RIGHTEOUSNESS-WHERE FOUND by William Covent

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 6, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 23.

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RIGHTEOUSNESS—WHERE FOUND

By William Covent

<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apples of Gold</span> Library

<span style="font-size: 0.8em;">A word that spoken is fitly applied gold in sockets of silver.</span>

No. 11. Oakland, Cal., April, 1894. 10c per Year.

RIGHTEOUSNESS—WHERE FOUND

By William Covent

IN his sermon on the mount, Christ told His hearers to seek "first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness." He stated that if they did this, other necessary blessings would be added, for His Father knew that they needed the temporal things of life. But the first thing to be sought was God's righteousness, because it is of the most lasting form. Matt. 6:33, 34.

There is no way of obtaining this grace except by seeking for it. Our Redeemer says, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." Matt. 7:7. In order to find that for which we seek, we should learn where to look for the object, and how we may obtain it.

We learn that God's law teaches what the precepts of righteousness require. Upon this scene many scriptures should be cited, but we only have space for a few: " Thy testimonies that Thou hast commanded are righteousness." Ps. 119:4. Most of us will say this is true. And again, " Thy word is truth. Ps. 119:151 "My tongue shall speak of Thy word, for all Thy commandments are righteousness." Ps. 119:172. See also Isa. 51:7 and Rom. 1:16.

(Read all the Psalms.—Editor.)