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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 12, 1870

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 36, No. 4.

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Submission.

By F. M. Bragg

Let us seek for a spirit of submission that views God in all the trials of life; that sees his merciful hand meting out our portion as seems wise to him and for our best good.
Without such a spirit of submission to his will, the graces of his Spirit cannot flourish in our hearts and bear fruit in our lives, but we shall be as a desert unfruitful, as a withered branch cut off from the living vine.
This life is as a rough sea, and we make it more rough by murmuring and repining o'er the ills we must meet on its troubled waters. On the other hand, many a rough pathway is made smooth and pleasant with contentment, with submission to whatever our merciful heavenly Father permits to befall us on our pilgrimage through this world of sin and sorrow. Let us ever believe that God is the disposer of all hearts and that he controls all events, small as well as great. Not a sparrow falls to the ground but he noticeth it. He careth for us, even us.
How precious is such a faith. With this faith our minds can continually dwell upon the goodness and mercy of God throughout our lives, and we can live and serve him with a willing and perfect heart.
Battle Creek. F. M. BRAGG.