Why?

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 15, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 27.

Why?—In speaking of those who talk too much, the New York Observer remarks: "It is likely, however, that in one line few people are too talkative, and that is in the giving of Christian testimony. When it comes to the showing what great things God hath done for their souls, the majority of believers suddenly become tongue-tied, or, as some wit remarks, like rivers in Arctic regions, frozen at the mouth." But the reason is that such persons do not realize that God has done anything for their souls. They have never appropriated what has been done; if they had, they could not keep still. Their language would be, "My soul shall make her boast in the Lord;" "My soul shall be joyful in the Lord; it shall rejoice in his salvation;" "Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul." If God were praised more, more blessing would be enjoyed.