or title [tittle] shall fall unfulfilled, and the spirit of the Lord will
bear testimony unto you that they are true when you read
these lines. And I would exhort you, bro. to be
true and faithful unto the Lord your God, call upon him
in mighty prayer, follow the dictates of his holy spirit and
his blessings will increase upon you daily, and the spirit of
the Lord will be like fire shut up in your bones and your
testimony will be strong and powerful before your fellow men
and you will be enabled to say of a truth that you would
rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God and associate with
the Lord's anointed than to partake of all the pleasures that
are found in the tents of wickedness.
It is your privilege to constantly enjoy the —to know the mind and will of God concerning you
day by day—to be led by the whisperings of the Holy Spirit
in every act of your life. This spirit will reveal to you
every snare and trap, or evil of any kind that an enemy,
whether it be men or devils shall lay for your feet, and will suggest
a way for your escape.
What great blessings the Gospel of Jesus Christ vouchsafes
to all who obey its simple precepts and keep the commandments
of God; yet how few place themselves in a position to appreciate
these things. But I will stop preaching with my pen and
refer to some items of news.
From the specimen you sent me of the contents of the
American Biographical dictionary, I judge there will be a wide difference
between it and the new American Cyclopedia in carrying inteligence
or tittle shall fall unfulfilled, and the spirit of the Lord will
bear testimony unto you that they are true when you read
these lines. And I would exhort you, bro. to be
true and faithful unto the Lord your God, call upon him
in mighty prayer, follow the dictates of his holy spirit and
his blessings will increase upon you daily, and the spirit of
the Lord will be like fire shut up in your bones and your
testimony will be strong and powerful before your fellow men
and you will be enabled to say of a truth that you would
rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God and associate with
the Lord's anointed than to partake of all the pleasures that
are found in the tents of wickedness.
It is your privilege to constantly enjoy the Holy
Ghost—to know the mind and will of God concerning you
day by day—to be led by the whisperings of the Holy Spirit
in every act of your life. This spirit will reveal to you
every snare and trap, or evil of any kind that an enemy,
whether it be men or devils shall lay for your feet, and will suggest
a way for your escape.
What great blessings the Gospel of Jesus Christ vouchsafes
to all who obey its simple precepts and keep the commandments
of God; yet how few place themselves in a position to appreciate
these things. But I will stop preaching with my pen and
refer to some items of news.
From the specimen you sent me of the contents of the
American Biographical dictionary, I judge there will be a wide difference
between it and the new American Cyclopedia in carrying inteligence