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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 5, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 45.

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CONTENTMENT

By S. O. James

S. O. JAMES. (Terril, Iowa.)
It is better to be contented than to be covetous. Many do not seem to know that they are covetous, but they do know that they are not contented.
Contentment does not settle down into the do-nothing spirit. It is not the sister of Indifference. It labors incessantly to better its own condition and the condition of others.
Contentment is not tormented with an uncontrollable ambition to come into prominence, to gain notoriety, to produce a sensation, by doing some great thing. It is satisfied when God is pleased, rejoices when He is glorified, and iswilling that He should work out His own plan and purpose in His own good time.
Pray earnestly and labor faithfully for the spirit of true contentment. It is better than wealth. With godliness it is great gain.