p. 199 | Don't Fret

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 6, 1871

Don't Fret.

“I dare no more fret,” said John Wesley, “than to curse and to swear.” One who knew him well said that he never saw him low-spirited or fretful in his life. He could not endure the society of people who were of this habit. He says of them: “To have persons at my ears murmuring and fretting at everything, is like tearing the flesh from my bones. By the grace of God, I am discontent at nothing. I see God sitting on his throne and ruling all things.” If every one were of John Wesley’s spirit, it would revolutionize the world. Christians lose all their wayside comforts, and dishonor the Master, by their fretfulness over little troubles. Some, who can bear the great sorrows of life with a martyr’s faith and patience, are utterly overthrown by the breaking of a vase. The temper is an unruly steed which must be kept in hand every moment.—Sel.