p. 14 | Come Down by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 14, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 24.

Come Down

By Editor

Come Down.—It is not for the discouragement of those who hold themselves above the common people that we say it, but because it is true: The kingdom of heaven will be made up of the common people. The divine record of the earthly ministry of Christ says that "the common people heard Him gladly." And, with here and there an exception, the true disciples of Christ are from the ranks of the common people. And such as truly come to Him from the nominally higher classes always humble themselves, and are not ashamed to fraternize with the lowly. In order to come to Jesus the proud heart must come down, for He is "meek and lowly in heart." Turn the little children of the rich and the poor out in the playground together, and they know nothing of class lines. These things have to be taught to the children of aristocratic people by their parents or tutors. But Christ says: "Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven."