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I Did n’t Think

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Publishing Committee · BATTLE CREEK, MICH. · May 27, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 12, No. 2.

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“I Did n’t Think.”

By James White

We frequently hear people offer this as an excuse for some unchristian speech inadvertently made. We ask such to consider the following suggestions:
When people think, they often speak as the head dictates. But when they do not think they speak from the heart. Many of the readers of the REVIEW have heard of the man, who, when thrown from his horse in the mud, cried out, “Praise the Lord!” Probably he did not think, but praise was in his heart, and ever ready to fall from his tongue. How many of you would have said the same under like circumstances?
We all understand the power of habit. It is hard to live contrary to habit, but easy to live according to it. We should train ourselves to habits of devotion, and to this end carefully examine what you say when you do not think, and you may thereby learn something of the true state of your heart.
J. H. W.