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Daughters of God
We came here [Tramelan, Switzerland] last Friday, and the Lord
has given me some precious tokens for good. I spoke with much
freedom to our brothers and sisters from
Malachi 4:6
. The Lord spoke
to hearts. Abel Guenin, who has been discouraged for a long time
and had taken no part in the meetings, broke down and confessed
his wrong, his indifference, and his discouragements. Said he would
no longer remain in the place he was then in. He would come into
harmony with the church and do his duty in the fear of God. The tears
ran down his face while he talked. His mother, [who] has taken no part
with the church and has been much prejudiced against anyone from
America, spoke for the first time. She bore a good testimony.
A young man, a baker employed by Oscar Roth, made a humble
confession. The Spirit of the Lord was indeed in our meeting. A sweet
melting power was there. After meeting, we had a praying season in
Brother Roth’s house for the son of Brother Guenin. I prayed while
Brother John Vuilleumier interpreted. The blessing of the Lord came
in and the young man with tears running down his face shook hands
with his sisters and confessed his wrongs. It was a precious season
indeed....
My mind goes to you, Martha, in Torre Pellice [Italy], and I believe
that yourself and husband should attend the meeting of the conference.
We want to see you, and we want to see you trusting fully in the
precious Saviour. He loves you; He gave His life for you because He
valued your soul. I had a dream not long since. I was going through
a garden, and you were by my side. You kept saying, “Look at this
unsightly shrub, this deformed tree, that poor stunted rosebush. This
makes me feel bad, for they seem to represent my life and the relation
I stand in before God.” I thought a stately form walked just before us,
and he said, “Gather the roses and the lilies and the pinks, and leave
the thistles and unsightly shrubs, and bruise not the soul that Christ
has in His choice keeping.”
I awoke; I slept again and the same dream was repeated. And I
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awoke and slept and the third time it was repeated. Now I want you
to consider this and put away your distrust, your worrying, your fears.
Look away from yourself to Jesus; look away from your husband to
Jesus. God has spoken to you words of encouragement; grasp them,
act upon them, walk by faith, and not by sight. “Faith is the substance
of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11:1
.