THE third angel's message is the gathering message which God has sent to gather his people into the unity of the faith, and it will accomplish the object for which it is sent. God has long foretold by his prophets that in the time of the end the wise should understand; that the watchmen should see eye to eye when the Lord should bring again Zion; and he has laid the plan and ordained the means to bring out this result. His settled purpose and the means of its accomplishment being clearly revealed in his word, it is folly and infidelity to think that it will fail; and since the last message of the three has come in its order, and is to be followed by unmingled wrath upon the disobedient, we may know of a surety that this glorious result will be consummated by the present message. The word of God is infallible; and the third message consequently cannot fail, and it must be fulfilled harmoniously. It cannot be superseded by another message or revolutionized in its course. The work is onward because it is the work of God. Men may fail; they may turn away from the truth and be lost; but God's purposes cannot be thwarted. His work cannot be overthrown or impeded in its course. My heart's desire and prayer to God is that I may be found in harmony with his work; that I may willingly occupy the humble place which God has assigned me, and that I may be faithful in the discharge of my duty, and thus have a share in the work of the Lord and finally have a part with the overcomers. The Lord has no need of me to accomplish his work. The work can be accomplished as well without me as with me; but I have great need of him, and earnestly crave a part and a place with his children. The Lord is gathering his people; let us gather with him. The great apostasy has done its work of dividing and scattering, and the confusion of sectarianism has been the result. "Now the gathering call is sounding." The message has been prepared, the messenger is on his way; and he who in the beginning spake and it was done, is now addressing his people by the sure word of prophecy. "Gather
ourselves together, yea gather together, O nation not desired. Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you; seek ye the Lord all ye meek of the earth which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness, it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger."
The day of the Lord's anger is just before us; and the third angel is warning all to prepare who would be saved from it; and when this work is accomplished God's people will be one; they will have been gathered from their long captivity in Babylon and from their bitter bondage in Egypt, and can then be easily distinguished from all the rest of mankind. It can then be said emphatically, "Here are they that keep the commmandments of God and the faith of Jesus." Dear brethren let us all be found there. It will be enough to repay us for the loss of all things else. I feel to renew my covenant with you that by the grace of God I will go through with you to the end of the race.
Geo. Busk.
Parkville, Mich.
Striving to Overcome
By Priscilla Barrows
From Sister Barrows.
Bro. Smith: Permit me to say a few words to the dear brethren and sisters.
I am often encouraged and strengthened by reading the communications from the dear pilgrims, and so I will try to write a word for your encouragement. The glorious cause of Jesus lies nearest my heart. I think I can say I have some of the spirit of the third angel's message but I want a deeper work of grace in my heart that I may have on the whole armor and be doing the will of God at all times. I feel determined brethren and sisters to go with you clear "through" to the kingdom. With you I want to keep all the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus. I want to have that "holiness" without which no man shall see the Lord. I am glad that I ever embraced the glorious doctrine of the second coming of Christ, and the unconscious state of the dead. O how thankful we ought to be that we have such a medium as the Review, that we can tell our determinations and expectations. I mean to stand up for Jesus and let the world know that I am for God and truth. We live far from any that keep the Sabbath and should be glad if some of the faithful servants would come this way with the third message. I think some would embrace the truth.
Your sister striving to overcome, that with you I may be numbered with the 144,000.
Priscilla Barrows.
Bridgewater Vt.
JOSEPHINE E. WOLCOTT
By Josephine E. Wolcott
From Sister Wolcott.
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS. It has been about ten months since I commenced keeping the Sabbath of the Lord, which I do truly feel is the right day to keep. We also have abundant proof that it is in God's holy word.
I commenced keeping the Sabbath after hearing Bro. Bates deliver a course of lectures. When he first came to Eaton Rapids, I had many wrong feelings towards him, for which I now desire to be forgiven. Previous to his coming, there had been a protracted meeting held in our place. I thought certainly he would destroy all the good that seemed to have been done. However I thought I would go and hear what he had to say, but went with a strong determination not to believe. After I had been a few evenings I saw that all he said was from the Bible and also harmonized. The truth he presented came with a convincing power that I was not able to resist. I do feel to thank and praise God that it did. Before Bro. Bates came, there were four of us that thought we had been converted from the error of our ways; but we now began to be in doubt; for we had not Bible truth enough to sustain us. It did seem that Bro. B. was sent to give us meat in due season. I have no desire to turn back to the weak and beggarly elements of the world, for I feel that all earthly pleasures are fleeting, and of short duration; but my desires are to press onward and upward. O brethren and sisters let us be faithful, and ours will be eternal life; and when Jesus comes we shall be admitted into those mansions that are prepared for all that love him.
Yours in hope of eternal life.
JOSEPHINE E. WOLCOTT
Jackson, Mich.
A Growing Sabbath Church
By Thomas Harlow
From Bro. Harlow.
