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INTERESTING LETTERS

DEARLY BELOVED PASTOR:

Greetings in our dear Lord’s name!

There is in my mind a blessing for which I have become filled with the desire to convey to you my appreciation and gratitude. I refer to your suggestion, regarding the words, “What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me.” That these be our first waking thoughts.

What a holy joy and assistance has resulted in my case! The moment I open my eyes in the morning I repeat it, and as you say, it is a glorious beginning of the day. To me it seems one positive evidence that a heart is really the dear Lord’s when we desire from the earliest moment of the day forward to its end, to earnestly prove our love and loyalty to Him. One very sweet thought in connection with this is that it seems a tightening of heart-bonds, to know that at about the same hour every morning our prayer ascends with that of our faithful Pastor, whom many of us, by the dear Lord’s grace, have come to love with an unspeakable tenderness.

Yes, dear Brother, I agree with you that the present finds us having a very good time, with the peace of God in our hearts and all the joy of the Holy Spirit. As we pray for you, we desire your prayers—dear Brother Erb and I. With fervent Christian love, Your Sister in Him,

MRS. JONATHAN R. ERB.

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MY DEARLY BELOVED PASTOR AND BROTHER:

Greetings in the Lord! I wish to briefly express my growing appreciation of the Berean Questions on the Scripture Studies. Have been using them in connection with my daily reading in the second, third and fourth volumes. I tried not using them for about five days, thinking that I hardly needed them for volume four, but since I have taken them up again, I appreciate them more than ever. They help to emphasize important points which I otherwise might loose. How thankful I am for this further help which seems to me is also “meat in due season.”

The TOWERS are so helpful and encouraging. May you be even more richly blessed in your work and labor of love is my prayer.

Please accept my hearty thanks for the helpful colporteur letter and the beautiful little pin. Sister Anna also wishes me to express her thanks for the HEAVENLY MANNA she received.

My mother and sisters join in extending to you very much Christian love. In His Dear Name, L. GILLESPIE.

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— March 15, 1913 —