“Then they that feared the Lord, spake often one to another.”
From Sister Crandall.
BRO. WHITE: With a thankful heart I wish to write a few lines for the Review. I can say to-day that I thank my God for what he has done for me, and for what he is still doing. I am striving to keep the commandments of God that I may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. I want to live so that when Jesus shall come, I can meet him with joy, and not with grief. This world is not our home. If we are only faithful a little while longer we shall reach the land of rest.
Let us search our hearts as with a lighted candle and see if they are right; and if not make haste to set them right.
Let us have on the whole armor and fight manfully the good fight of faith. I am willing to become anything or nothing for the sake of Christ. I want to be weaned from the world. I will strive to make heaven my home. It is my determination to walk in that straight and narrow path that is cast up for the ransomed people of God to walk in. I want to hold out faithful to the end that I may meet you all where parting can never come.
Your sister striving to overcome.
ELIZA C. CRANDALL.
Scio, N. Y.
MYRTA E. STEWARD
By Myrta E. Steward
From Sister Steward.
Bro. White : Thinking that perhaps there may be some who would like to hear from me, I take my pen to write a few words for the Review. I can say that I am still striving to serve the Lord by keeping his commandments and adhering closely to his word. I do thank him for the light of present truth, and my great desire now is, to be sanctified through it and made fit to dwell with all the pure, loving ones who will be in heaven. When I look within, this often seems next to impossible, and were it not for Jesus; I should at once pronounce it so. The great work that lies before me is not to be done in my weakness, but in his strength; and, praise his holy name, it is sufficient. I feel to put my trust in him.
Many dark, lonely days and months have I seen, but I feel that the Lord has worked for me and I want to glorify him not only with my tongue but in my body and my spirit which are his. I thank and praise him for the gift he has placed in the church for our good. I have the utmost confidence that God is with his remnant people, with the third angel's message, guiding and upholding it, and I do desire to be one of those whom God is sanctifying to himself. How unworthy I am of a place among them, but I believe it is his good pleasure that even I should come and take of the waters of life freely. How condescending and of long and tender mercy the Lord is!
I feel that it only discourages without benefitting me by dwelling on the past. Henceforth I desire to redeem the time, always be found in perfect union with the body and their closing work of mercy, and by the help of God I will be. I am now trying to look up, and O how good it is! My Father is there, always ready to encourage. I love him, but oh, not half enough. I want to please him, to obey him in all things, for he has done and is still doing great things for me.
I would here say to those who think "the Review people have nearly ruined her" (should this meet the eye of any such) that by the blessing of God they have been the means of bringing me to see light in his light, to escape the woe of those who put darkness for light and light for darkness, and of giving me a view of myself as I am and I hope when my heart shall have been sufficiently humbled, that what I have learned will yield the peaceable fruits of righteousness, and if I continue faithful, give me that sanctification which will make even me a fit companion of saints and angels.
I love very much these dear Brn. and sisters who have dealt so faithfully with me, through the Review. It would cheer my heart to hear from Brn. and sisters in Mackford, Marquette, and other places where I am acquainted, once more. I would say to them, look up. Take courage. Eternal life! O what a treasure! Far above millions of worlds like this, is immortality to one poor soul. Let us be faithful. I cannot express my feelings; and I am not half awake to the dreadful solemnity of the times in which we are living. In the judgment—Jesus drawing nigh, signs fulfilling, earth's drama nearly closed. Oh let us be faithful to God, that we may soon shout victory! with all the redeemed ones. I earnestly beg an interest in the prayers of God's dear children.
Your unworthy sister striving for eternal life.
MYRTA E. STEWARD
Mauston, Wis.
WM. T. HINTON
By Wm. T. Hinton
From Bro. Hinton.
BRO. WHITE: I would say to my brethren and sisters scattered abroad that I still love the narrow way. I am still striving to overcome desiring to meet them all in the Heavenly kingdom. I believe, that it will not be long, if we are faithful, before we shall be able to realize more than our poor hearts can even now desire. We are not left in darkness and doubts to stumble along through life's journey. No, no, God has described all our pathway. He has made sure waymarks that we can know our whereabouts. One of these waymarks is the peace and safety cry which we can hear all over our land, though war and bloodshed is in our midst.
Oh is it not time that we who profess to be getting ready for the return of our absent Lord and for translation into that holy kingdom should gird on the whole armor that we may stand against all the fiery darts of the enemy. I long to be of that company which the Psalmist describes when he says, "Great peace have they that love thy law and nothing shall offend them." Ps. cxix, 165.
Dear brethren, pray for me. I have many trials to contend with, as I travel the journey alone.
Yours striving to overcome.
WM. T. HINTON
Leeds Center, Wis. Aug. 30, 1863.
Imperishable.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
The kindly word in grief's dark hour,
That proves a friend indeed—
The plea for mercy, softly breathed,
When Justice threatens high,
The sorrow of a contrite heart—
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word,
That wounded as it fell;
The chilling want of sympathy
We feel, but never tell;
The hard repulse that chills the heart
Whose hopes were bounding high;
In an unfading record kept—
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do;
Lose not a chance to waken love—
Be firm, and just, and true.
