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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 13, 1876

Confessions of sin are the only means of final disposal and adjustment of them. Excuses do not help the matter in the least, but rather complicate the case.

A wonderful instance of apostasy, and of the blinding effect of the influence of worldly prosperity, is to be seen in the history of Balaam, who took rewards and perverted his own judgment for gain.

It is not necessary to the establishment of a character for stability to continue in a wrong course because it is begun; but a continuance in right doing does establish one in decision and stability.

Our mistakes and errors should teach us to move cautiously; but we are a long time learning the lesson.

Worldly maxims generally fall below the Bible standard; yet they are generally preferred, because they are more easily carried out.

We can easily withstand temptation when we are in the Lord’s work; but when we get out of the path of duty, we are in peril.

Few know, or care to know, the intimate connection existing between mind and matter, or how close the relation of hygiene to practical Christianity.

The Christian warfare is a system; and he only succeeds who studies and practices its rules; and he must do this constantly and heartily.

No good mechanic would use soft wood for hard; yet such men often do worse than this in their daily diet. Jos. CLARKE.