Review and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 34.
I Say unto All, WatchPage 1
Earlier text: I Say unto All, WatchOne Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar Fund
By J. S. WASHBURN
For Special Work at Home and Abroad
THE fact that the Midsummer offering this year is devoted to the $150,000 fund has called attention to that other fact that this fund is a great missionary fund, and that in devoting that which is usually a missionary offering to the $150,000 fund, the brethren of the General Conference are not illogical, nor are they going out of the way. Institutions in different parts of the United States, Canada, Central and South America, and Europe are to be helped by this fund. There are those who consider that institutions are not vital to our work, and that the only thing that we need to do is to send out our canvassers and our ministers. While it is true that by the foolishness of preaching, God saves many who believe, yet it is true that our institutions, when conducted on gospel plans, on the plans of the everlasting gospel of the third angel's message, are mighty preachers of the gospel. Our institutions are centers of light. Those who are sick in soul and body come for help. To our schools those who need not only mental enlightenment, but spiritual enlightenment as well, come to be trained. There are many who have come into the truth through our educational and medical institutions, and we trust that all our brethren and sisters everywhere will realize that in building up these institutions on the right lines, and in harmony with our organized work, we are as truly preaching the gospel as when we send out our literature or our living ministers. So let us hasten forward this fund. "Throw out the life-line across the dark wave." J. S. WASHBURN. Now Is the Time
By H. W. Cottrell
He is a true soldier who stands by his gun in the heat of the battle. His labor is most appreciated who lifts when the work is most difficult, and the load is heaviest. Have you and your church contributed your share to the $150,000 fund? We are not our own. We are bought with a price. Our money is not our own. We are stewards of the Lord's means, and he is thereby testing each one of us as to our fidelity in the use we make of it. The gold and silver, and the cattle of the valleys and upon the many hills, are his; but he permits us to gather from his earthly storehouse, to hoard or to spend, as we will; but as stewards over his means, and as representatives of his work on earth, we shall be required by the Lord to render an impartial account of our stewardship. There has never been a time when some department of our Father's cause did not need financial help, but just now it is in special need. There is a call for men and women and children who will lift where the work for the hour needs them most. And the raising of the $150,000 is the work for the hour. Let us at once finish it, and advance to other duties. Jesus said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." True, it may not be more pleasing, but it is "more blessed." Each person should purpose in his heart to give "as God hath prospered him." The first step is "a willing mind." Then the Lord will accept the gift "according to that a man hath." This is Jehovah's plan for securing from his people freewill offerings. Some will therefore give thousands, others hundreds, and the remaining multitudes among us—thus arising to their privilege—will contribute thousands of lesser amounts, which in the aggregate will make up the $150,000; and no one will have been burdened or financially oppressed. Let each minister, local elder, deacon, and librarian, not as officers of the churches, but as servants, bring this matter before the people, extending to each an opportunity to develop in his own heart, together with every other grace, the grace of giving, "See that ye abound in this grace also." "He which soweth bountifully"—according to that he hath—"shall reap also bountifully." Let us not postpone for the future that which can be done to-day. Atlantic Union Conference
By I. H. Evans
Received on the $150,000 Fund up to Aug. 13, 1907
Atlantic Union Conference
Central New England .......................... $ 2,635.61
Chesapeake .................................... 456.34
Eastern Pennsylvania .......................... 1,793.50
Greater New York .............................. 462.07
Maine .......................................... 364.77
New Jersey .................................... 552.63
New York ...................................... 1,616.50
Southern New England .......................... 1,138.50
Vermont ........................................ 910.18
Virginia ....................................... 468.58
West Pennsylvania ............................. 1,150.74
West Virginia .................................. 336.64
Western New York .............................. 1,302.67
Total ........................................ $13,188.73 Canadian Union Conference
Maritime ...................................... $316.43
Quebec ......................................... 63.14
Ontario ........................................ 505.28
Total .......................................... $884.85 Colorado ...................................... $ 1,219.08
Iowa ........................................... 3,930.12
Kansas ......................................... 2,445.89
