GOOD INTENTIONS by J. W. Kirton

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 23, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 25.

GOOD INTENTIONS.

By J. W. Kirton

MORAL strength is acquired by moral fidelity, just as moral weakness is the result of sinful indulgence. "By the street By-and-by we come to the lane Never," the old proverb says. It is not enough to intend to do right or to go right; men must do and go. Daily resistance to small temptations is the moral training which best prepares for future temptations. To neglect this training is, therefore, to resign the victory and suffer a defeat. Of the tens of thousands who have gone astray, or fallen into bad habits, it may be safely said not one deliberately started out to do so, but they were caught one by one in some sly trap, because they were not on the alert, or, what is still more to be deplored, were not earnest in their search for good habits, or vigorous in their efforts to rise to the highest point attainable in goodness of which they were capable.—J. W. Kirton.