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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 29, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 52, No. 10.

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By R. M. Kilgore

An excellent sacrifice is one in which there is no reserve.
The Father spared not his only Son.
There must be a voluntary sacrifice of self in every Christian, as well as of Christ himself.
Man would be of but little importance, were it not for the immense price paid for him.
If the cost of fine finish and high steeples were given to help the poor, the gospel would win greater victories.
The more a vine bleeds under the pruning-knife, the more beautiful it is, and the more luscious its fruit. The Christian who would share in the glory to be revealed, and reap a rich reward, must suffer with Christ.
If sealing a statement with one's own blood is an evidence that it is true, the putting of people to death for their opinions is an evidence of guilt on the part of their murderers.
He who has the truth can afford to be calm, patient, and reasonable; while he who loves a lie acts a contrary part.
The devil is always zealous in advancing his kingdom; but his servants sometimes go farther than he sends them.
When in God's own providence, the time has come for his work to be done, all the malice of men, the ingenuity of demons, and the engines of hell, cannot prevent its accomplishment.
Death is not the effect of nature, but of sin; therefore it is as much an infringement of nature as is a miracle.
Conscience can no more satisfy the soul without a revelation, than hunger can the body without bread.
All faith is historical. Faith is in advance of knowledge, and all true knowledge is the fruit of faith.
Ignorance, superstition, and religious intolerance, are fit companions, and enjoy one another's society in the cellar; while love, joy, and peace bask in the smiles of the Son, dwelling upon the housetop.
R. M. KILGORE.