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Signs of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 40.

General Articles

Signs of the Times

Oct 22, 1885

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 22, 1885

General Articles.

By Mrs. E. G. White

Character-Building.

BY MRS. E. G. WHITE.
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." Col. 3:1-4.
"SEEK those things which are above," says the apostle. Are we obeying this injunction? Are we withdrawing our affections from the things of earth, and setting them on things which are eternal, pertaining to the kingdom of God? Let us not disregard these words, lest we pass on, following our own ways, encouraging ourselves in evil thoughts and unlovely actions, which separate us from God, and place us on the enemy's ground, subject to his control.
"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." The character of the true Christian will be consistent, meek, cheerful, fragrant with good works, and so resolute that sin will find no sanction in the heart or in the words and acts. The peace of Christ, ruling in the heart of the earnest, working Christian, while it will elevate and refine the taste and sanctify the judgment, will be reflected upon others, and help them on in the upward path. Such will be the character of those who are indeed "risen with Christ," and are seeking "those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God."
But we are none of us perfect. We are only learners in the school of Christ. If with unprejudiced mind and humble heart we carefully search the Scriptures, we shall find much in our lives and characters to condemn, much that needs to be remedied. But in that word the way of life is fully pointed out, so that there need be no mistake. Thus the apostle explains what it is to die to self and live to God:—
"Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry; for which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience; in the which ye also walked sometime, when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him."
"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." What solemn and important words are these! And what weight do they have with us? If any have been in the habit of giving them away to some one else, I hope they will now take them home to their own hearts. Closely examine yourself, Christian reader, not once a week, but daily, and see if you are cultivating a spirit which is meek, forbearing, long-suffering, humble, and teachable, and are thus bearing in your life the precious fruits of the Spirit, which grow on no other than the Christian tree.
Some will be ready to ask, "How can I get out of the worries in which I find myself involved? How shall I ever be understood and appreciated? I have no confidence in this one's religion or honesty, and that one has done me wrong." Be careful how you sin against your brethren by misjudging them, and speaking evil of them. God has not given you permission to climb upon the judgment-seat, and pronounce one good because he praises, pets, and favors you, and denounce another because he is not your particular friend. This selfish, narrow, bigoted spirit does harm to those with whom you associate. It is not the spirit of Christ, but of him who has been from the beginning the accuser of the brethren. Instead of misjudging others, examine your own conduct. Place the most favorable construction on the words and actions of others, and you will thus be exercising the mercy that is becoming to those who are the holy and beloved of God, members of the royal family. Seek the meekness of Christ. He suffered wrong, and did not attempt to avenge himself.
Perhaps some child of God may be commissioned to give you a word of reproof for some inconsistency in your words or deportment, and instead of feeling grateful for the faithful discharge of a really unpleasant duty, and heeding the warning given in love to your soul, you may turn away in anger. All the wrath and malice of an unsubdued heart may be stirred up, and the foul waters poured forth to poison the minds and hearts of others. This shows that you have not mortified your members. "Anger, wrath, malice," have not been "put off." You have not been seeking to repress everything in your character that is contrary to the word of God. Satan laughs, and angels weep, because you are too proud and stubborn to confess and forsake your faults.
Trials cannot be avoided. When they come, do not indulge the thought, "If those around me would do right, it would be easy to be cheerful, happy, and contented. Oh that I could get into a place where there would be no irritations, where life to me would not be filled with discouragements, and my temper constantly tried. If I could only escape these things!" You can escape them only by having a new heart and dying to self. You will gain no real victories so long as you allow your temper to rise the minute your track is crossed; neither will you conquer by fleeing from the field of battle. He who runs is a coward, not a conqueror.
Meet your trials in the strength of Jesus, and endure them. Let the inquiry be, How can I endure the provings of God? How can I meet provocations, and not lose self-control? When you claim that you cannot do this, you acknowledge that your life is not hid in Christ; that you are not exemplifying the character of your divine Lord; that self is not dead, but is clamoring for the supremacy. Your Christian life may be a victorious one; but you must strain every nerve and muscle in the contest against self and sin. There is no release in this war; no delightful arbor where you may rest and slumber; for your wily foe would gain advantages that would result in eternal loss.
When you have done all that you can on your part, you may in faith ask help of the Captain of your salvation, and he will bring divine aid to be combined with human effort; and he will bind upon your brow the laurels of the conqueror; just as though you had yourself wrought out the victory. And remember, it is the overcomer that enters the portals of the kingdom of glory; it is the overcomer that wears the crown of life, and stands with the blood-washed throng around the great white throne.
Our work here is that of character-building; and let each build over against his own house. Time is graciously given us for this work; and day by day, brick by brick, the structure is going up. Let it not be defective and deformed, but make it symmetrical and beautiful, strong to resist cold and heat, storm and sunshine.
In the wise providence of God, obstacles are permitted, yes, ordered, as a means of discipline, and to nerve us with determination not to be conquered by circumstances. The life of Christ is our example. Did he seek ease and self-indulgence? Ah, no! He "was in all points tempted like as we are;" he was "a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief." Yet his heart was so full of love and interest for others that he thought not, planned not, lived not, for himself. He came to seek and to save that which was lost, and he left his followers to carry on this work in his name. But no onecan bear another upward to Heaven; each must tread the rough pathway which Jesus has trodden before him, and which he has brightened by his presence.
We must not think that we can wait till we get to Heaven before we perfect pure, chaste, lovely characters. The Christian will be Christ-like here. There is a diversity among us. We each have traits of character, tastes, gifts, and capacities peculiar to ourselves, all of which have been established or modified by education and habit. But by the grace of Christ all those varied characteristics may be brought into harmony with the will of God.
In our early experience, a gray-haired brother, giving his testimony in a social meeting, expressed the fear that he should be overcome by temptation, and give up the faith once delivered to the saints. Said he, "I cannot afford to lose eternal life. What would I not give to know that I should never fall!"
A week from this time, when he arose to speak in the social meeting, his face was all aglow with the light and peace of Heaven. "Brethren," he exclaimed, "I have found a sure rule for success in the Christian journey. You will read it in 2 Peter 1:5-7: 'Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, charity.' We must climb this ladder, round after round, remembering that God is above it, ready to help us in our efforts. We must live upon the plan of addition, and God has promised that he will multiply his grace to us." Then with earnestness and enthusiasm he added: "Let us begin to-day to climb Peter's ladder, never looking back; for we have the word of the inspired apostle that if we do these things we shall never fall, but an entrance will be ministered unto us abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour."
This brother continued to follow Peter's excellent rule for Christian living until his work on earth was done; and he now sleeps in Jesus, awaiting the resurrection morning.
Will we be diligent to make our calling and election sure? Will we patiently climb the ladder of Christian progress, until from the topmost round we step into the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ? We may become pure and holy. We may become more precious than fine gold, even the golden wedge of Ophir. And what joy it will be to hear from the lips of Jesus the sweet benediction, "Well done, good and faithful servant." What a victory to be of that company of whom John speaks: "And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."

