p. 107 | A SAD CONDITION by Frank Starr

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 4, 1878

A SAD CONDITION.

By Frank Starr

The poor man is to be pitied. Our sympathy is aroused at the sight of pinching poverty; and when individuals are found destitute of clothing even, our sympathy is greatly increased. If we should find a person, who, in addition to this state of destitution, was also blind, our pity would be still increased. If, to add to this, his bodily condition and his circumstances were such as to render him wretched and miserable, in what a deplorable state he would be.

Imagine said person to be talking of his riches, affirming that his goods were constantly increasing. Not realizing that he is blind, he tells of what he sees, and congratulates himself that he has such clear perception. He does not seem to realize that he is destitute of clothing; and, in short, he feels quite satisfied, and says he has need of nothing. Such an individual we would call a poor, blind lunatic.

In Rev. 3:14-18 we find a class of such individuals described; and we find by the unerring word of prophecy that the description applies to the last church, who, at some time in their experience, are found in this condition. Let us heed “the faithful and true Witness,” who has known the wants and conditions of all the churches from first to last, and “be zealous and repent.”

FRANK STARR.