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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 11, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 51, No. 15.

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RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

By Joseph Clarke

We feel best when we feel deeply our own sins, but pardon the sins of others.
We often find the path of duty by waiting as well as praying for light.
It is not so much what our enemies say evil of us as what our consciences say, that gives uneasiness. We cannot please our enemies better than by wounding ourselves.
We improve our judgment and correctness of thought by dealing justly and impartially with our own hearts.
It is better to furnish new material for a good history, than to quarry out old scandals for an old one.
There is nothing more difficult than for a person of strong passions and inveterate prejudice to be fair and truthful.
Many lies are told in jest; but more are told in politeness, in business, and in negatives.
Pride is often seen to triumph, just when humility is seen to weep.
A firm trust in God is the best defense; and faith is always exercised and seen to best advantage, when it is accompanied by purity of life.
“Panics” occur not only in the commercial world, but sometimes in the experience of good people; but in the latter case they occur not for want of capital, but for want of confidence in God.
A person may stand well in many forms of trial, and yet be wholly unprepared for other tests.
A desire to be wholly frank and truthful, should not prompt us to acts of impudence, in making too public things which should be confined to interested parties.
The great want of this age is faith in God: a person who would exercise true faith on all occasions would be esteemed almost a fool by the average Christian world. Fear is a good element when it is controlled by the laws of God; but when it is opposed to faith it is a very dangerous element of character.
Hope is a fine and pleasant characteristic, and makes a garden in the desert; but when it stands opposed to caution and foresight, it becomes a snare and leads to presumption.
Love is a most necessary ingredient in Christian character; but if it is mixed with carnal emotions, it becomes a lever for Satan to use in overthrowing all that is good.
Hatred is not a bad trait, provided you hate only the sin, and love the sinner.
JOSEPH CLARKE.