How Are We Justified by Jos. Clarke

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 1, 1866

How Are We Justified.

By Jos. Clarke

Your child performs an act of obedience, but he does it in so unwilling a manner, with such an air of pride and self-will, that you are almost as much displeased as if he had disobeyed altogether. Again, he listens to your admonitions, and afterward performs the same act of obedience, and does it no better, but he works with such a good and willing heart, that you love him more than ever.

The spirit the child manifests, consecrates to you both the child and his labor; it is your comfort and solace.

On this principle, the man who is selfish, and hates God, never does one act which really pleases God, or is acceptable in his sight.

On the same principle, the more a man loves God, the more acceptable will his good acts be to God, and the more he will avoid evil. Jos. CLARKE.