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The Folly of Seeking Honor

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jun 26, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 25.

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The Folly of Seeking Honor

By The Christian

As a rule it may be said that those who deserve honors do not often desire them, and that they who desire them do not often deserve them. "How can ye believe which receive honor one of another?" This life is short, and all its honors fade; and if while seeking to assert yourself, and win the respect that is your due, you miss the opportunity of saving one poor sinner, how sad will be the mistake you make. But if you give your energies to the work of God in such true self-forgetfulness that you shall be careless of man's applause, and forgetful even of what is your right, God in his providence will care for you. He will exalt you to blessing and honor, and will crown you at last with peace.
—The Christian.