EXAMINE YOURSELVES by G. B. S.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 25, 1879

EXAMINE YOURSELVES.

By G. B. S.

“Examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.” The duty and privilege of self-examination has certainly been known by every child of God in all ages. All ought often to inquire just where they stand; and by measuring our zeal and actions by the proper standard we may know our true position. The standard, we believe, is not always the same. To illustrate: Noah doubtless weighed his zeal, perseverance, and consecration, in view of the fact that to him was committed the solemn work of warning the world of an impending flood. John the Baptist examines himself by his message,—the forerunner of Christ, preparing the way of Him whose coming to a fallen church was to be like a refiner’s fire and like fuller’s soap.

The early apostles and other Christians were doubtless most careful in self-examination, as they knew themselves to be the first builders in the gospel church, and that in their steps many were to follow, and by their rules many were to examine themselves.

And now we are called upon to examine ourselves as those to whose trust is committed the world’s last solemn message. Are we as zealous as we should be in the time of the Judgment’s session, of plagues impending, Jesus’s coming at the door, when only a few days of probation remain in which a soul may be gained or lost? Is our consecration as deep and earnest as the present glorious light God is giving will approve? And are the testimonies he has so kindly given us to aid at this important time appreciated and acted upon by us? Let us examine ourselves.

G. B. S.

Arapahoe, Neb.