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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 12, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 50.

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Christian Charity

“WHEN a rosebud is formed, if the sky is genial it is not long before it bursts, for the life within is so abundant that the bud can no longer contain it all; but in blossomed whiteness and swimming fragrance it must needs let forth its joy, and gladden all the air. And if, when this is ripe, it refuses to expand, it would quickly rot at the heart and die. And Christian charity is just piety with its petals fully spread, developing itself and making a happier world. The religion which fancies that it loves God when it never evinces love to its brother, is not piety, but a poor mildewed theology—a dogma with a worm in its heart.”