EDITORIALS by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 18, 1915

EDITORIALS

By Editor

NONE but the incapacitated or the indolent have time to idle away. There are no lazy Christians. This term is a misnomer. If a man is lazy and indolent, no matter how high his profession, he is not a Christian. It has been said, and we believe truly, that there will be no starless crowns worn by the redeemed. Every one who gains a home in the kingdom of God will have been an instrument in the hands of Heaven in winning or helping to win some soul for Christ. Indeed, to show our allegiance to God, to labor for his glory and the upbuilding of his kingdom in the hearts of men, is the great purpose of our existence. Too many have failed to realize the exalted position to which God calls them in making them coworkers with himself. They live selfishly, for their own personal pleasure or aggrandizement. Such fail to appreciate the true spirit of the cause they have espoused. They need a new view of the cross of Calvary, a new sense of the spirit which actuated Christ to lay aside the riches of glory for the salvation of the lost and perishing. When once we see Christ as he is, see him in the supreme loveliness and unselfishness of his character, a great longing will possess our souls to be like him; and in the satisfying of that longing every selfish desire and purpose will be subordinated.