To Be Remembered | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 1, 1875

To Be Remembered.

Vows are things to be remembered. The practice of making them is common. In “stress of weather” sinners make large promises. But when the storm-cloud is folded up, and the sun appears, they are apt to forget their solemn obligations. And God's people making vows in time of trouble, or amid some marvelous displays of divine power, have often treacherous memories, when the times of exigency and of heart tenderness are past. But these things are registered on high. God is not forgetful of human vows. The archbishop of Cologne, being asked by the Emperor Sigismund how to attain true happiness, replied, “Perform when thou art well, what thou promised when thou wast sick.” Let the counsel of inspiration be remembered: “When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it.”