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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 26, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 1.

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“A little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts and almonds.” Gen. 43:11.
It is easier to believe an ill report than to inquire into the truth thereof.
SPIRITUAL hungering and thirstings are satisfied only with spiritual things.
THAT man cannot be upright before God who is unjust in his dealings with men.
HE who has not known adversity is but half acquainted with himself or others.
WHEN things are come to the execution, there is no means of success like celerity.
MINDS of only moderate calibre ordinarily condemn everything that is beyond their range.
He who takes care of the universe has arranged all things for the safety and good of the whole.
If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he will not fail to come near the perfect life.
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass; for every man has need to be forgiven.
No man has a right to expect the approbation of his neighbors while he has the disapprobation of his own conscience.
THOSE that are willing enough to take the pleasure and profit of sin are backward enough to take the blame and shame of it.
HEAVEN BETTER THAN EARTH.—John Newton once said to a lady with ideas of a pure church: “Well, madam, if there were a perfect church on earth, it would cease to be so the moment you and I entered it.”
He that is much in prayer shall grow rich in grace. He shall thrive and increase most that is busiest in this, which is our very traffic with Heaven, and fetches the most precious commodities thence.—Leighton.
WE may lose Heaven by neutrality, as well as by hostility; by wanting oil to our lamps, as well as by taking poison. The unprofitable servant will as surely be punished as the disobedient and rebellious servant. Undone duty will undo the soul!
HERE we walk with God as a Saviour, and if we walk humbly we shall not go about to establish our own righteousness, but submit ourselves unto the righteousness which is of God, and acknowledge that we have nothing to glory in before him.—Joy.
The world is governed by three things—wisdom, authority, and appearances. Wisdom is for thoughtful people, authority for rough people, and appearances for the great mass of superficial people, who can look only at the outside.
THERE is no sweeter will than that which prompts a woman to be of some service to another being than herself. The willingness with which a woman slips into an easy, helpless, idle life is an exact measurement of her poverty of character. Any woman with wealth of soul and vigor of character would rebel against such a life, and find her way to something better.