Seek Truth in Humility and Unity
By A. P. Lawton
SR. A. P. LAWTON writes from Herkimer Co., N. Y.: When the truth enters a family, if all cannot at once see alike on all points, it should never be allowed to excite, much less exasperate. In studying God's holy word, there should be no strife for mastery, no carnal will to be gratified. The great, all-absorbing, question should be, What is truth? If all are humble, honest, earnest, seekers, without prejudice, it will not be long before all will agree. Be very patient with each other. God is not the author of confusion, but of peace. It is prejudice and an unwillingness to yield to the plain teachings of the word, not the truth nor its humble advocates, that make discord. Humbly, earnestly, and affectionately, pray with and for each other, that you may be guided into all truth. Error never does any one any good, however long it may have been established. Paul exhorts his brethren to be of one mind, and all speak the same things. The watchmen will see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion. Seek, dear friends, to get very near to God. The secret of the Lord is with those that fear him. Who would not seek this honor? Who would not prefer an intimacy with the Ruler of the universe, to an acquaintance with any of the potentates of earth? I can say, Farewell honor, wealth, position, and friends, if these stand in the way of eternal life. I can afford to sacrifice these, but I cannot, must not, lose eternal life. No one can love friends better than I, nor more highly prize friendship, but I love my mansion in Heaven better.