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Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, January 29, 1880

FromThe Review and Herald, Vol. 55, No. 5

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Our Gospel.

“A little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds.” Gen. 43:11.
—WHAT maintains one vice, would bring up two children.
—CHRISTIANITY commands us to pass by injuries; policy, to let them pass by us.
—A SPANISH proverb says: “Drinking water neither makes a man rich, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow.”
—NEVER chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. You can work out a good character much faster than any one can lie you out of it.
—HE that will constantly keep this world and the next before him, and look steadfastly at both, will find the latter growing greater, and the former less.
—WHEN you speak evil of another, you must be prepared to have others speak evil of you. There is an old Buddhist proverb which says: “He who indulges in enmity is like one who throws ashes to windward, which come back to the same place and cover him all over.”
—THERE is no trial so severe but God’s grace is sufficient; no night so dark that the light of his countenance cannot dispel the gloom; no sorrow so deep that his voice cannot soothe and comfort; none lying so low his hand cannot reach them; none so weak but in him they may be strong.
—EVERY promise of God rests on four pillars; his holiness and justice, which will not suffer him to deceive; his grace and goodness, which will not suffer him to forget; his truth, which will not suffer him to change; and his power, which makes him able to accomplish.—Rockwell.
—SHORT as life is, it is the seed-time for eternity. Whatsoever a man sows here he shall reap to all eternity. If he sows to the wind, he shall reap the whirlwind. If he sows to the flesh, he shall reap corruption. If he sows in righteousness, he shall reap in mercy. If he sows to the spirit, he shall reap everlasting life. This life is the day of grace, the season of mercy, when enduring riches may be secured. Many have seized the moments as they passed, and become immensely rich in faith, in good works, in bright hopes, and in a blessed inheritance beyond this life.—New York Evangelist.
LUCK AND LABOR.—Don’t charge your failure to “bad luck,” my boy. I’ll tell you what your trouble is, you are lazy. Learn Mr. Cobden’s proverbs about “Luck and Labor:”
Luck is waiting for something to turn up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, will turn up something.
Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy.
Labor turns out at six o’clock, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence.
Luck whines.
Labor whistles.
Luck relies on chances.
Labor, on character.
Luck slips down to indigence.
Labor strides upward to independence.