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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 9, 1869

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 33, No. 7.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

By Jos. Clarke

“I AM the light of the world,” says the Saviour. John viii, 12. This being admitted, we have only to get near to this light to reflect it upon others.
“The world lieth in wickedness; (1 John v, 19,) and we have only to seek the world and its treasures and we shall also lie in a similar position.
The fall of our first parents arose from deception; and ever since that event, self-deception has been the cause of the fall of the most of our race. Indeed it is the consequence of all sin of every kind to cause self-deception; and all reform must originate in a recovery from this state of mind.
It is true that the theory of the truth without the life will serve us no practical benefit. It is as true that living piety is the result of the theory of the truth lived out.
As we with zeal seek the favor of God, so with like zeal let us protest against, and throw off the authority and influence of, Satan.
The greatest firmness accompanies mildness, and often the greatest weakness accompanies harshness. The scolding tone repels; the firm but loving accents more than persuade; and when the last fail, it will not avail to have recourse to the former, but wait the result. JOS. CLARKE.