DEAR brethren and sisters: More than five years have passed since we came West. Words cannot express the sorrow of our hearts at parting with those of like faith. Often have we thought of those precious seasons of worship we have enjoyed together when God manifested his presence by his holy Spirit and blessed us. When we came here, in all this place, for more than thirty miles around, we could find but seven that kept the Sabbath; and some of them had but little light on other parts of the message. The next fall Brn. Butler and Hart came here and held some meetings. Again, Brn. Waggoner and Andrews were here with the church one day. Their labor of love much edified and strengthened the brethren. A short time since Bro. Sanborn came here, and stopped two days, laboring in word and doctrine to the joy and rejoicing of us all. We now number nineteen. I believe the desire of every one is to do right. We have good meetings, and often do we witness the tears flowing down the cheeks of some when pleading with God to help them to overcome. Though some have turned aside, those that are faithful grow strong in the Lord. Down here in the end of time, we do well to heed the apostle. He says, "I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."
We see that Jacob was named Israel because he prevailed with God. So we see that the promise is in Christ. Him that overcometh, saith the Lord, will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out.
We believe this to be the last message; if the last, then it is accomplishing the work of the last. "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereunto I send it." Isa. lv, 11.
"Oh! awful thought, and is it so?
Must all mankind the harvest know?
Is every man a wheat or tare?
Me for that harvest, Lord, prepare?"
Your unworthy brother striving to overcome,
THOMAS HARLOW.
Horicon, Wis.
Holding Fast in Isolation
By Editor
Mrs. A. Egbert writes from Midland, Mich.: "I have not seen one Sabbath keeper in over 5 years, but my faith is still the same as when I was with them, and I hope that I may once more see one of like precious faith."
Note. We trust that the example we have of persons holding on to the truth though far away from any of like faith in the midst of opposers, will encourage others to likewise stand fast for the truth, who may be similarly situated.—Ed.
Extracts from Letters.
Sister L. M. Locke writes from South Milford, Ind. : "I am requested to inform you that some of the people here are anxious to have some of the messengers come here and give a course of lectures. Bro. Waggoner gave one discourse at South Milford last winter, but left the neighborhood the next morning. One man said he would have given him five dollars if he could have heard him lecture one week. Another one that heard him lecture, said a short time ago, if one of the Sabbath brethren would come and give a course of lectures here he would give him ten dollars. There appears to be an anxiety on the part of some to hear the truth. If any brother should come to South Milford, they will find a home with J. W. Learned, who lives three-fourths of a mile from South Milford."
How to Keep the Sabbath.
BRO. SMITH: As we all agree in commencing the Sabbath at sunset, I wish with your permission to ask Bro. J. N. Andrews through the Review, How shall we determine definitely when it is sunset? Shall we decide by clocks and watches, or (if fair weather) by watching the setting sun? In a cloudy evening, can it be sunset when it is so light that one can read or write from fifteen to twenty-five minutes, with ease, at a window?
These questions do not arise in my mind because brethren and sisters commence the Sabbath too early, but because I fear some close it too early. I sometimes find Sabbath-keepers in the same neighborhood, who consider the Sabbath past from twenty to thirty minutes earlier than others do. It seems to me there should be union on this point, and that while some think that the Sabbath does not close till quite near dusk, others should not think there is near one hour after its close before dark.
Yours in love of the truth.
A. S. HUTCHINS.
REPLY. The above questions may be properly answered by each Sabbath-keeper. The difficulty exists, not in the subject, but in ourselves. If the fear of God is before us as it should be we shall have no difficulty in refraining from all worldly business until we are sure that the Sabbath is really past. Alas, that a spirit of carelessness should have come over the commandment-keepers. God claims the Sabbath as his; let us see that when we render to God the things that are his, we do not rob him in the offering. Let the close of the Sabbath be our season of evening family worship. We shall find it an excellent preparation for the commencement of worldly business, and a wholesome restraint against carelessness in closing the Sabbath.
J. N. A.
Meetings in Wis.
By Isaac Sanborn
BRO. SMITH: I want to say for the encouragement of the brethren and sisters that the Lord is still at work in Wisconsin. Sixth-day, Jan. 13th, I commenced another series of meetings at the Ban school-house, Rock Co., Wis. On the Sabbath we met together in the school-house at Avon, four miles west of the Ban school-house, where I preached a short discourse, after which about thirty pointed testimonies were borne in favor of the truth. Five more decided to go with the commandment-keepers to mount Zion. I then continued my labors at the Ban school-house till first-day evening, when the house was so crowded that the people were uncomfortable, there being twenty-five or more that had to stand while I spoke about one hour from 2 Tim. iv, 2, 3. I was then told that one more had decided to keep the Sabbath. Second-day morning, before I left, two more followed their Lord in the ordinance of baptism.
Dear brethren and sisters, the cause is onward in Wisconsin. Praise the holy name of the Lord.
ISAAC SANBORN.
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