THE TRUE LIFE by J. Ossian Davies

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 5, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 52.

THE TRUE LIFE.

By J. Ossian Davies

"Is LIFE worth living?" It depends entirely upon what the life is. Some lives are not worth living, as they are; but the fault rests with the men who live them. The drunkard's life is not worth living, but it is his own fault. The sensualist's life is not worth living, but it is his own fault. The blasphemer's life is not worth living, but it is his own fault. The thief's life is not worth living, but it is his own fault. The gold hunter's life is not worth living, but it is his own fault. "Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die." Is such a life worth living?—No, for the beast does that. "Let us study dress and appearance." And is such a life worth living?—No, for the peacock does that. "Let us laugh our sorrows out of the world." And is such a life worth living?—No, for the chattering ape does that. A godless life is a worthless life, but a godly life is always worth living. And what is it that makes life worth living?—The presence of Christ in the heart. "He that hath the

Son hath life." Where do we find the noblest life?—Where the gospel is best lived. It is in Christ that we find the life which is life indeed. "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."—Rev. J. Ossian Davies.