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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 1, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 1.

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Wisdom to Keep the Law

By H. Clay Trumbull

"Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding. . . . that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord." It requires a good deal of wisdom to know enough to do as the Lord has told us to do; to keep the law of the Lord, after we know what that law is. It requires large understanding, as well as strong faith, to perceive that it is always safe, and always best, to do right. Most of us know just enough to suppose that our way, the way of our longing or of our temptation, is a better way than the Lord's way; and most of us are resting on our own wisdom just because we don't know enough to know what fools we are. Lord, make that truth clear to us, and we shall be in a good state to begin to do better!—H. Clay Trumbull.