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Christian Living Makes the Gospel Beautiful

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 22, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 31.

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Christian Living Makes the Gospel Beautiful

The example of a Christian life will do more to impress others than the mere teaching of religious truth. A little Japanese girl attempted to illustrate this truth by telling some friends that her mother had some little black seeds which did not appear at all attractive to any of their neighbors. But the seeds had life in them, and her mother put them in the ground, and soon they grew, and blossomed out with beautiful flowers. “Then,” said the little girl, “the neighbors all admired the flowers, and many came to beg the seed that they might have some flowers for themselves.” So the gospel words have power in them, but they best show their beauty and meaning when translated into Christian living. Men may disregard our preaching, but the grace that blossoms into a beautiful and Christlike character they can neither argue against nor ignore.—Selected.