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The Essence of True Religion

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 7, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 6.

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The Essence of True Religion

The essence of all religion, Christ tells us, is in loving God with all the heart, and ones' neighbor as himself. This is the best synopsis of religion that has ever been given. But that is all in the secret heart. The evidence of this love is what we often call religion, and what James calls religion. It is purity of life and beneficent helpfulness to those in need.