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Opposing Ways

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 12, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 11.

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Opposing Ways

By G. D. BALLOU

G. D. BALLOU
EARTHLY courts do not ask a man to testify so as to incriminate himself. He may, and is asked to, incriminate as many others as he can. The court of heaven forbids us to incriminate others. We may testify only against our own selves, and that by confession. Wonderful contrast! One endeavors to exalt self and bring his fellow men low; the other humbles self so that the life of God may be manifested in the flesh. One method attempts to save self, but destroys others; the other method destroys self that one’s fellow men may live. One is a fight against humanity; the other a battle against sin. One places stumbling-blocks in the way of other men; the other removes them. One is the way of strife and war; the other the way of peace and rest. One is the way of death; the other the way of life. One is the way of this world; the other the way of the kingdom of heaven. Friend, which way have you chosen?