Review and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 7. (2/12/1901)

Review and Herald

Feb 12, 1901

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 12, 1901

LABORS IN CALIFORNIA

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE

Since coming to America, my labors have been constant, and I have felt much of the sustaining power of the Lord. We arrived in Oakland late in the day, Friday, September 21. I was asked to speak on Sabbath afternoon in the Oakland church. The notice had gone out, and the church building was full. The Lord gave me special freedom.

The first part of the next week was devoted to house hunting, but after being conducted from place to place for days, we could find nothing suitable. Then I said, “I am done with house hunting. When the Lord provides a place for me, I will gladly accept it.”

Thursday morning we went to St. Helena, and as I met Sister Ings, she said: “Below the hill is a place that is just the place for you. The house is large and comfortable, and well furnished. The surroundings are pleasant. There are orchards and vineyards, and the stable is supplied with horses and carriages. It is so near the sanitarium that you can be a great help to us, and we may be able to assist you in some way.”

We examined the place, and found it well suited to our necessities. The sanitarium had purchased the place in order to secure all the water of a large spring belonging to it; and after retaining the spring, also five acres of land for the food factory, and ten acres for other purposes, they wished to sell me the remainder, comprising fifty-five acres of land, with the house, an old cottage that we have converted into office rooms for my helpers, the stables, horses, carriages, farm implements, for a sum less than I received for my home in Cooranbong. I need pay but a few hundred dollars now, and the rest in yearly installments, at a low rate of interest.

I had given up my home in Cooranbong with many regrets, feeling that I should never again find so quiet and comfortable a place. But lo, the Lord had prepared for me a place that was in many ways much better, and obtainable on easy terms. A large part of the proceeds of the Cooranbong place I can now loan to the Sydney Sanitarium, and other enterprises in need of funds.

Some have asked, “Why does Sister White invest six thousand dollars in a home at this stage in the world's history?” My answer is, Because I have an important work to do, and must have a suitable place in which to do it. Because the interest on this place is much less than the rent would be on the necessary rooms for my residence and offices for my helpers. I could sell portions of the place, but feel that I must keep it in order to meet the future needs of the sanitarium work.

As soon as we reached Crystal Springs, I was solicited to speak in the sanitarium chapel. This I did Thursday and Friday evenings. The audiences were large, and all seemed much interested.

Sabbath morning we went to Napa, where a district camp-meeting was in session, and there I spoke to the people. I was moved by the Spirit of God to bear a most decided testimony. After I had spoken, many came forward for prayer. Much tenderness and weeping were seen in the meeting. Some of the nurses from the sanitarium were much broken in spirit, and earnestly sought the Lord.

On returning to St. Helena, I met my son, James Edson White, whom I had not seen for nine years. He had come to counsel with us while Elder Irwin was here. Through the week our counsels continued, and many important matters were considered.

Since coming here, I have spoken about twelve times at the sanitarium, once at St. Helena, once at Calistoga, and three times at Healdsburg. The Lord has blessed me in a marked manner. I see as I never expected to see that the good hand of the Lord is with me. Oh, it has been so wonderfully apparent in providing this beautiful home in this retired place!

While on the boat, I was visited by the angel of the Lord, and was instructed that it was in the order of God for me to come to America just at this time. This was against my wishes; for I wanted to remain in Australia. I love the people there, and I loved my work. I have not lost my love for Australia, nor my interest in the workers there.

The Lord will help all who take hold with good courage, and humbly do His work with honesty and fidelity and earnest zeal. The end is near, and I would say to those I love in every place, Be of good courage in the Lord. Ministers and people, the Lord is our Rock. We may be secure. The Lord will not leave His people to the will of the enemy. He will carry us through all the strait places. He can spread a table for us in the wilderness. We want not human zeal, but a zeal for the success of all our institutions. They are God's instrumentalities. They must be kept free from selfishness. They must be witnesses for the truth of God for this time.

Sabbath, November 10, I visited San Francisco, and spoke to a church full of people who had ears to hear and hearts to understand. They seemed to be hungry for the word of the Lord, and I believe they heard to a purpose. As I spoke the word of life in plain, simple language, I knew that Christ was with us, softening and subduing hearts. The Holy Spirit was evidently at work. Oh, how my heart yearned for the precious souls whom I was inviting to look and live!

