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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 17, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 51.

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Editorial Notes.

EARNESTNESS is the eloquence of prayer.
It doesn’t take a very big sin to shut away a very great blessing.
If you will furnish the consecration, God will furnish the rest.
HAPPINESS is found not in the position of a lord, but in that of a servant.
Our work is not negative, but positive; not destructive, but reformative.
If you hate sin as much as you ought, you will not have any hatred left for your fellow beings.
That “self is nothing,” does not mean that one should not have any self-respect.
You cannot teach the people present truth without presenting to them a present Saviour.
WHEN you shut your eyes to new truth, you shut out the light of the truth you already have.
CHRISTIANITY never paints her brightest picture behind the pilgrim, but always before him.
THE tongue is the rudder of the soul. If you can control that, you can steer a straight course Zionward.
Don’t count on being introduced to the Lord after you get to heaven. None but those who first know the Lord will see that country.
If you do not give anything to the Lord, do not be surprised if He does not give very much to you. Most of us have as much wealth as we can safely be trusted with.
ARE you following Jesus Christ, or are you merely following some one who claims to be following Christ? If you do not see Jesus himself, how can you be sure that you are following Him?
You are to “let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works;” hence without some good works to be revealed, it will be useless for you to try to enlighten others.
THE more you try to make yourself happy, the more you will succeed in making yourself unhappy. To be truly happy you must learn to forget yourself; and to forget self it is only necessary to be fully occupied in seeking the welfare of others.
THE money that is paid into the Lord’s treasury here, is invested in an inheritance “incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.” But no inheritance is reserved for such as prefer to invest their means in this present world.
THE normal occupation of created beings is praising God.
“THOU shalt not covet” is a command that is broken by coveting power as much as by coveting wealth or “anything that is thy neighbor’s.” The only coveting that is authorized by God’s word is the coveting of the “best gifts.” I Cor. 12:31.
SOME people justify themselves for not seeing truths that are plain to others, by saying, “I have tried to believe these things, and have tried to force myself to see them; but it was impossible.” And because they have been so honest about it, they per-