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Poverty of Spirit

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 7, 1856

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 7, No. 19.

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Poverty of Spirit

By Thornton

Poverty of Spirit.—A man must be emptied of himself, in order that he may be filled with the blessing of the gospel. He must become poor in spirit, in order that he may become rich in faith, and a partaker of the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed, therefore, is the man who thinks meanly of himself, and highly of his Maker and Redeemer. Blessed is the man who walks humbly with his God, and is also humble towards his fellow-creatures. Blessed is the man who both feels and manifests this poverty of spirit. This temper may not exalt him in the eye of the world, but it is the temper befitting his condition—it is a temper honorable to God, and truly beneficial to his fellow-creatures. It is the temper which Christ has pronounced to be characteristic of the Christian.—Thornton.