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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 15, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 37.

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Character and Perfection

CHARACTER, in a word, is not what a man seems, but what he is. Characters are divisible into the two classes, good and bad; but there are many varying degrees in which the good are good, and it should be the earnest endeavor of all who love and seek the right to be in their habitual living, or character-carving, not only passable but perfect. God demands perfection. Nothing less than the best is good enough for a child of God. Get character; for without that, nothing is worth having. Get all the character you can; for you will have need of every moment of moral energy, experience of redemptive love, accretion of ennobling knowledge, and exercise of the power which comes of a matured manhood, which you can possibly secure. Seek for a reputation which will be above reproach in the sight of men; but, with that, and better than that, strive to be “all beautiful within,” and see that, as the years go by, the cedar of the temple of the soul is cut and carved to a perfect heavenly pattern. — New York Observer.