EDITORIAL NOTES by Editor

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 25, 1901

EDITORIAL NOTES.

By Editor

DON’T try to get to heaven by consulting the weather-vane of public sentiment. Go to the unchanging compass—the word of God. There is only one way that leads to heaven.

You cannot drive darkness out of a room, nor evil out of your character, by an exercise of the will. You must let in the light; you must open unto Him who says “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.”

THE proper study of mankind is not man, but God. If you would learn the truth about yourself, study the revelation God has made of himself. To know God aright is to have the knowledge that will secure your own salvation.

DON’T be misled by the wonderful works to which you may be pointed—even the seeming miracles, it may be—performed by some man who exhibits the spirit of the devil. The descendants of Simon Magus are still numerous in the earth. There are many who can do wonders in the name of Christ; but “if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.”

“AM I a Christian?” If this question comes up in your mind, you can easily answer it by asking yourself another, Do I long to see Jesus? If you do, you are a Christian; but if not, something is wrong.

If you have made a mess of managing your own affairs, don’t begin to wonder if you could not do better at directing the affairs of the Lord.

SELFISH generosity—giving somebody a “piece of your mind.” Better control your temper so that your mind will not fly into pieces.