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The Eyewitness: Inspired to Give Testimony, August 8
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also
may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the
Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:3
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The work begun in feebleness and obscurity has continued to increase and
strengthen. Publishing houses and missions in many lands attest its growth. In
place of the edition of our first paper carried to the post office in a carpetbag,
many hundreds of thousands of copies of our various periodicals are now sent
out monthly from the offices of publication. The hand of God has been with
His work to prosper and build it up.
The later history of my life would involve the history of many of the
enterprises which have arisen among us, and with which my lifework has been
closely intermingled. For the upbuilding of these institutions, my husband
and [I] labored with pen and voice. To notice, even briefly, the experiences of
these active and busy years would far exceed the limits of this sketch. Satan’s
efforts to hinder the work and to destroy the workmen have not ceased; but
God has had a care for His servants and for His work.
In reviewing our past history, having traveled over every step of advance
to our present standing, I can say, Praise God! As I see what the Lord has
wrought, I am filled with astonishment, and with confidence in Christ as
leader. We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the
way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.
We are debtors to God to use every advantage He has entrusted to us
to beautify the truth by holiness of character, and to send the messages of
warning, and of comfort, of hope and love, to those who are in the darkness
of error and sin.—
Life Sketches, 196
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