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I PARTLY BELIEVE IT

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 13, 1874

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 43, No. 5.

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I PARTLY BELIEVE IT.

“I partly believe it.” 1 Cor. 11:18. So said the apostle when he heard the report of the division and irregularities among the brethren in the church of Corinth. Of this, a Christian poet makes a use, pertinent in its application:—
When Christians rarely, day after day— Enter their closets to praise and pray— “I hope I’m a child of God,” then say, “I partly believe it.”
When Christians always are seeming gay, And never warble a sacred lay, Yet hope at last in Heaven to stay, “I partly believe it.”
When Christians the word do not obey— Never a tithe to charity pay; Then hope they’re walking in mercy’s way, “I partly believe it.”
When Christians very widely do stray, And find no warmth in the gospel ray, Yet hope they’re not as lifeless as clay, “I partly believe it.”
Such Christians often will change and decay, Their deeds be scattered like blossoms in May, Their hopes of Heaven will vanish away, I wholly believe it.
—Ladies’ Repository.