p. 469 | Love Is Not Selfish by Selected

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 5, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 30.

Love Is Not Selfish

By Selected

LOVE is not selfish. There are those who want things to suit themselves, whether others are suited or not. If riding on the train or street-car, they want the whole seat. If walking on the street or riding on the highway, the selfish one wants the whole sidewalk or street for himself. If such an one happens to be a member of the church, he wants things to suit himself whether others are pleased or displeased. If he cannot have things his way, he will not have them at all. If he cannot have the preaching to suit his fancy, he will not come to church. Like a balky horse, if he can go his own way, he will go all right; but if he is checked, even by the majority, he balks. If he cannot rule, he will try to ruin. But such an one has no love for God and his fellow-men.

—Sel.