Inordinate Affections by Caribbean Watchman

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 4, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 14.

Inordinate Affections

By Caribbean Watchman

THE moment a man gives way to inordinate desire, disquietude and torment take possession of his heart. The proud and the covetous are never at rest; but the humble and poor in spirit possess their souls in the plenitude of peace.

He that is not perfectly dead to himself, is soon tempted and easily subdued, even in the most ordinary occurrences of life. The weak in spirit who is yet carnal, and inclined to the pleasures of sense, finds great difficulty in withdrawing himself from earthly desires. He feels regret and sorrow, as often as this abstraction is attempted; and every opposition to the indulgence of his ruling passion kindles his indignation and resentment. If he succeeds in the gratification of inordinate desire, he is immediately stung with remorse; for he has not only contracted the guilt of sin, but is wholly disappointed of the peace which he sought. It is, therefore, not by indulging, but by resisting our passions, that true peace of heart is to be found. It can not be the portion of him that is carnal, nor of him that is devoted to a worldly life; it dwells only with the humble and the spiritual.—Caribbean Watchman.