360
Evangelism
that woman as a worker.... It is a nice work to hunt up the sheep and
to make every exertion to bring them in. It will take time to rid them
of all their strange ideas and erratic views, but we must be patient and
not drive them from us. God is working with them, and as I look over
the past I see discouragements just as great that we have had to master
and still have to contend with as in old England.—
Letter 50, 1887
.
God Will Care for the Faithful in England—Accompanied by
Brother S. H. Lane, we went to Risely, a small town about forty miles
from London. Here Brethren Lane and Durland had been holding a
tent meeting for four weeks. The tent seated about three hundred, and
in the evening it was full, and a large number stood outside.
My heart was especially drawn out for this people, and I would
gladly have remained longer with them. Of the audience it could be
said, There were honorable women not a few. Several of those had
commenced to keep the Sabbath. Many of the men were convinced
of the truth; but the question with them was not whether they could
keep the Sabbath and have the conveniences and luxuries of life, but
whether they could obtain bread, simple bread, for their children. Some
conscientious souls have begun to keep the Sabbath. The faith of such
will be severely tested. But will not He who careth for the ravens care
much more for those who love and fear Him? God’s eye is upon His
conscientious, faithful children in England, and He will make a way
[419]
for them to keep all His commandments.—
Historical Sketches of the
Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, 163
(1886).