p. 101 | True Repentance by A. S. H.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 9, 1873

True Repentance.

By A. S. H.

“TRUE repentance consists in the heart being broken for sin, and broken from sin. Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, but never turns back.”—Exchange.

This is not the repentance which God enjoins upon the sinner. It is not the repentance which secures his favor, or life eternal: it is that which ends in death. Of the sinner it is expressly declared, “If he turn not from his way, shall die in his iniquity.”

How many will reject all the gracious offers of salvation, add sin to sin, and never fully repent. They will wade through the prayers and entreaties of dear friends, who feel a tender solicitude for their eternal welfare, down to death; though God has provided the most ample means for the removal of all sin, and would have them live. “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live.” A. S. H.