Character

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 20, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 16.

Character.—The one thing in all this universe more important than all others to every morally-responsible being is character. It is that which makes God loving and lovable. It is character which lifts Jesus Christ high above all others, even in the world's estimation. It is character which we most prize in men. It is that which survives. We admire beauty; it may last, however, only for a day. The great strength of the athlete appeals to our enthusiasm; but a few hours of sickness, and it is gone. We long for riches; but in the last hour, when spiritual consolation is desired, we do not send for a man because he is rich in gold or bonds or land, but because he has a true and tried character, which money can not buy.