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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 9, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 31, No. 25.

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HUMILITY

By GEO. W. PARKER

"KNOWLEDGE puffeth up, but charity edifieth."
Human reason is man's pride; yet it is a frail instrument, prone to error, and swayed by passion; of some use in discovering error; of little in discerning truth. For about six thousand years man has sought, by dint of reason, to discover the origin, and essence, and laws, of all things. And all that time he has only demonstrated that he knows nothing. It is impossible to exceed the absurdity of philosophy.
Once, man sought by reason to scaffold himself up to God, as it were, but his labors produced only a blasted design and a confounded Babel.
The wisdom of man, how unlike that of God! When clouds of disappointment come over the minds of his true people, an angel's message comes to them, a light from Heaven shines, even from the sanctuary, the clouds disperse, and the curtain of darkness is lifted, and we behold our Saviour. We see the work, by the eye of faith; judgment going on, the sanctuary being cleansed, and the rewards, as well as the retributions, which are to follow. All around, the horizon of the past and the future is lighted up, by his heavenly truth, sent forth in our time of need. Let us walk in the light.
GEO. W. PARKER.
Rochester, N. Y.