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The Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 20, 1879

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 54, No. 21

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“A little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts and almonds.” Gen. 43:11.
—NOTHING ages like laziness.—Bulwer Lytton.
—BE wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.—Quarles.
—WHEN the Breton mariner puts to sea, his prayer is, “Keep me, my God; my boat is so small, and thy ocean is so wide.”
—IF the stone strike against the earthen jar, woe to the jar; and if the jar strike against the stone, woe, not the less, to the jar.—Spanish Proverb.
—WE are not saved by faith without works, for there is no such faith in Christ. Nor are we saved by works without faith, for no works but those that flow from faith are acceptable to God.—Bethune.
Largely thou givest, gracious Lord; Largely thy gifts should be restored. Freely thou givest; and thy word Is, “Freely give;” He only who forgets to hoard Has learned to live. —Keble.
—BLESSED are they to whom people go when they are in distress! Blessed are they around whom little children flock! Blessed are they upon whom grateful eyes look, saying, “Come again; I am better for your coming.” Blessed are they whose eye is serene; whose voice is gentle; whose heart is sweet; whose life makes happiness!
—WE may see God in this world, not directly indeed, for he dwells in light inaccessible and full of glory. He is not hidden from us by darkness, but by light. In the order and wonder of creation, in the majesty of sunrise and sunset, in the infinite range of the midnight heavens, we see God’s presence.
—TO do good to men is the great work of life; to make them true Christians is the greatest good we can do them. Every investigation brings us round to this point. Begin here, and you are like one who strikes water from a rock on the summits of the mountains; it flows down the intervening tracts to the very base. If we could make each man love his neighbor, we should make a happy world. The true method is to begin with ourselves, and so extend the circle around us. It should be perpetually in our minds.—J. W. Alexander.