ITEMS by Jos. Clarke

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 7, 1869

ITEMS

By Jos. Clarke

We must realize much of the truth or nothing.

We sometimes say with confidence, that we will never leave the cause of present truth; we should not forget that unless we use care, the truth may forsake us.

God will not help us to overcome sin, until we fully repent of the sins we have already committed.

Some have the faculty of making others appear to disadvantage; thus thinking to elevate themselves; it often happens that this course has a contrary effect. The motto, “Let each esteem other better than themselves,” is a precious rule.

The fires of passion should, like the fires which consume our dwellings, be prevented by care.

All counterfeit Christianity betrays itself: a machine may move, because of the motive power which moves it; but animal life has an ease, naturalness and grace, which cannot be mistaken for the clumsy movements of a machine. So with hypocrisy; its very clumsiness tells to all its want of life.

We cannot repent of sin too speedily: just as an artist corrects his mistakes soon as possible, so should the Christian correct his errors, soon as discovered.

JOS. CLARKE.