p. 1 | At the Wrong End by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 24, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 59.

At the Wrong End.

By Editor

The one great reason why scientists and others who are not scientists come to wrong conclusions respecting truth is that they begin at the wrong end. They take for a basis oftentimes that which has neither been demonstrated or proved. Reasoning from false or uncertain premises, they must come to false or uncertain conclusions. The wrong end is the human end. They reason from complex and insincere man to the infinite. They hope to build upon the shifting, uncertain sands of humanity a building which will reach to heaven. If the divine is brought into the scheme, it is a perversion of the true. It is measured by the finite, it is judged by man. Conclusions drawn from such premises will be but half truths at best, and these are often the worst of lies. The only true basis of all true character building, the only true basis of every scheme for the uplifting of humanity, the only true foundation of truth, is God. “Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at

peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.” Job 22:21. Seeking God, becoming acquainted with him, in the fullest, clearest revelation which he has given,—Jesus Christ and his word,—is the only true way of building surely and eternally. His law will not then be limited in its scope by human law. His gospel will not be separated from his law as something entirely different.