THE TEMPTED CHRIST.

By Harriet Kimball

With hunger wasted, and distress, Behold Him in the wilderness, The Christ who came to save and bless.
Alone! what solitude so drear! And God's own foe draws softly near To whisper in his holy ear.
All present bribes of earth and sense He brings to lure his victim thence; Those white lips answer, "Get thee hence!"
What anguish hangs upon his brow; His fainting limbs refuse to bow. Jesus, all tempted, sinless thou!
O victor—victim! hear us call; Low at thy feet we sinners fall; Our sins, thy sorrows, us appall!
Those sins, our sins, thy sorrows wrought; Our guilt thy awful conflict brought; In thee the foe our weakness fought.
Nor were thy sufferings measured yet: Thine agony and bloody sweat; Thy cross whereon all sorrows met;
The torture and the mockery; The desolation of that cry That rent the earth and hid the sky.
Oh, one by one we tell thy woes That we may feel the bitter throes Of grief the sinner only knows;
Thus, thus alone, to learn how vast Thy love that counts our guilt o'erpast To win and keep us thine at last! —Harriet Kimball, in Congregationalist.

The Bishop’s Silence

The London correspondent of the New York Tribune cites the bishop of St. Davids as saying, that "the action of the Pall Mall Gazette constitutes, perhaps, the gravest offense against public decency and morality ever committed in even a nominally Christian country." But what has the bishop of St. Davids to say of the heinous crimes in socially high places which the Gazette has laid bare? Not a word, so far as yet noted!—Sel.

Moody on Faith.

