p. 421 | Pay Thy Vows by S. S. Times

International Tract and Missionary Society · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jul 15, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 27.

Pay Thy Vows.

By S. S. Times

IRRESOLUTION is faithlessness to one's self. It is but little less contemptible than faithlessness to one's friends. Indeed, a man faithless to his own personality can hardly be faithful to the friends and duties of that personality. Every intelligent resolution is a promise made to one's own character, upon the fulfillment of which the integrity of the character depends. But a promise can be dissolved only by the consent of both parties; a resolution, therefore, is, in a sense, indissoluble, for there are not two parties to give such consent. In common with a promise, a resolution can be broken justly only when its fulfillment involves an immorality. Tentative plans may be changed at will; but no inconvenience, nor any danger, can justify the non-fulfillment of a sacred resolution.—S. S. Times.