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Duties Never Conflict

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 17, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 36.

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Duties Never Conflict

"THEN shall the heart of this people turn." It was clearly the duty of the Israelites to go up to Jerusalem for worship. God had commanded that. Yet Jeroboam was afraid that if his people were in this thing faithful to their God, they would in consequence be less faithful to their king. What a mistake! "Duties never conflict." Doing one duty always helps towards doing another. No person is led astray in a lesser matter through obeying God in a greater one. A boy or a girl is more prompt and hearty in obedience to parents through being in the service of Jesus. An earnest Christian man is the more patriotic citizen. It is always safe, always best, for the members of our family, of our business firm, of our political party, of our community, to do right. We never need fear the consequences of such a course.—Sel.