By Dwight L. Moody

I HAVE never in my life seen a man or woman disappointed who was full of faith; that is, if they have any ground for their faith. Faith must have a warrant to go to God and pray for our neighbors and friends. Now, unbelief is a great enemy to the church of God, and if any of you doubt the promises of God, and lack faith, you may be sure that you will not receive a blessing. You can't do any work when there is a lack of faith. Unbelief is sweeping over the land to-day, and you want faith to sway and destroy it. We read in Holy Writ that Christ, in one particular place, could not do great and mighty works in consequence of their unbelief.
God's people are the only ones who can hinder God's work. Skeptics can't do it, although they may think so. Now, if we want to have a reward when we reach our heavenly home, we should have faith in our work here, for "without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." Heb. 11:6. We want God not only to revive us now, but we must have faith that the outlying masses may be reached. I remember in New England, where I was born, I used, when a boy, to go into the woods, and, with certain kind of glass, set the bushes on fire. Now, faith is the glass that draws the fire out of Heaven. Some people have the idea that faith is getting old in the present day; but, thank God, the faith that moved the arm of Elijah, can move the world to-day. We want faith that God can do mighty things in our midst. In the eleventh chapter of Hebrews, we find what faith is, and the worthy fruits of it in the fathers of old. Now notice what was accomplished through faith. Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are shown in this one chapter to have "all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off," they "embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." It seems to me, no child of God can read these words without recognizing faith. Many of you have children who have gone astray, and been led captive by strong drink and the lusts of the flesh. A mighty enemy has taken away your sons, and broken the circle of your little homestead; have faith, my friends, in their speedy return. Perhaps you have grown a little discouraged; but, thank God, the drunkard can be reached, and the harlot can be reinstated in the home, by faith and prayer. God's power to save is equally as effective to-day as it was of old. Abraham lived far away on the other side of the cross of Christ, and yet he had faith, and obeyed the call of God, going out of his own land, "not knowing whither he went." We are far better privileged than that patriarch of old, for in this our day we live in the full blaze of Calvary; and when we look back to the cross of the Saviour, and see his bleeding side, we cannot but be struck with our want of faith in his finished work.
Do you remember the centurion? He sent word for Christ to come to his house, and when the Lord was about to journey thither, he sent a message to the Saviour not to take the trouble, but just speak the word, and the child should live. In the morning of the creation He had said, "Let there be light!" and there was light. And, surely, He who could make the world in six days could raise the dead to life. That centurion of old had faith in His divine power, and Christ marveled at it. Dear friends, let us have faith to-day that our great God is able to do great and mighty things. Now Caleb and Joshua were both more than all the camp of unbelievers and the ten spies put together. Moses sent out spies to spy the land, as God had told him to go and take possession of it. These spies came back with what we might term a "majority report." They said, "We are not able to do it;" and you can see these miserable objects in the gathering shadows of evening, with thousands around them, telling forth their unbelief. They could not take the land they beheld, for they saw tall and great giants ready to swallow them up. But listen to the story of Caleb and Joshua, as they declare that they are well able to take the land. They knew that their God, who had delivered them from Pharaoh and taken them through the Red Sea, could now help them to take the land. The people all listened to the spies, who had said it was a land flowing with milk and honey, but they did not go into it because of their miserable unbelief. Caleb and Joshua, however, said, "We are able," and so they went over and took possession of the land, as God had directed them.
It is a disappointing fact that ten out of every twelve of the Christians of the land are looking at the walls of Jericho, and the giants, and all the while predicting a defeat. They say, "If we did not have so many public houses, we should do something. They are our bitterest enemies." Oh, may this miserable unbelief be swept away to-day! Our God still lives, and we can take the land if we choose to do so.
I tell you, dear friends, if we have faith we shall get a blessing. It may be some godly man, who has never been able to attend these meetings, or some bedridden mother, who will cause the fire to come down from Heaven, by their continual faith and prayer. I am sure, if we have faith in our work here, our work will be memorable in the annals of many who are now steeped in sin and wickedness.
Courage always follows faith. You will notice that when we get faith in God, we have courage for our work. If we are full of faith, we will be sure to be full of courage. Perhaps you have to go against a great many of your lukewarm friends, and those who have grown cold. They perhaps object to these meetings, and say, "They don't believe in revival services." You will hear people say, "I don't think this is the best way; for I had a mission twenty years ago, and it was quite unlike this one. I don't believe in it." Well, dear friends, the Holy Spirit will mark out his own way and his own channel. Let us take courage against these criticisms and go forward. You know the prophet Obed had a son named Azariah, through whose prophecy Asa, the king, "took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from Mount Ephraim." Now, like Asa, we must be prepared to go against our best and dearest friends, but we must be prepared to take courage.—Christian Herald.

