Gods Messenger (Newspaper) - November 17, 1921, Elk, Kansas ELK NOVEMBER 1921 PER YEAR LEHER with a heart love and joy today that we send forth another little message to good sisters and friends who have been so kind and tous Curing every trying and grateful to ev ery 4ne you who have helped to keep the Messenger either with your offerings and times We wonder if the Messenger should and go to our knees to talk to our Father about and He gives us the as surance that the work of the Messenger is not finished Along comes hundreds of letters which in part read like this The Messenger must live on The Messenger must not stop The Messenger is a feast to my and I cant do without it The Messenger is like being in a revival TKe Messenger keeps me encouraged to go I have it to encourage me The Messenger was the means of me receiving the baptism I like the Messenger because of its un compromising stand for the truth and That is only a few of the many aging thoughts in letters we re and we feel that if our ef forts will prove a blessing to a few souls and keep them aged to press on and the agement will keep them from losing their souls we have done a thing for We are not in the least dis although last weeks business was next to the poorest in several but it seems like it has brought us closer to God and we feel that God is go ing to mightily undertake for us and move in a mysterious wayl Keep holding onto God for the and we are sure that God will reward you for your It has been stated by some that they wished they had the income that Stinsons I dont wish you did because or at least most of would not put up with it very Es if you had to the burdens and persecutions that I have bear and have some gossiper going a round telling that we are getting rich when we are paying out ev ery month more than we take ill things Some may think there is no expense ning a business and because a fellow takes in or he is getting I wish I could tell you in words so you could understand just our expenses but if I would do a lot of you would run around and tell that we are extravagant when every cent that is spent is going for In the first we have interest 4o pay which is getting to no little next we have to pay insurance to pro tect our creditors and taxes to which all told amounts to per not counting any thing in the way of buying to keep the work If it does some people any good to lie I never could see where the benfit There are a lot of preachers as going to have to give an account at the judgment how they are knock ing the or any gam ng they are welcome to it but I want to say right her that God has stood by the Messenger and nev er has failed it yet and for 14 years the mailing list has con to till the past six months when so many were out of work and did not have the money for Just because we are putting out 400 less than we did does not discourage because we are not for nearly every paper in the country is in the same Weve got a pretty good mailing list so dont you were only getting We only consider it the miraculous hand of God over us to keep us in the condition we are in owing to the awful con dition and turmoil the world is Let fight the battle on a while The battle will soon be over and we will come out conquerors thro Him who has promised to bring us up through great tribulations with our robes made white in the blood of the I am just praising God this day for Salvation that keeps us close to and keeps us re and praising God mo by and keeps us to speak words to that are still walking in dark and Glory to ijam so glad that I can work the vineyard of my Lord that may in some way lead a soul to Christ and that my God and Father may also be I prayers of the Messenger Sister in Bertha truly praise God for what He is to I thank Him for Rjs power and I am so glad y that He can really save and keep lis Praise His precious I praise Him for grant ing us our little one in our She is sick and I ask all who read this to pray for I promised if He would grant fter to I would trust Him for the and I never have her a drop of medicine one where they never get to hear the I havent heard the word preached for over a but I keep trusting Him how soon I I would love to hear when Cook comes to Ponca City for if I know when he comes I want to go if it is the Lords will You do not know how it me to think I am not close enough to go to church once but I want to hold to Gods unchanging I want you to pray for my dear husband for he is out in sin again and it grieves my soul so much to see him living that but I am going to strive and try by the help of God to live the life He will have me live and raise my little one tip to love the blessed Saviour who suffered and died for Dear I want you all to remember me in your prayers and pray that the Lord will op en up some way that we may go and hear His blessed I pray every day and ask Him to just keep me in His power and I know He hears and answers You know He has prom ised to keep us even unto the It makes my heart rejoice to read of the good testimonies of the saints at Ardmore and oth My heart longs the time to come when I can be with them I ask all who read this to pray for us and I pray if we never meet on earth we will meet in Maud Ponca I am thanking God tonight for the holy privilege of sending in my testimony to the glory of Praise His holy I just received the Messenger and have been feasting on the good May God sup ply every need of the Messenger I am thanking God for the precious way I thank Him for peace and joy in my Tonight finds me sanctified and baptized with the sweet Holy Praise His holy My husband is unsaved and we have three little children and I want you to pray that He will give his heart to God and that our home may be in one accord for Pray for me dear saints that I may live very humble at the foot of the cross where God can get glory out of my Your Sister in looking for His soon Marie I thought I would write a few of praise to the little Mes senger this am still on the sunny side of life and have the victory over sin Am so glad this morning for peace and love in my Oh that we as a Christian band could have more I realize that love is what so many have fell short Lets pray earnestly for a deep er consecration of pure love as in Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of that we may obtain mer cy and find grace to help in time of I truly thank my King for Hfc stands by me and so sweetly supplies my need and helps me in each Dear me when you pray as the devil tries me so but am determined to fight on till the battle is Thank God I your Sister in faith until He comes or calls for Daisy
