Our Gems | AdventAI

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

Our Gems.

“A little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts and almonds.” Gen. 43:11.

—THERE is immense wisdom in the old proverb—“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty.”

—AS the body cannot live without food, so the soul cannot preserve the grace of God, its life, without prayer.

—IF the way to Heaven is narrow, it is not long; and if the gate be strait, it opens into endless life.—Bishop Beveridge.

—THE affected gayety of a wicked man is like the flowery surface of Mount Etna, beneath which, materials are gathering for an eruption that will one day reduce all its beauties to ruin and desolation.

—I VENERATE old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding.—Longfellow.

—SPEND your time in nothing which you know must be repented of. Spend it in nothing which you could not review with a quiet conscience on your dying bed. Spend it in nothing which you might not safely and properly be found doing, if death should surprise you in the act.

—THERE are two things that always pay—working and waiting. Either is useless without the other. Both united are invincible, and inevitably triumphant. He who waits without working is simply a man yielding to sloth and despair. He who works without waiting, though ever faithful in his strivings, misses results by impatience. He who works steadily and waits patiently may have a long journey before him, but at its close he will find his reward.

—Do not look for wrong or evil, You will find them if you do; As you measure to your neighbor, He will measure back to you. Look for goodness, look for gladness, You will meet them all the while, If you bring a smiling visage To the glass, you meet a smile. —Alice Carey.

—Do not get vexed at what people say of you. Let them speak while you endeavor to do the will of God. You will never succeed in pleasing men, and it would not be worth the trouble if you could. A little silence, and great peace of soul with communion of the Spirit will compensate you for all the injustice of men. We must love our fellow-men without depending on their fellowship, and seek to win their love by kind words and deeds, leaving our lives, our reputations, and our characters with Him who careth for us.