps thousands have it, and don't know it—perhaps the highwayman has it, and does not know it. Nay; when a man's sins are pardoned, he will know it, and others will know it. When a burden of sin is taken away; when disease of the soul is healed, the effect is a sensible and happy one.
"We should talk to a mourner at the altar just as we would talk to him any where else. With solemnity, earnestness, directness, forbearance, tenderness, kindness, simplicity, we should point him to Christ, to Calvary, giving him such instruction, encouragement and comfort as his case may seem to require."
Beecher’s Views on Future Punishment
THE recently published views of Henry Ward Beecher on future punishment, in which there is a leaning to Universalism, are causing much discussion.
Secret Prayer
Much of a Christian's spiritual strength lies in secret prayer. Nothing disarms Satan and weakens sin like this. Secret prayer is like Jacob's ladder, where you have God descending into the soul, and the soul sweetly ascending to God. Secret duties are very soul-enriching.
A Boy’s Criticism of Preaching
FATHER Bushnell, of Vermont, used to say that the best criticism he ever received on his preaching, was from a little boy who sat at his feet, looking up into his face, as he was preaching in a crowded house. As he was going on very earnestly, the little fellow spoke out, "You said that afore."