Missouri ....................................... 1,273.64
Nebraska ....................................... 5,379.82
Wyoming ........................................ 740.94
Total ........................................ $14,989.49 Washington churches .......................... $1,325.59 East Michigan ................................ $ 1,330.80
Indiana ........................................ 4,952.85
North Michigan ................................ 217.42
Northern Illinois ............................. 2,193.74
Ohio ........................................... 3,714.44
Southern Illinois ............................. 767.08
West Michigan ................................. 3,574.34
Wisconsin ...................................... 2,338.56
Total ........................................ $19,089.23 North Pacific Union Conference
Conference not specified ..................... $ 362.96
British Columbia ................................ 112.80
Montana ......................................... 292.05
Upper Columbia ................................ 1,622.87
Western Washington ............................ 1,145.26
Idaho ........................................... 854.90
Western Oregon ............................... 1,420.47
Total ......................................... $5,811.31 Northern Union Conference
Alberta ....................................... $ 156.10
Manitoba ....................................... 239.70
Saskatchewan Mission Field .................... 34.85
Minnesota ...................................... 5,036.20
South Dakota ................................... 2,645.47
North Dakota ................................... 1,768.66
Conference not specified ........................ 73.82
Total ......................................... $9,954.80 Arizona ....................................... $ 177.87
California-Nevada ............................ 5,199.16
Southern California ............................ 505.66
Utah ............................................ 205.46
Total ......................................... $6,088.15 Southern Union Conference
South Carolina ............................... $ 135.69
Alabama ........................................ 264.05
Tennessee River ............................... 723.55
Florida ........................................ 551.77
North Carolina ................................ 455.50
Kentucky ........................................ 30.36
Cumberland ...................................... 732.74
Louisiana ....................................... 390.61
Mississippi ..................................... 252.76
Georgia ......................................... 355.89
Total ......................................... $3,892.92 Southwestern Union Conference
Not specified ................................ $ 20.18
Arkansas ....................................... 373.86
Oklahoma ...................................... 1,764.89
Texas ......................................... 1,198.76
Total ......................................... $3,357.69 Unknown ...................................... $153.20 Algeria ...................................... $ 13.33
Australia ...................................... 137.06
Bermuda ......................................... 35.00
China ........................................... 26.60
South Africa .................................. 128.16
Jamaica ......................................... 13.41
Yukon Territory ................................ 10.00
England ........................................ 256.32
West Africa ..................................... 14.06
Mexico ............................................ 2.00
Costa Rica ........................................ 6.25
India ............................................ 12.48
South America ................................... 23.35
Switzerland ....................................... 9.69
Panama ........................................... 10.00
Nicaragua .......................................... 4.00
Central America Mission ........................ 26.00
Trinidad ........................................... .34
Norway ............................................ 25.00
Japan ............................................. 12.50
Hayti .............................................. 5.00
Egypt ............................................. 51.55
Palestine .......................................... 2.00
Tobago, W. I. ..................................... 1.22
Cuba ............................................... 4.00
Total ........................................... $829.32 Grand Total .................................. $79,565.28 The Word of God
By Ellen G. White
CLAD in the vestments of humanity, the Son of God came down to the level of those he wished to save. In him was no guile or sinfulness; he was ever pure and undefiled; yet he took upon him our sinful nature. Clothing his divinity with humanity, that he might associate with fallen humanity, he sought to redeem for man that which by disobedience Adam had lost, for himself and for the world. In his own character Jesus manifested to the world the character of God; he pleased not himself, but went about doing good. His whole history, for more than thirty years, was of pure, disinterested benevolence. Can we wonder that men were astonished at his teaching? “He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.” The teaching of the scribes and the Pharisees was a continuous repetition of fables and childish traditions. Their opinions and ceremonies rested on the authority of ancient maxims and rabbinical sayings, which were frivolous and worthless. Christ did not dwell on weak, insipid sayings and theories of men. As one possessing higher authority, he addressed his hearers, presenting before them momentous subjects; and his appeals carried conviction to their hearts. The opinion of all, expressed by many who were not able to keep silent, was, “Never spake man like this man.” The Bible teaches the whole will of God concerning us. