p. 136 | Review and Herald, Vol. 34, No. 17. (10/19/1869)

Earlier text: BE SURE YOUR SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT

D. T. SHIREMAN

By D. T. Shireman

From Bro. Shireman.

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: I still feel a desire to live the truth in my daily walk, so that when the Lifegiver comes, I may take hold of eternal life, and dwell with you in the city of God. But simply a desire to live the truth, or a desire of a home in the kingdom, will never bring us into the heavenly land. It is a daily warfare, a continual work. We have no time to lay aside our Christian armor, no, not for a moment. We must “watch in the darkness and watch in the day;” it is our Leader’s command to watch. Watch for the signs of his coming, and while we are watching, oh! let us not forget to pray.

We are in the perils of the last days. Do we realize it as we ought? I fear we do not. It is necessary that we examine ourselves daily. How much do we value the truth? Do we think more of the truth than everything else? If not we need not expect to go through. It will take all to obtain eternal life. There is a stormy future before us. Satan will do all he can to keep us asleep.

“Pilgrims, on! the day is dawning; Strike your tents and homeward haste; Sleep not while the blush of morning Calls you on the desert waste. Though the way be dark and dreary, Life’s sharp anguish must be borne; Courage, then, ye faint and weary, Linger not to weep and mourn.”

We should be thankful that there is a little time left us to prepare for the coming glory. Will we improve the golden moments as they are passing by? or will we allow them to pass as the idler does? There is not a moment to spare. We all have prayed for light; the Lord is sending us light through the REVIEW, and our publications. Are we trying to read as we should? Dear brethren and sisters, this reading matter has cost many weary hours of toil. Let us work while the day lasts, and be found at our post when Jesus comes, is my prayer.

Your brother in hope of eternal life when the Saviour comes.

D. T. SHIREMAN

Linn Co., Iowa.

Testimony From Sabbath Keepers

By Roswell Peck

From Bro. Peck.

With the dear saints and truly tried ones, I wish to bear testimony in humble love to the value of present truth, together with my thankful acknowledgment of the REVIEW, sent me by some of the dear sacrificing ones. May the Lord reward them, and make it according to his word, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

I will thank my God always for the rich treasure of holy light that is emanating from present truth, of which a fresh supply is weekly visiting the hamlets of the poor, as well as the mansions of the rich. Yes, I thank the Lord that it comes to me. Although I may never see Bro. and Sr. White, and scores of others of the ministers of God, yet their teachings through the REVIEW are daily helping me to sanctify the Lord God in my heart.

May the Lord grant me grace whereby I may so strive that I may be crowned in the day of reward. There are seven of us here who keep the Sabbath. I believe we dearly love each other. We are in perfect harmony with the body, and indorse all the developments of the third angel’s message. We have two meetings in each week, and the Lord blesses us. Praise his holy name.

Pray for us, dear brethren, that we fail not of the grace that shall be delivered at the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

ROSWELL PECK. Franklin Co., Vt.

A Call for Labor in Kansas

BRO. ADAMS writes from Jeff Co., Kansas: I hope you will remember the state of Kansas, and send a messenger to proclaim the way of life and salvation. I think this would be a good place for labor. If any people need to know the truth, they do here; for they are spiritually destitute. If a course of lectures could be given here this fall or winter, a suitable house could be had, and proper arrangements made. If a messenger can come, a notice in the REVIEW will be sufficient.

Encouragement from Hurricane Grove

By Sr. Vedder

SR. VEDDER writes from Hurricane Grove, Wis: I am one of the lone ones, and feel that the REVIEW is my stay and staff. It is a great source of comfort to me. The sermons are just what I need, living where I do. I am trying to convince others, by letting them have my paper and what books I can get. I attended the Quarterly Meeting in Waterloo, the 11th and 12th of September; the Sabbath was spent in fasting, prayer, and confession. It was a solemn time, and one long to be remembered, for the blessed Saviour met us, and I received so much light and strength that I feel encouraged to go on and learn the whole truth, and be an overcomer at last.

