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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 16, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 16.

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It is man's exalted privilege to recognize God as God, to be thankful to him, and to yield an intelligent service to him. The capacity for this fellowship with the eternal God, the Creator of all, distinguishes man from the other members of the animal kingdom; but a refusal to employ these higher powers of his being will result in their loss, and will reduce him to the level of the brutes. This gives an impressive force to these words: “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding.” The possibility of association with heavenly beings, and of being “laborers together with God,” is held out even to the humblest who are ready to accept purity of character as heaven’s gift, and to submit to that King who will reign in righteousness. “Be not like dumb, driven cattle.”