After I had finished speaking, Elder Corliss invited all who wished to give themselves to Jesus to come forward. There was a quick and happy response, and I was told that nearly two hundred persons came forward. Men and women, youth and children, pressed into the front seats. The Lord would be pleased to have a work similar to this done in every church.

Many could not come forward, because the house was so crowded, yet the animated countenances and tearful eyes testified to the determination, “I will be on the Lord's side. From this time I will seek earnestly to reach a higher standard.”

Most earnest efforts should be made to lead both the older and the younger members of our churches to take hold of the work where they are. The Lord will use all who will give themselves to Him in deed and in truth. The young men and young women who give themselves to the work of presenting the truth and laboring for the conversion of souls, should first be vitalized by the Holy Spirit; and then they should go forth without the camp into the most unpromising places. The Lord has not given to those of little experience the work of preaching to the churches. The message is to be proclaimed in the highways and hedges.

Where are the men who know how to organize? You are needed just now. Only those who are themselves guided by the great principles of truth, who have themselves felt the power of the grace of God, can be a blessing to others. These are the ones who can labor for those church-members who are living in carelessness. Those who, on their knees and with the Bible before them, seek for a living connection with the Source of all power, will gain an experience that will be of more value to them than gold.

Careful management on all points is needed, so that we shall neither run into the fire of fanaticism nor drift into formalism, which will freeze our own souls and the souls of others. We need more of the good, old-fashioned religion which leads a man to walk humbly before God. He who possesses this religion brings into his work an awakened intellect. He grasps the theory of truth, but he does not stop there. He co-operates with God by using in His service all the capabilities and gifts intrusted to him. He spends much time in the study of the Scriptures and in prayer to God, and divine power comes to him, enabling him to understand the sacred art of saving souls.

There is no need of our making continual blunders in the work of the Lord. Ministers need the guiding philosophy which gives them strength to save souls ready to perish. This philosophy is necessary in the work of God. But how little effort is put forth to educate the youth before they enter God's vineyard. Little genuine zeal is shown in educating and training the inexperienced disciple to seek for souls as he that must give an account.

I beseech those who have received the light of truth to do all in their power to carry out the commission given by Christ to His disciples. Let ministers understand that they are to impart that which they receive. Let them remember that their success comes from God, who is always ready to give a fresh supply of grace to the humble and contrite. Let them live in the light and love of God, improving the opportunities presented to them, and drawing into the web threads that will help to make the perfect pattern. Each human being is weaving his own web, and each throw of the shuttle helps to decide his own destiny and the destiny of others.

The Church is in great need of purification. There are sins that are unrepented of and unconfessed. The poison of sin must be cleansed from the Church. Many have been so deceived, their principles so corrupted, that they have no pleasure in the word of God, and it has no power over their lives. God will test character. In the day of final judgment, when every man shall be judged according to the deeds done in the body, nothing will seem to have existence but character and the law of God. Man will be stripped of everything but the character he has formed. All will be seen to be either righteous or unrighteous.

Now pretense and semblance reign in the world. But God's law calls for more than words. An imperative voice says, “By their fruits ye shall know them.” God calls for works. Our future happiness depends on our active faith and our good works.

Christ created human beings, and then, by a life of suffering and humiliation, and a death of agony and shame, He redeemed them from sin. O sinner, the Saviour endured all this for you. He died that you might be led to see the sinfulness of sin, and by coming to Him have eternal life.

WHAT IS A TITHE?

By G. B. Thompson

G. B. Thompson, in N. Y. Indicator

Some of our good brethren and sisters seem perplexed to know what constitutes a faithful tithe, whether they should tithe the gross earnings, or deduct certain expenses.

It would seem that a little careful thought would make this matter plain. It is like this: In tithing we simply take the Lord in as a partner in our business. He becomes a member of the firm, so to speak. If you are a farmer, the Lord furnishes the farm; for the land is His. He provides all the horses, cattle, flocks, and fowls; for they, too, belong unto Him. Ps. 24:1; 50:8-12. He provides the material from which all the farming implements are made. He gives them the dew, the rain, and the sunshine to make the crops grow, besides furnishing the seed, and feeding the teams as well as ourselves, giving life and energy to all. All this, and much more, the Lord provides, as the senior member of the firm. Surely, we can not afford to leave Him out of our business. Now, for all this He simply says: I reserve only the one tenth as holy unto myself, to be used in paying the servants that I have chosen to publish my gospel of salvation to a lost race. I give you the other nine tenths as your share, only asking that you make such freewill offerings from it as my Spirit may lead you to do. Surely, our God is a reasonable God, and nothing but covetousness, which is idolatry, would lead us to withhold the share that belongs to Him.