Walking With God.

By Bonar

Two men in Scripture are said to have walked with God—Enoch and Noah; and the one was carried up that he should not see death, the other was carried over the waves of the flood. They walked by faith. All the different parts of man's natural life and movements are used by the Spirit to symbolize the spiritual. “My foot standeth in an even place.” “I will not sit with the wicked.” “I will lay me down in peace.” “Run with patience the race set before you.” I have leapt over a wall.” “These are exceptional movements: the regular movement of a man's daily life is his walking. His whole life, in all its movements, small and great, are comprehended in this.

In walking in Christ these four things are included:—

Reconciliation.
Abiding.
Fellowship.
Obedience.

This walk on earth is through storms and trials; but there is another walk when this is ended; and when the Lord comes “they shall walk with me in white”—the walk of peace, and triumph, and glory—when the Lamb shall lead us to the living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes.—Bonar.

Appointments.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

THERE will be a Quarterly Meeting of the Tittabawassee, St. Charles, and Chesaning churches, at Chesaning, Nov. 13, 1869. We extend an invitation to the Owosso church; also to all others wishing to attend.

J. O. THOMPSON, Clerk.

QUARTERLY Meetings in Minnesota: At Pleasant Grove, Nov. 6; Greenwood Prairie, Nov. 13, 14; Pine Island, Nov. 20, 21; Deerfield, Nov. 27, 28; Shelbyville, Dec. 4, 5; Jo Daviess, Dec. 12, 13; Tenhassen, Dec. 18, 19; Riceland, Dec. 25, 26. At such places where ministers are present, preaching meetings will commence at half-past ten each day.

STEPHEN PIERCE.

The Fire Which God Has Kindled in His Anger.

Moses tells us that God has kindled a fire in his anger that shall burn forever, and shall set on fire the foundations of the mountains. Deut. xxxii, 22. Such a fire is now burning in the interior of the earth. Recently I copied the testimony of a correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune concerning the great lake of fire in the Sandwich Islands. Here is an article from the “Christian Almanac” for the year 1869, that is well worthy of an attentive perusal.

“VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.”

“In March and April of last year, one of the two great volcanoes of Hawaii, Mauna Loa, was the scene of an unusually violent eruption. It commenced late in March; on the 28th, one hundred earthquake shocks were felt, and during the two weeks following to April 13, two thousand more. The devastation was chiefly in the south part of Hawaii, and especially in the district of Kau.

“At Waiahinu the earth opened in many places, and a tidal wave sixty feet high rose over the tops of the cocoa-trees for a quarter of a mile inland, sweeping human beings, houses, and every thing moveable before it. A terrible shock prostrated churches and houses, and killed many persons. In all, one hundred lives were lost, besides a thousand horses and cattle. Half a million dollars’ worth of property was destroyed.

“The craters vomited fire, rocks, and a river of red-hot lava five or six miles long flowed to the sea at the rate of ten miles per hour, destroying every thing before it, and forming an island in the sea. A new crater two miles wide opened, and threw rocks and streams of fire a thousand feet high. Streams of lava rolled to the sea.

“At Waiahinu a conical island rose suddenly, three miles from the shore, emitting a column of steam and smoke. It is 400 feet high, and is joined to the main land by a stream of lava a mile wide.

“The greatest shock occurred April 2. Prior to the eruption, there was a great shower of ashes and pumice. During the great shock, the swinging motion of the earth was dreadful, so that no person could stand. The earth rose and sank, and its surface rolled like the ocean in a storm. In the midst of the tremendous shock an eruption of red earth poured down the mountain, rushing across the plain three miles in three minutes, and then ceased, leaving a mass of earth, rocks and mud, covering eight or ten square miles, and from four to fifteen feet deep. Then came the great tidal wave, and then the stream of lava.

“The summit and side of a hill, fifteen hundred feet in height, are said to have been thrown a thousand feet over the tops of trees, and landed in the valley below.”

Value of the Truth.

