p. 301 | Our Casket

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 12, 1885

Our Casket.

“A little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds.”—Gen. 43: 11.

—A man may suffer without sinning; he cannot sin without suffering.

—Only those things are of lasting value that are achieved by lasting toil and unflinching energy.

—Of all the anguish in the world, there is nothing like this—the sense of God without the sense of nearness to him.—E. Prentiss.

—We must row with the oars we have; and as we cannot order the wind, we are obliged to sail with the wind God gives.

—There is one thing Jesus did when he was in the flesh, which, no doubt, he does yet. He beheld how [that is, in what proportion to their means] the people cast money into the treasury.

—In self-examination, take no account of yourself by your thoughts and resolutions in the days of religion and solemnity, but examine how it is with you in the days of ordinary conversation and in the circumstances of secular employment.—Jeremy Taylor.

—Seek thou, O man, for knowledge Providence Has designed to give thee here; ask nothing more. If thou pursue it well, thou mayest hope That wisdom will be thine, when time is o’er.

—Just as soon as any conviction of important truth becomes central and vital, there comes the desire to utter it—a desire which is immediate and irresistible. Sacrifice is gladness, service is joy, when such an idea becomes a commanding power.—R. S. Storrs.

—Revealed science and true religion have one source. The same hand that wrote in the rocks of geology guided the pen that wrote on parchment. Both are harmonious if rightly understood. But so-called modern science discloses more enigmas than it has ever solved.

—We warn you to shun evil communications. Have no fellowship with any man or woman who does not help you into closer relationship with Jesus Christ. No matter how tender the tie, as you value your peace here and your reward there, walk apart from every one in whose daily association you do not grow stronger to do the right and shun the wrong, and serve the Christ whose name you wear.