True Humility

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Mar 8, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 10.

There is much mock humility in the world. Men often humble themselves more in appearance than in heart. They will acknowledge the sin in its general outline, but excuse themselves in detail sufficient, were such excuse of value, to justify all the evil. This is not true humility. An apostle says to those who have sinned, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord” (James 4:10); that is, just as we would were the Lord visibly present and we knew He were looking into our very heart. Man would not equivocate, nor condone, nor excuse sin then. He would humble himself with all his heart. And to such God extends mercy. Altho infinite in power, wisdom, and glory, He dwells with the contrite and humble spirit. And He does not dwell with them to abase, or degrade, or reproach, but “to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” Isa. 57:15. “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up.”