The Difference

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 24, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 43.

The Difference.—The difference between the love of self and the love of Christ is as great as the difference between the whirlpool and the fountain. Self-love, like the streams of the whirlpool, trend inward, circling around self, flowing constantly and invariably toward self. It draws and appropriates everything to self, reserves everything for self, consumes everything upon self, bestows nothing. On the contrary, Christ's love, like the streams from the fountain, flows outward. It is refreshing, abundant, constantly bearing comfort, good cheer, and blessing to all around. It appropriates nothing to self, reserves nothing for self, consumes nothing upon self; it bestows all.