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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 9, 1879

Our Basket.

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

—VENTURE not to the utmost bounds of even lawful pleasures; the limits of good and evil join.—Fuller.

—THE world honors a fearless and outspoken advocate of any cause. Let your light shine, throw away your bushel.

—THERE is a promise in the Bible for every want, and trial, and difficulty. God has no poor children; they are all rich. Any one of God’s promises is a rich inheritance.

—“LET us watch awhile the sowers, let us mark their tiny grain, Scattered oft in doubt and trembling, sown in weakness or in pain; Then let faith, with radiant finger, lift the veil from unseen things, Where the golden sheaves are bending, and the harvest anthem rings.”

—CHRIST looked upon the world as upon a mighty harvest, field after field ready for the sickle. He and his apostles seemed like a band of reapers; but what are they to such a harvest? There is a striking resemblance between this day and Christ’s day. Our cities and villages are crowded like those of Galilee, and the faithful ministers are indeed nothing to such a harvest. In most places the people are willing and eager to hear the words of eternal life, which shows the harvest to be indeed ripe.—R. M. M’Cheyne.

—SHORT as life is, it is the seed time for eternity. Whatsoever a man sows here, he shall reap to all eternity. If he sows to the wind, he shall reap the whirlwind. If he sows to the flesh, he shall reap corruption. If he sows in righteousness, he shall reap in mercy. If he sows to the Spirit, he shall reap life everlasting. This life is the day of grace, the season of mercy, when enduring riches may be secured. Many have seized the moments as they passed, and become immensely rich in faith, in good works, in bright hopes, and in a blessed inheritance beyond the skies.—New York Evangelist.

—THE trials which befall us are the very trials which we need. The little daily excoriations of temper speedily heal themselves; but when the pain lasts, they have an errand to accomplish, and they accomplish it. These as well as greater sufferings, are ordered. They must be submitted to with patience, resignation, and meekness; and if they enable us to see ourselves, and gain a victory over our pride, they are of great value. Instead of vain and impotent wishes to fly from them, or the circumstances which occasion them, it is the part of manly virtue to bear and forbear, and by grace to wax stronger and stronger.