Public Funds for Catholic Schools

"LEWISTON, Maine, being an extensive manufacturing town, a large portion of its inhabitants are foreigners. Its school board, which is composed of eight Catholics and six Protestants, recently adopted St. Joseph's Parochial School for girls, which it agrees to support from the public funds, with its corps of eight teachers—'sisters' from Notre Dame. This is something the Romish priests have been trying to get done in other sections of the country, but it is the first time they have been successful. The taxpayers are thus compelled to support the public schools, and the separate sectarian schools of that body whose special object is to inculcate the superstitions of Rome. This is what may be called an 'entering wedge,' to be followed up whenever the Catholics can gain control of the school boards."
And it should be known that these teachers do not get the money paid to them for teaching; they are bound by their vows to give themselves to the service of the church. This money goes directly to the support of the priests, and thus the State is made to sustain the Romish Church. To this end the Jesuits are seeking to get control of the schools. It is a Church and State scheme.—N. Y. Observer.

False Teaching.

By Christian World

THE most dangerous enemies of the church are not infidels and worldlings, but hypocritical Christians. An enemy in the camp is far more powerful for evil than one outside of it. One inconsistent Christian injures the cause of religion more than five rampant infidels. One back-slidden minister strikes a more disastrous blow to the church than a dozen of Ingersoll's eloquent lectures. In view of this, it is an ominous sign that so many ministers are departing from the old faith, preaching the "enticing words of men's wisdom," while they pretend to be the elect of God. These men, proclaiming falsehood from the pulpit, pandering to the spirit of the times with a perverted gospel, are the most powerful agencies for Satan in fighting the kingdom of God.
When, in the history of Israel, the destruction of Ahab was desired, and the Lord planned how to effect it, the problem was solved in this way: A spirit came forth and stood before the Lord, and said, "I will persuade him; . . . I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of his prophets." This plan met with approval; and the spirit, by speaking falsehood from the mouth of the prophet, accomplished Ahab's ruin when no other means could have prevailed. Give the devil "the livery of Heaven," and he will lead more souls astray than he otherwise could. Put the deceitful, flattering words of human speculation into the form of a sermon, apparently supported by divine authority, and they are made thrice as potent for evil.—Christian World.

Love and Fear.

By Central Christian Advocate

MANY superficial Christians talk flippantly and with a show of great progress about their freedom from fear; in fact, they discard fear as an element in religion, and set love over against it as its contrast and conqueror. There is slavish fear, which hath torment, from which the Christian is freed; but filial fear grows with his growth and strengthens with his strength.
This fear is the foundation and constant support of all true piety. To discard it is to destroy the foundation and reduce faith to an airy thing, baseless and insubstantial. This sickly and nerveless piety retires fear to the dim and shadowy regions of Old Testament virtue, and felicitates itself that it has passed to brighter and happier regions, and that fear, and all its strong elements of awe, reverence, adoration, are to be retired; and sweeter, milder, more attractive graces are to fill their places. All such views are damaging in the extreme; they emasculate the whole system, and leave it limp and boneless, breeding sentiment instead of faith. Discarding fear, love dies because it has been digged up by the roots.
This fear is called by Archbishop Leighton the compendium and summary of religion, having in it, as he says, chiefly these five things: "1. A reverential esteem of the majesty of God; 2. A firm belief of the purity of God; 3. A right apprehension of the bitterness of his wrath and the sweetness of his love; 4. Sovereign love to God; 5. A more earnest desire to please him."
This filial fear is the basis and support of all genuine piety; to set love against it is to create schism in the body of Christ. The smallest acquaintance with the New Testament will discover the flippancy and sentiment of such hollow and childish views. A summary of the condition of the church makes this sentiment:—
Acts 9: 31: "Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied."
In 2 Cor. 7, fear becomes the handmaid of holiness, and conducts to its perfect state.
In Phil. 2: 12, fear is made an abiding principle to run parallel with the entire struggle and toil of the work of salvation.
In 1 Peter 1: 17, we have fear as the companion of prayer, and covering in its duration the whole of our earthly sojourn.
In 1 Peter 2: 17, fear is formulated into a sharp and direct command.
It is an essential element in all acceptable worship, and it takes grace, much grace, to serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear, as enjoined in Hebrews 12: 28.
This fear exists in the heavenly world, and forms part of the ascription of that which is due to God. Rev. 7: 14.
Our Lord settled the matter in Luke 12, when he taught the true object of fear:—
"And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him."
—Central Christian Advocate.

Rebuking.

