Zeal and Success by Eliza H. Morton

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 1, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 47.

Zeal and Success

By Eliza H. Morton

THE man who has the most zeal is usually the man who has the best success in whatever he undertakes to do.

There is a zeal, however, that is not according to knowledge, and that borders on fanaticism. The quality of our zeal should be considered. In the Christian life, a zeal born of the flesh is of little value in the sight of God.

Dr. Bonar tells of a dream he once had. He saw angels weighing his zeal, and it reached the maximum at a hundred. Then they analyzed it, and his pleasure was turned to pain when he saw that it consisted of fourteen parts pure selfishness, fifteen parts sectarianism, twenty-two parts ambition, twenty-three parts love of man, and twenty-six parts love of God.

A zeal that is entirely of God will provoke many to good works, and should characterize those who have a message from the heavenly throne. ELIZA H. MORTON.