Suppose we were in partnership with a neighbor in some business, he furnishing all the capital, and reserving only the tenth of the income for himself. What would you think of the professed Christian who would fail to give even this, claiming that he did not know how to get at the tenth, or that he could not afford to give so much? Would you regard such a person a true Christian, and believe that he had a clear title to a mansion in the sky? But is our title any clearer because we take it from the Lord instead of the neighbor? I hope all will carefully weigh this point.

The process of determining just how much is the Lord's share is similar to that by which persons in business determine how much constitutes each other's share. It may be a little difficult at times, but that serves all the more to remind us that the Lord is in the business, and this is one great blessing of the tithing system; it reminds us constantly of the Lord.

“And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.”

ORGANIZATION

By EARNEST A. RAYMOND

The Early Church

EARNEST A. RAYMOND

The instructions of Paul on organization are not the empty vaporings of a visionary enthusiast, but come from the depths of personal experience, the most accurate knowledge. He knew whereof he wrote; for he had witnessed its practical demonstration. Let us briefly notice the organization, the rise and progress, of the early Church.

Its great Founder was about to depart, leaving to a mere handful of disciples the most far-reaching and comprehensive commission mankind has ever received: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,” were almost His parting words, and the solemn injunction has been handed down as a sacred trust from generation to generation.

Man’s Leader and Guide, his only Master and Lord, left no visible representative. He said, to His followers: “They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister. And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.” “One is your master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.”

Such was the divine foundation principle upon which was to rise the superstructure of the Church,—unselfish ministry, mutual service and helpfulness,—and the great Master himself came to set the example, “not to be ministered unto, but to minister.”

There once was a time when his Lord showed very plainly to Peter his own special duty; he was to feed the sheep and lambs of his Master’s flock. Even before this, he had been bidden of his Lord, “When thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.” His was a precious gift, an exceedingly important work. He was to become one of the chief apostles, a pillar in the Church.

But Peter had somewhat to learn. Casting his eye about, he saw one following, a sheep of that flock he had been bidden to feed. He doubtless thought to begin his work at once. He said: “Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry [linger, doing nothing] till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.” Peter was indeed to feed the sheep, to be used of God in nourishing and preparing them for the most efficient service, but his was not the task of apportioning the Master’s work. “As every man hath received the gift,” wrote Peter, some time later, in words which sound the keynote to the solution of the whole question, “even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”

“Beginning at Jerusalem,” at home, the center of the work, the ministry was to go forth through Judea and Samaria, to the uttermost parts of the earth. “And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”

What human power, what strength of earth, was sufficient for such a work, the preaching of repentance for the remission of sins, in that proud city which had seen such light, which made such high professions of divine favor and holiness!

“But tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.” “Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

System, plan, harmonized effort, was indeed necessary, but it was to come as the fruit, the natural result, of the Spirit’s organizing power. “Tarry ye . . . until ye be endued with power,” is an injunction that should be heeded till the end of time. Such was the command; and as a blessed gospel came to their minds the promise, “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.”

“Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet. . . . These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication. . . . And they prayed.” “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.” Such was the preparation then for the descent and reception of the “early rain,” the enduing of that Spirit which should organize, energize, work,—and save.

At last, when God’s appointed time was fully come, the Spirit descended in power. Of His wonderful manifestation we need not particularly speak, except to note the salient features. Peter, standing in the midst of the disciples, and addressing the wondering multitude, exhorted them, in words which the Spirit burned to their inmost souls, to “repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

And of the results, the Scripture states, “And the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.” “And the Lord added to the Church daily such as should be saved.” “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul. . . . And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.” “And of the rest durst no man join himself to them. . . . And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.” “And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.”

But why multiply proof? The record is replete with examples which witness most powerfully to the fact that then the Church was organized and operated according to God’s own plan, a system and work which indeed “increaseth with the increase of God.” The Creator of heaven and earth, the Head

of the Church, has placed His everlasting seal of approval on the organization and work, on the system of mutual helpfulness and ministry of upbuilding, that then prevailed and flourished. “The tree is known by his fruit.” Let us examine a little more closely, the fruit of that tree which then grew so luxuriantly; for thus shall we be able ever after to distinguish between the tree of life and that which can bring forth only to death.

