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Odd Gaskel

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 5, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 23.

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Odd Gaskel.

“A little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts and almonds.” Gen. 43:11.
CONSTANT success shows us but one side of the world.
NONE are so old as they that have outlived enthusiasm.
Do not, as you hope for success, spend any time in idleness.
Too much sensibility is the foppery of modern refinement.
THE hardest thing in this busy world of ours is to do nothing.
SHOW may be purchased, but happiness is a home-made article.
OUR opinion of a man is likely to be determined by his opinion of us.
A WISE man seeks to shine in himself; a fool, to outshine others.
GOD is not in eternity, but eternity in God.
WHOSOEVER hath Christ cannot be poor; whosoever wants him cannot be rich.
RIGHTEOUSNESS and self-righteousness are as far apart as the east is from the west.
NATURE is content with little, grace with less, but lust with nothing.
GOD’S presence with a man in his house, though it be but a cottage, makes that house both a castle and a palace.
WHEN we know how to appreciate merit, we have the germ of it within ourselves.
RESPECT is the result of a lifetime, whereas a single silly act often wins one a reputation.
THE glory of great men ought always to be rated according to the means used to acquire it.
A MAN is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting that of his neighbor.
MARRIAGE has been likened to a captivity of which the fetters are either golden silk or galling steel.
THE highest obedience in the spiritual life is to be able always, and in all things, to say, “Thy will be done.”
THE stairways of temptation are very numerous. Fashion carpets some of them gorgeously, and claims that they are safe. But pastors know how often young converts venture on the slippery places only to catch wounding falls. The moment that a Christian goes where he cannot take Christ with him, he is in danger. The Master will not keep his hand under our arms when we go on forbidden ground. Presumptuous Peter needed a sharp lesson, and he got it. The bitter cry at the foot of the stairs bespoke an awful fall. How many such are rising daily into Christ’s listening ears!