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The Almost Christian

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 7, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 12, No. 20.

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The Almost Christian

By Mead

THE almost Christian can pray, but he cannot love God; he can teach or hear, &c., but he cannot take delight in God. Mark God’s query concerning the hypocrite: “Will he delight himself in the Almighty?” He will pray to the Almighty, but will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he take pleasure in God? Ah, no! he will not—he cannot! Delight in God ariseth from a suitableness between the faculty and the object; now none are more unsuitable than God and a carnal heart. Delight arises from the having what we desire, and from what we have. How then can he delight in God, that neither enjoyeth, nor hath, nor truly desireth God? Delight in God is one of the highest exercises of grace; and therefore, how can he delight in God, that hath no grace?—Mead’s Almost a Christian.