Even before the Spirit descended in fullness, as the disciples were all together, engaged in prayer, God moved in a special manner upon their hearts. “And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, . . . One must be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection [in place of Judas]. And they [the disciples assembled] appointed two, . . . and they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show which of these two thou hast chosen. . . . And the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven.”

Again: “When the number of the disciples was multiplied, . . . the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, . . . whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands” on him.

Note the result of the course taken: “And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. . . . And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.”

Another example: “Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas . . . and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed.”

To the remnant Church, living in the time when the latter rain is due, the following points are of special importance:—

Tarrying, waiting, for the reception of power from above; spending the time in preparation and prayer.
The perfect equality of all. The Holy Spirit as the presiding, systematizing, unifying agency.
Even the chief apostles, when specially moved of the Spirit, simply “stood up in the midst of the disciples,”—that is, spoke only as common members,—yet, having messages direct from God, they spoke with a power and authority which the multitude, being of one mind (of the Spirit), recognized.
The absence of committees for the originating of any movement or appointment.
Appointments were made by the multitude. The apostles and elders simply ratified the choice made.
Heaven’s approval of the course taken. Measures thus inaugurated were wonderfully blessed. Men thus chosen, “being sent forth of the Holy Ghost, departed.”

PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER

Unanswered yet, the prayers your lips have pleaded In agony of heart these many years? Does faith begin to fail? is hope departing? And think you all in vain your falling tears? Say not the Father hath not heard your prayers: You shall have your desire, sometime, somewhere.

Unanswered yet? though when you first presented This one petition at the Father's throne, It seemed you could not wait the time of asking; So urgent was your heart to make it known:

Unanswered yet? Faith can not be unanswered, Her feet are firmly planted on the Rock; And 'mid the wildest storms she stands undaunted, Nor quails before the loudest thunder shock. She knows Omnipotence hath heard her prayer, And cries, It shall be done, sometime, somewhere!

— Selected.

A FUNERAL ADDRESS

By S. N. Haskell

S. N. HASKELL

Sister Minnie Hall left her home about two months ago to visit her friends in Pennsylvania, and there was taken sick and died. Those who remain to mourn do not mourn as those who have no hope. In the first part of her sickness she was led to give her heart to God; and there is every reason to believe that God forgave her sins, and accepted her as His child. She therefore sleeps in Jesus.

It is fitting and appropriate on an occasion like this to meet together and read certain Scriptures which God has given for comfort and consolation, with appropriate remarks. To introduce some thoughts I would like to present, I will call your attention to Ps. 116:15: “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” When we consider that death is an enemy, that it is a child of sin, and sin is a child of Satan, introduced by him, and that Christ came into this world to destroy death and him that has the power of death, which is the devil, these are wonderful words. Notwithstanding this relationship of death to sin, and sin to death, and their relationship to Satan himself, God says, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.”

This expression at once robs death of the impression often left upon the mind of the friends, that God does not regard, and there is no hope in death. There is something connected with the death of God’s people that reveals the sympathy of heaven. It is different from the ordinary death of the wicked. God has reasons, purposes, to be worked out when His people die. They do not die by mere accident. It is not simply by chance. Worldly wisdom and unbelief would often conclude this to be the case; but from God’s standpoint this is not true. There never was a child of God who died by mere accident, or chance. The infinite wisdom of God had some purpose in view, which could be accomplished better in the death of the righteous, and in the manner in which they die, than in their life. God’s providence is over all.

In Isa. 57:1 the prophet gives one reason why the righteous die: “The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.” Do you ask why the righteous are taken away? Here is God’s answer, and it is as true to-day as it ever was: “The righteous is taken away from the evil to come.” As long as the world stands in the present condition, the righteous as well as the wicked will die. And as long as they die, here is a reason for their death. God knows the hearts of all men. He alone knows what is before us. And when death comes to His people, He who sees the future has a reason for permitting it: it is to take them away from the evil to come. But the question might be asked, Could not God keep His people from the evil to come, without their dying? Doubtless He could. There are thousands of ways God could accomplish His own purpose besides the way He chooses; but we can only say, God knows best, and He is too wise to err, and too good to be unkind. He never chooses for us a way that we ourselves would not choose if we knew the future as He knows it. What that evil is, the character and nature of it, which might have come to His child, God knows; and shall we not trust Him?

