Not of Self

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 15, 1906

SUCH words as these of Dr. H. A. Brown, one of the greatest men in the ministry, can not be read too often nor spoken too earnestly: “When one has realized the bitterness of sin, the emptiness of his own righteousness, and the futility of human help, he is prepared to appreciate the priceless blessing of salvation by grace alone. When one feels himself saved by grace alone, he has an ever-present barrier against self-exaltation. He remembers the pit whence he was digged, and the rock whence he was hewn. He does not forget that once he was a blasphemer and injurious. He magnifies the sovereign power that keeps him in a saved state. He finds fundamental truth echoed in his own personal experience. He speaks with confidence as to Christ’s power to redeem.”