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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 3, 1856

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 8, No. 10.

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Am I a Christian?

By Editor

[A correspondent to whom the following piece has been a source of “comfort and encouragement,” sends it to us, thinking it might prove the same to others. We thank our friends for all interesting matter for the REVIEW, whether in original articles, carefully written, or choice selections.—Ed.]
If I am a believer in, and a follower of, Christ; if pure love to God, and a sincere desire to glorify him are the motives by which I am actuated, then am I a Christian. If I have had godly sorrow for sin which worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of; if I can count all things but loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord; then am I a Christian. If I find within me an increasing desire to know more and more of God, and what his will is concerning me, and a disposition to lay all on his altar, bowing with sweet submission to his holy will, then I have reason to believe I am a Christian. If I am a Christian, old things are passed away, and all things are become new. My affections are set on things above, not on things on the earth. I have no desire for the friendship of the world, because it is enmity with God. I have no desires for riches, for worldly honors and emoluments, for the fashions, maxims and practices of the world, for these are vanity, and soon pass away. I shall love my neighbor as myself, I shall seek to do good unto all men, especially unto them that are of the household of faith.
Finally, I shall ever exhibit the Spirit of my divine Master at all times and under all circumstances, however trying they may be, while sojourning in this vale of tears, until the scenes of earth are closed, and we receive the joyful sentence, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” When sin and death shall no more have dominion over us, but we shall be kings and priests unto God, and dwell with him forever and ever. Amen.