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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 24, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 38, No. 19.

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Pray Right Up.

Some years ago a slave in Virginia, named “Jack,” was remarkable for his knowledge of the gospel, and especially for his freedom from all gloomy fears in regard to his future eternal happiness.
A professing Christian—a white man—who was of a very different temperament, once said to him, “Jack, you seem to be always happy. I wish you would tell me how you manage to keep steadily in this blessed frame of mind.”
“Why, massa,” replied Jack, “I just fall flat on the promise, and pray right up!”
How many desponding Christians are there who might profit by these words of the happy slave, now a freedman!—Sel.