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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jun 10, 1875

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 1, No. 31.

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YOUR tempers. How are they? Do you become impatient under trial; fretful, when chided or crossed; angry, revengeful, when injured; vain, when flattered; proud, when prospered; complaining, when chastened; unbelieving, when neglected? Are you subject to discontent, to ambition, to selfishness? Are you worldly? Covetous of riches, of vain pomp and parade, of indulgences, of honor, of ease? Are you unfeeling, contemptuous of others, seeking your own, boasters, proud, lovers of your own selves?
Beware! These are the sediments of the old nature. Nay, if they exist in you, in however small degree, they are demonstrative that the old man of sin is not dead. It will be a sad mistake if you detect these evils within and yet close your eyes to them and continue to make professions of holiness. These are not infirmities; they are indications of want of grace.
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