Christian Practice by Banner of Holiness

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Sep 2, 1875

Christian Practice.

By Banner of Holiness

ALL the ordinances, ceremonies, and professions in this world will be utterly empty without a holy life. Nearly all the precepts of the Bible aim at the production of practical righteousness. We must be actuated by right motives, and breathe the right spirit. Our conversation is to be seasoned with grace. We are to trample pride and self-conceit under our feet, and to lead a life of humility and prayer. No animosities or relations are to be indulged, but rather the spirit of forgiveness and good will to all. Whether we eat or drink or dress, we are to do all to the glory of God. This excludes all intemperance, vanity, trickery, malice, and slander. Surely the way of salvation is a narrow way. To walk in it, is to obey the Lord in all things. To walk in it, is to enjoy that divine fellowship which eclipses the glitter of the earth. To continue this obedient walk, is to secure a fadeless crown in the coming kingdom.—Banner of Holiness.