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The Meaning of Reverence

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 16, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 36.

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The Meaning of Reverence

AMONG the faculties of the human mind is one which impels us to “look up,” to feel a respect, reverence, awe, for that which is above us. It is this quality which inspires a feeling of reverence for those older, wiser, or better than ourselves. It awakens a true love of learning, wisdom, beauty, and for everything that in its essence is true and good. It inspires us to create and to love pure and noble ideals; leads us to strive to reach their perfections; and holds us loyal to the higher possibilities of the higher nature. Reverence is the crown of the moral, the very breath of spiritual life.—Sel.