So shall a light that cannot fade,
Beam on thee from on high,
And angel voices say to thee—
These things shall never die.
[All the Year Round.
Longing for Revival and the Latter Rain
By Asa Hayes
From Bro. Hayes.
BRO. WHITE: Although we find ourselves in a world of care, disappointment, sin, and death, I feel thankful to my heavenly Father that we are living in a time when the weary and worn pilgrim can scripturally look for his returning Lord. Although we are entering the perils of the last days, and bordering the time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation on the earth, I am glad that my confidence is growing stronger in the God of Israel. In him will I trust; and as I see the clouds arise that indicate a dreadful storm approaching, I pray the Lord that I may be hid in his pavilion till it be overpast.
It cheers my heart to hear of the prosperity of the cause of present truth in some places, and I really wish that we could have a revival among us here in Little Prairie.
I have a strong desire to get ready with God's people, to receive the latter rain that is soon to be poured out upon the remnant, to prepare them to sound the loud cry of the third angel's message. I long to see the church stand where Solomon saw it, clear as the sun, fair as the moon, and terrible as an army with banners, and then they will present one solid front, that the enemy cannot penetrate. They will be able to move on toward mount Zion.
Brethren and sisters, let us humble ourselves at the feet of Jesus, and cry mightily for strength to stand through the time of trouble that is right upon us.
I still remain a humble seeker for immortality at the appearing of Jesus.
Asa Hayes.
Little Prairie, Wis.
Extracts from Letters.
BRO. J. Weeks writes from Tabor, Iowa: BRO. WHITE: Since the fall of 1857, myself and family have been endeavoring in an imperfect way to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, although there has been only one family within our acquaintance that to our knowledge have kept the Sabbath of Jehovah. Is not this fact an alarming one? Only two families within a circuit of probably twenty-five miles keeping the seventh-day Sabbath. It is indeed astonishing to me, that professed Christians can excuse themselves from such an open and evident violation of God's commandments. Nowhere in God's word is there a command found to observe any except the seventh day—the Sabbath of the Lord. It is a matter of regret to us that we have not Sabbath and meeting privileges, especially on account of our children. But we are thankful for the Review richly laden with sacred truth. I have felt the necessity of late of praying more fervently and frequently, that I may find Him whom my soul loveth, and thereby dwell beneath the shadow of his wing.
SISTER H. R. Pierce writes from Liverpool, Ohio: I wish to say that I am striving to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. I feel that God owns me for his child. The thought of the soon coming of my Saviour lifts me above the vanities of earth. Although I have come in at the eleventh hour I want to work diligently; and the language of my heart is, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do. We read in the word of God, He that gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad.
I am thankful Bro. Waggoner came to our place and faithfully preached the truth. I think the word spoken is at work in the hearts of the people. There seems to be an inquiry What do the Scriptures say about these things? May the Lord lead us by his Spirit.
SISTER M. M. Castle writes from Lapeer, Mich. : I am still trying to overcome. Although weak, I know that God's grace is sufficient for those that will trust in him. I mean to try more earnestly to lay aside every weight and the sin that doth so easily beset me, and run with patience the race set before me. When I view my own heart and see what I am by nature, and what I must be in order to be received to those mansions that Jesus has gone to prepare for the faithful, I fear and tremble. Let us gird on the whole armor and fight manfully the battles of the Lord.
BRO. C. G. Campbell writes from Oronoco, Olmstead Co., Minn. : I would say that the Review, and the cause it advocates, and the truths it contains, are very dear to me. When I review my past life, and think what my condition was when the sound of present truth first came to my understanding, I am astonished to think that I did not see it before, reading my Bible every day with the same truths before me. But I thank God that it was in his providence to send Brn. Allen and Andrews to Minnesota. It was through them that I heard the truths of the third angel's message preached. Since then I have been trying by assisting grace to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus; but I see, upon self-examination, that I have made some crooked paths. I feel to retrace my steps, and strive more faithfully to walk in the narrow way that leads to life everlasting. I rejoice that it is only a little longer when, if faithful, we shall receive the reward of eternal life, and a crown of never-fading glory, and be possessors of an inheritance in the new earth. Unto this end I am striving to be an overcomer.
Business Department.
Business Notes.
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RECEIPTS.
For Review and Herald.
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Cash Received on Account.
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The Bible from Heaven, . . . 25 5
The Three Angels of Rev. xiv, 6-12, particularly the Third Angel's Message, and the Two-horned Beast, . . . 15 4
Report of General Conference held in Battle Creek, June, 1859, Address on Systematic Benevolence, &c., . . . 5
Sabbath Poem. False Theories Exposed, . . . 5 1
Illustrated Review. A Double Number of the REVIEW AND HERALD Illustrated, . . . 5 1
Nature and Obligation of the Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment. Apostasy and perils of the last days,
In German, . . . 5 1
In Holland, . . . 5 1
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TWO CENT TRACTS. Institution of the Sabbath--Sabbath by Elihu--Infidelity and Spiritualism--War and Sealing--Who Changed the Sabbath--Preach the Word--Death and Burial--Much in Little--Truth.