The next expression is, “He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each walking in his uprightness.” Let this thought ever be remembered, God does not condemn them because they die. That is Satan’s work. God says they rest in peace, they rest in their beds. They are taken away from the evil that is to come. Can there be words more comforting to the Christian than this?

When the apostle first preached to the Thessalonians, he set forth the second coming of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, and the translation of the living, in such a vivid manner that they drew the conclusion that they would live to see Him coming. Some therefore thought that if any died, it was because they had sinned, or in some way grieved the Spirit of God. So in writing to them, the apostle said, upon this point: “I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.” The Lord did not say it was wrong for them to sorrow; He did not intimate that it is wrong to weep; for “Jesus wept.” The weeping of Christ at the grave of Lazarus was not simply because of His sympathy for Mary and Martha, but His infinite mind took in the ravages of death all along the line. He saw His people weeping because of the loss of friends, even us here to-day, and His tears were in sympathy with these mourning friends. Christ’s sympathy is not like man’s, confined to times and places; but His great heart of love took in this occasion to-day, as much as that one at the grave of Lazarus in Bethany. The apostle presents thoughts of comfort to the afflicted: “If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so [or in like manner] them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.”

As Christ arose from the dead, and was recognized by His friends, so will those who sleep in Jesus arise from the dead, and be recognized by their friends. Not only will they come forth real beings, as Christ came forth and made it manifest when He said, “Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have;” but they will bear the same characteristics of themselves that Christ bore of himself.

There were three distinct ways in which Christ made himself known to His disciples. When the righteous come forth from their graves, they will be recognized in the same manner; for they will come forth “in like manner.” First, Christ was known by the tone of His voice. Second, by His personal appearance. Third, by those habits which were peculiar to Him while He was alive with the disciples.

In John 20 we read: “Jesus saith unto her [Mary], Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing Him to be the gardener, saith unto Him, Sir, if thou have borne Him hence, tell me where thou hast laid Him, and I will take Him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto Him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.”

What caused her to recognize the Saviour? She had not ceased weeping. When He spoke

the second time, she recognized that voice she had heard so many times before He was crucified. He was identified by His voice. Her eyes were full of tears, but He was at her side. She supposed Him to be the gardener, and did not look up. But when that voice came in the same natural tone, “Mary,” she at once said, “It is my Lord,” and turning, was about to fall at His feet to worship Him, when He said, “Touch me not.”

The righteous will be raised in like manner as Christ was raised. They will be identified in like manner. We knew them by their voice in this world; in the resurrection of the dead we shall know them in like manner. It will be the same tone by which we recognized them while upon the earth. A mother’s ear can detect the voices of her children from scores of other voices in this world; and so it will be in the world to come.

Thomas was not with them when He first appeared to the disciples, and he said: “Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe.” Thomas was present when the Saviour appeared the second time; and after Thomas saw Him, “Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed.” It was His personal appearance that convinced Thomas. The saints will not come forth emaciated with disease, but they will possess the bloom of eternal health. Yet in their personal appearance they will be recognized by their friends from whom they were parted by death. Children will be gathered by the angels of God, and will be borne to their mothers’ arms.

In the Christian’s hope there is a close relation between the future state and the present. Christ is our head, and by Him and through Him we shall be united.

Again; we turn to Luke 24:30, 31. Here we have something interestingly touching,—a recognition by former habits, or ways peculiar to the One spoken of. I read from the circumstance that took place at Emmaus: “And it came to pass, as He sat at meat with them, He took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him; and He vanished out of their sight.” In verse 35 we read that after they had returned to Jerusalem, “they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.” There was something in the manner in which the Saviour was accustomed to break the bread and ask the blessing by which they recognized that He was the Son of God.

He had His individuality, like all whom He had created. No two are just alike in their appearance, or tone of voice, or in their ways. A harmony in a variety is a characteristic of divinity. So Christ, in a way peculiar to himself, placed His hands on the bread, and asked the blessing. They recognized Him by His manner of doing it. And as they saw His hand upon the bread, they also saw the nail marks in His hands. In like manner shall we recognize our friends in the kingdom of God. Their peculiar way of doing things or of speaking will be as marked as their personal appearance.

(To be concluded.)

Do Not Destroy Present Happiness

“WHY destroy present happiness by apprehension of distant misery, which may never come at all, or you may never live to see? For every substantial grief has twenty shadows, and most of them shadows of your own making.

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