An Example for Christians

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 20, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 29.

An Example for Christians.

—When a Japanese goes to the war, his family erect a red slab at the gate and inscribe upon it, “Gone to the front.” If he dies or is brought home dead, a black slab takes its place, which contains the inscription, “Bravery forever.” John Fox, Jr., tells us in Scribner’s that there is no weeping or mourning among his relatives, but rejoicings. Even so there ought to be among Christians. And yet how often we see the reverse of this if a child or a friend leaves home for a place in Christ’s cause out in the regions beyond. It ought to be the greatest cause of rejoicing that a mother could give her sons to Christ’s cause. How often devotion and zeal in an earthly cause eclipse devotion and zeal in the eternally-glorious cause of Christ!