THREE CENT TRACTS. Dobney on the Law--Milton on the State of the Dead--Scripture References.
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Appointments.
Annual Meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association.
The third annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association will be held in Battle Creek, Mich., on Friday the second day of October, 1863, commencing at 9 o'clock A. M., for the election of officers and the transaction of all other business pertaining to the interests of the Association.
At this meeting it is proposed to make certain changes in the By-laws, as follows: In Art. ix, Sec. 2, in the first line after "All voting" strike out—"except for an adjournment" and insert in its place—"for the election of officers." Add to the section after the representation of our printed ballot, "All other voting to be done as the President may direct."
In Art. ii. Sec. 1. after the words, "shall be elected" in the fifth line, strike out all the remaining portion of the sentence closing with the word, "year" and substitute in lieu thereof "every year at such time and place as may be determined by the last meeting of the Association or announced in the call for the meeting." In the last line of the same section after the word, "until" insert "three weeks after."
In Art. ii. Sec. 13. Strike out all the remaining portion of the section after "The Association shall elect its editors," and substitute in lieu thereof, "at each yearly meeting, whose term of office shall continue until three weeks after their successors are elected."
In Art. v. Sec. 2. after the words, "this Association," in the second line, strike out "held in one of the autumnal months," and at the close of the fourth line strike out "and this" and insert in lieu thereof "or announced in the call for said meeting, which."
To Article xi add the following: "Sec. 2. No money paid to the Association for shares or donations, nor interest or profits arising therefrom, shall be subject to withdrawal, but shall be, and forever remain, a part of its funds, to be used in accordance with sec. 1, of this Article."
JAMES WHITE,
G. W. AMADON,
URIAH SMITH,
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH,
E. S. WALKER,
WM. HALL,
I. D. VAN HORN.
Trustees.
P. S. We would add that this is to be merely a meeting of the Association for the transaction of business. There will be no conference held in connection with it, and no especial religious exercises. Brn. White and Loughborough of the trustees, are now East, and are not expected to be present at this meeting; but the above-mentioned changes are proposed with their suggestion and concurrence. The reason for these changes will be apparent to all. It is that we may accomplish the voting on all business matters with more convenience and dispatch, and also that the meeting of the Association may not be confined to any particular season of the year, but may be held at any time in connection with other gatherings, as, for instance, our General or State Conferences.
Trustees.
Ills. and Wis. State Conference.
The State conference for Illinois, and Wisconsin, will be held at Avon, Rock Co. Wis., the first Sabbath and Sunday in October next. Churches will be represented by delegates, each church sending letters of commendation by their delegates. The balance of tent pledges will be expected. Brethren should come prepared in part to take care of themselves. But let none stay away on this account, as provisions will be made for all the needy. Come one, come all, praying that the Lord will meet with us, and that steps may there be taken for the advancement of present truth.
There will be teams at Brodhead at the arrival of the cars on Sixth-day Oct. 2d., at 4 P. M. to take such as come by R. R.
ISAAC SANBORN,
WM. S. INGRAHAM,
JOSEPH G. WOOD.
Conf. Com.
Providence permitting, I will meet with the church in Otsego, Mich., Sabbath, Sept. 26, at 10½ o'clock, A. M., and also on first-day, if the brethren desire.
And as I have been requested, I will meet with the churches of Colon and Parkville, at their monthly meeting in Vicksburg, Sabbath, Oct. 3, at 10½ o'clock, A. M.
John Byington.
Providence permitting there will be a Quarterly Meeting in Charlotte, Mich., to commence Sabbath, Oct. 10, and continue over Sunday.
Mich. Conf. Committee.
The next quarterly meeting of Seventh-day Adventists of Roxbury, Vermont, will be held at the schoolhouse near my residence, on the first Sabbath in October next. The scattered Brn., and sister churches in this region are invited to attend.
Stephen Pierce.
Sept. 11. 1863.
Answer to Inquiries
By Editor
W. T. HINTON: For an answer to your inquiries, we refer you to the article entitled, "Experienced Religion," from R. F. Cottrell, in No. 3, of the present volume.
Death of Elder Joseph Marsh
In the Millennial Harbinger of Sept. 16, 1863, we find the following: "We learn by the Rochester Democrat of yesterday that Eld. Joseph Marsh died suddenly, at his daughter's residence, in Tecumseh, Mich. He went from the Ind. Conf. to Tennessee, and there contracted the disease which resulted in his death."
Quarterly Meetings
QUARTERLY MEETINGS.—We are now approaching the season when several of the messengers will so far change their fields and modes of labor, tent season being nearly over, that it will be practicable to resume Quarterly Meetings in this State to some extent. Brethren who wish Quarterly Meetings in their localities, will therefore please make known their desires by sending in word to the Review Office, and they shall be supplied as far as possible.
MICH. CONF. COMMITTEE.