Christ Only

The Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · December 4, 1879

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 54, No. 23

A Spanish painter was once employed to paint the “Last Supper.” It was his object to throw all the sublimity of his art into the figure and countenance of the Lord Jesus; but he put on the table in the foreground some chased cups, the workmanship of which was exceedingly beautiful. When his friends came to see the picture on the easel, one said, “What beautiful cups!” “Ah,” said he, “I have made a mistake; these cups direct the eyes of the spectator from the Lord, to whom I wished to direct the attention of the observer.” He took up his brush and blotted them from the canvas, that the strength and vigor of the chief object might be prominently seen and observed. Whatsoever hinders us from beholding Christ in his glory should be removed.