This does not consist merely in the fact that it enlightens the mind. The truths of the Bible are well understood by Satan, yet he is by no means benefited thereby. He has no love for the truth, and no mind to obey it. The truth of God is that by which he sanctifies men. They purify their hearts by obeying it. The truth which God thus uses is the great battle-ground between the forces of good and of evil from age to age. But God has taken care that his truth shall not be mere theory. There is something to it always for men to obey. And so it will be found that there is a strong disposition on the part of many to shun those truths which call for self-denying obedience, and to make up for it in advocating such truths as have no special acts of obedience connected therewith. The Psalmist says: “Thy law is the truth.” Ps. cxix, 142. And again, verse 151, he says: “All thy commandments are truth.” This kind of truth is intensely practical. Every word of it is to be obeyed. But the fourth precept of God's law is so distasteful to men, that few are willing to obey it. This great truth, therefore, relative to the creation of the heavens and the earth, which can never become obsolete, and which places one grand duty upon us to obey, is strongly opposed and resisted. In place of this, many persons make mere theory, as that of the nature of man, the great subject matter of their preaching. This is a capital error. The cross of obedience is avoided, but the heart is left with little benefit.

Plans for the Coming Season

By James White

We spent last Sabbath with the church at Battle Creek, and enjoyed some freedom in speaking upon 1 Pet. iv, 18. There are some reasons to hope for a better state of things here.

We are very weary from incessant labors, holding camp-meetings in distant parts of the field, one each week, and decide not to travel more till next camp-meeting season, which will open the first of June, with a camp-meeting in Iowa. We are still undecided whether to spend the winter in Greenville, Mich., or Washington, Iowa. A few days will decide this matter. At present, friends will please address us at Battle Creek, Mich. JAMES WHITE.

“The Two Covenants.”

By Roswell F. Cottrell

I HAVE read the tract recently published with the above title, and am fully satisfied with the exposition. It makes the matter so clear that every one who will thoroughly investigate it must see the truth. I never was satisfied with the ad captandum-vulgus argument that the old covenant was the ceremonial law. The “first covenant had also ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary;” but these ordinances were not the covenant. The present tract finds the making and ratifying, or dedicating of the first covenant with blood; and there can be no mistake about it. There is but one thought that I could add to it, and that is not essential to the argument. And that is, that one of the “better promises” of the new covenant is “the promise of eternal inheritance.” Heb. ix, 15. This, however, is implied in the promise, “I will be their God and they shall be my people.” In making a similar promise in the old covenant, the promise of an inheritance is also implied; for the Lord added, “All the earth is mine.” Ex. xix. 5.

I hope the friends of truth will take an interest in circulating this tract, and also the “Sermons on the Sabbath and Law,” which includes it. The other sermons I have not yet found time to read entire; but have no doubt that it is a pamphlet destined to do much good. Who will share in the profits by circulating it where it is needed? R. F. COTTRELL.

How the Wicked Shall Perish.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

Ps. xxxvii, 20, is a very plain, simple statement with regard to what shall become of the wicked, and how they will end. “But the wicked shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.” First, here is a positive declaration that the wicked shall perish. Every one knows the commonly accepted meaning of that simple word perish. A man perished in the storm or in the sea—a sheep perished in the snow—a man perished in the desert. When a thing has perished it is no more. So says David, “the wicked shall perish.” But lest some should mistake his meaning, he next proceeds to illustrate how they shall perish. “The enemies of the Lord,” says he, “shall be as the fat of lambs; they shall consume: into smoke shall they consume away.” As, means like unto. The fat of lambs is tallow. We make candles of tallow. Here stands a candle; I light it; it begins to consume, and it continues to consume away into smoke till the candle is entirely gone, and not a particle of the fat is left,—it is consumed away into smoke. Like this the enemies of God are to perish. If this illustration be true, then the wicked will finally be burned up and consume away into smoke, like the candle made of the fat of lambs.

D. M. CANRIGHT.

Sigourney, Sep. 23.

Fame Founded on Unhappiness

Much of most men's fame is undesirable, being founded on their unhappiness.

Business Department.

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