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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, October 15, 1867

FromThe Advent Review & Sabbath Herald, Vol. XXX, No. 18

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Steel-faced Hammers.

WHEN the blacksmith wields the hammer, which is made of the same material as that upon which he is working, would not his labor be vain if the face of his hammer had not been properly tempered and prepared, although it should fall with great force upon that which is being wrought? The Christian is of the same nature, with the men of the world; therefore, in order that he may work with success upon them, he must be tempered, it may be through the fires of great trials, but he must be tempered by the Holy Ghost, and made of that heavenly temper and power that he may work upon stony hearts to break them, and fashion rough material to the praise of the glory of Divine grace.
ONE of the saddest things about human nature is, that a man may guide others in the path of life without walking in it himself; that he may be a pilot, and yet a castaway.