Untitled article by H. A. St. John

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 29, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 47.

Biblical Paradoxes — No. 3

By H. A. St. John

“As SORROWFUL, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.” 2 Cor. 6:10. There are many things to occasion sorrow in this world. Jesus was a man of sorrows; but with all His sorrow at the sense and sight of what sin had wrought in this world, He had a constant, abiding, and internal peace and joy that all the sorrows of the world could not take away, or swallow up. It was the sweet peace and joy of hope and Heaven. He never lost sight of this joy, and He desires to give us the same joy, that we may rejoice, even in sorrow.

We may be poor in this world’s goods, and poor in spirit, and at the same time be rich in faith, and in good works, and hence be able through God to make others rich in the grace of God in this life, and rich in the eternal glory of God hereafter.

Again, we may have nothing in this world; like our divine Lord, we may not have a place to lay our heads, in life or in death. But Jesus is heir of all things; and if we are Christ’s, then are we Abraham’s seed, and joint heirs with Him of all things. All things are mine, if I am His. How can I keep from singing? H. A. ST. JOHN.