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A Spirit Level to Live By

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 15, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 7.

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A Spirit Level to Live By

A LITTLE boy saw his father using a spirit level to see if the board that he was planing was "true" and straight.
"What's the use of being so careful, papa?" he asked. "It's pretty good, I guess."
"Guessing won't do in carpenter work," replied his father, sighting the edge of the board and shaving it the least bit in the world. "You have to be just right. People guess at too many things. God does not like that way of living."
"I guess there aren't any spirit levels for living by," laughed the little boy.
"Yes, there are," said the father, earnestly. "You'll find them in the Bible. Try all your actions by that."—Selected.