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The Soul’s Growth

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

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 46.

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The Soul’s Growth

TEMPTATIONS do not decrease, but rather increase, with the growth of the soul. The little man fighting his little battles wishes he were a great man, so that he might the more easily overcome them; but when he becomes great himself, he sees that storms circle the higher altitudes that make the petty battles of the lower level seem insignificant.
Many seem to think that temptation lays its hands only upon our weak spots. But think a minute. Here is a lawyer who has little ability, seldom wins a case, always gets on the off side of a jury, and is notoriously incompetent to plot a case or plead it. Does that man know what it means to have a confessed criminal offer him a hundred thousand dollars to get him clear? Does he know what it means to have a princely fortune dangled before his face if, in legislative halls, he will stand on the wrong side of the question for just one hour?—He knows absolutely nothing about it.—Selected.