By Christian Union

The New Testament gives the principle to be observed in rebuking another, when it says: "If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such a one." The office of rebuke is always restoration from a fault; a principle which the spectator is very sure mistresses do not always remember when they rebuke their servants, nor parents when they rebuke their children. And such rebuke comes effectually only from those who are measurably free from the fault from which they are endeavoring to recover servant, child, or friend. It would be humorous, if it were not pathetic, to witness, as we often do, a mother scolding her servant with sharp, astringent tones, and then turning, five minutes after, and rebuking a child who has caught the same tone of voice and echoed it in scolding a companion; or to see a father who is always late at breakfast, calling his son sharply to account for imitating his example. Our children mirror our faults, and when the father sees the fault in the little looking-glass, the first thing for him to do is to correct the larger fault in himself. At least let him recognize, in condemning the fault in the child, the fact that the child has inherited it from him, and that he needs to correct it in himself.—Christian Union.

The Simplicity of Salvation

THERE is a satisfaction in doing a great thing. It seems worth while to undertake a work which will strain every nerve and employ every power. Many a man would go into battle bravely, who now shrinks from having a tooth pulled, and who is sometimes timid in a dark room or in a lonely house. Thousands of young men would be ready to go across a continent or an ocean, to dig in a gold mine or a diamond field in the effort to make money, who are unwilling to give up tobacco, or to live within their income day by day to acquire a competency. And oh, how many there are who would do any great thing for salvation, if only that were its price! They would go to war, or to the martyr's stake; they would subject themselves to penance or to bodily torture; anything difficult, anything great. Man's chief trouble with God's plan of salvation is that it is so simple, so easy of attainment by anybody.—Sel.

Bishop Huntington on Skating Rinks

BISHOP HUNTINGTON, in a speech before the Congregational Club of Central New York, denounced skating rinks, saying: "This mad excess which has turned the heads of thousands whose heads have been turned before, is but a product of self-indulgence. In the places where this amusement is practiced, modesty is allured to immodesty, and virtue falls to vice. Societies of virtuous women are raising money and doing what they can to protect female honor in India, and China, and Ethiopia, unmindful of the female honor imperiled at their doors."

The Persistency of Waiting.

THE fulfillment of waiting on the Lord is "patient continuance in well-doing." Waiting includes perseverance. Patience is essential to compliance with the requirement to "wait on the Lord." An apostle says: "The husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it." So, all who would serve the Lord must wait patiently for the results, and for the reward of their labors. They do not at once see the fruit of what they sow, and hence they need to cheer themselves with the assurance, "In due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
The Chinese have a proverb that "with time a mulberry leaf becomes satin." When it is said that "waters wear the stones," the understanding is that this result is not reached by force, but by continual dropping. Some one has defined perseverance as failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth time, like Bruce's famous spider, which has taught the world the best lesson that spider ever taught. Jeremy Collier said: "Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming impossibility give way." This is illustrated in the discovery of America by Columbus, and in the success of the missionary work in Burmah, where Adoniram Judson labored six years before he could rejoice over the first convert. Fitly did Dr. Samuel Johnson, more than a century ago, say: "All the performances of human art at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance. It is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united by canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pickax, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties; and mountains are leveled and oceans bounded by the slender force of human beings."
Those who steadfastly wait on the Lord are amply repaid for their persistency in complying with a cardinal requirement. A prophet's cheering words may be accepted by him when he says: "The vision is yet for an appointed time; wait for it, because it will surely come." The tarrying of the vision is not the failing of the vision. Waiting for it will certainly be crowned with the seeing of it. There is much endurance in waiting. David could say: "On thee, O Lord, do I wait all the day." His waiting endured unto the end. It was through "all the day," embracing the entire day, and not merely a part thereof. He did not wait temporarily, but continually. Quaint Thomas Brooks, two hundred years ago, said: "No grace, not the most sparkling and shining grace, can bring a man to Heaven of itself without perseverance; not faith (which is the champion of grace), if it be faint and fail; not love (which is the nurse of grace), if it decline and wax cold; nor humility (which is the adorner and beautifier of grace), if it continue not to the end; not obedience, not repentance, not patience, no, nor any other grace, except they have their perfect work. It is not enough to begin well, except we end well. Manasseh and Paul began ill, but ended well; Judas and Demas began well, but ended ill."
There is so much inconstancy in the religion of many that they can hardly be said to "wait on the Lord." Of such the prophet complains, saying: "Your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away." That is not true of those who "wait on the Lord;" for it is declared: "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk, and not faint."—The Watchman.
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