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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 6, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 32.

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EDITORIAL

By F. M. W.

In Touch With Men

IN our Christian experience we need to keep in touch with our fellows. “None of us liveth to himself.” There can be no hermits in Christian life. In the past men have unwisely believed that in solitude, far removed from their fellows, they could better gain the victory over the flesh and over the devil. But they have found that even in the solitude, sin reigned in their hearts, and that the experience they sought must come from a power outside of themselves, from outside of human environment.
It is well to seek solitude for prayer and meditation. It is well within the secret chambers or the deep recesses of the forest to seek communion with God and strength from above. But from the place of refreshing and the feast of spiritual things God would have us go forth to dispense to others the blessings which we have received. They were given us to scatter abroad. Withholding God's grace brings impoverishment to our own souls. We receive in proportion as we seek to give to others. F. M. W.