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ASSOCIATION WITH CHRIST

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 20, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 38.

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ASSOCIATION WITH CHRIST.

Acts 4:13: "They took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus."
A thought to brighten poverty is that, however poor and obscure we may be, we can have as much fragrance in our lives as the greatest and best. A Persian fable tells of a man who picked up a lump of clay which had a delightful odor.
"What art thou?" he asked.
"Only a lump of clay."
"But whence this odor?"
"I have been dwelling with the rose."
And the poet takes up the fable and sings:—
"And will not those Who love to dwell with Sharon's rose Distil sweet odors all around, Tho low and mean themselves be found?"