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” The teaching of this Word is exactly that needed in all circumstances in which we may be placed. It is a sufficient rule of faith and practise; for it is the voice of God speaking to the soul, giving the members of his family directions for keeping the heart with all diligence. If this Word is studied, not merely read, but studied, it furnishes us with a storehouse of knowledge which enables us to improve every God-given endowment. It teaches us our obligation to use the faculties given us. Guided by its precepts, we may render obedience to God’s requirements. All who will come to the Word of God for guidance, with humble, inquiring minds, determined to know the terms of salvation, will understand what saith the Scripture. But those who bring to the investigation of the Word a spirit which it does not approve, will take away from the search a spirit which it has not imparted. The Lord will not speak to a mind that is unconcerned. He wastes not his instruction on one who is willingly irreverent or polluted. But the tempter educates every mind that yields itself to his suggestions and is willing to make of none effect God’s holy law. We need to humble our hearts, and with sincerity and reverence search the Word of life; for that mind alone that is humble and contrite can see light. The heart, the mind, the soul must be prepared to receive light. There must be silence in the soul. The thoughts must be brought into captivity to Jesus Christ. The boastful self-confidence and self-sufficiency must stand rebuked in the presence of the Word of God. The Lord speaks to the heart that humbles itself before him. Stirring times are before us, and it is fatal to be careless and indifferent. “Yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.” We can not afford to be disobedient to God’s requirements. The wrath which the impenitent are now treasuring up against that day when the judgment shall sit, and every case shall be judged, according to the things written in the books of heaven, will soon burst upon them. Then the voice of mercy will not longer plead in behalf of sinners. If the invitations given now are refused, if we persist in disobedience, we shall have no second probation. “Choose you this day whom ye will serve,”—God or mammon. Now, while it is called today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart, lest it be the last invitation of mercy. The Shaking Time and Its Cause
By A. L. Manous
What view was given Nov. 20, 1857, of the shaking time? “Nov. 20, 1857. I was shown the people of God, and saw them mightily shaken. Some, with strong faith and agonizing cries, were pleading with God.”—“Testimonies,” Vol. I, page 170. Were all pleading with God? “Some, I saw, did not participate in this work of agonizing and pleading. They seemed indifferent and careless. They were not resisting the darkness around them, and it shut them in like a thick cloud.”—Ibid., page 180. What was said, Nov. 5, 1862, of this time? “I saw that we are now in the shaking time. Satan is working with all his power to wrest souls from the hand of Christ, and cause them to trample under foot the Son of God.”—Ibid., page 429. What is this shaking time? “We are in the shaking time, the time when everything that can be shaken will be shaken. The Lord will not excuse those who know the truth if they do not in word and deed obey his commands.”—Ibid., Vol. VI, page 332. “The mighty shaking has commenced and will go on, and all will be shaken out who are not willing to take a bold stand for the truth, and to sacrifice for God and his cause. The angel said, ‘Think ye that any will be compelled to sacrifice?’—No, no. It must be a free-will offering. It will take all to buy the field.”—“Early Writings,” pages 50, 51, tenth edition. What causes this shaking? “I asked the meaning of the shaking I had seen, and was shown that it would be caused by the straight testimony called forth by the counsel of the True Witness to the Laodiceans. This will have its effect upon the heart of the receiver, and will lead him to exalt the standard and pour forth the straight truth. Some will not bear this straight testimony. They will rise up against it, and this will cause a shaking among God’s people.”—“Testimonies,” Vol. I, page 181. Latter-day Revivals
By C. E. Holmes
To any one who is watching the signs of the times there appears an almost innumerable array of events which prove that we are nearing the end. Statements made years ago by the spirit of prophecy are being fulfilled daily. An exceptionally striking example of this may be seen in the revival which occurred in Wales a few years ago. It was said to have been one of the greatest Christian movements of modern times. The periodicals of the day gave a large amount of space describing it, and it was known to the people all over the world. But the real transformation of the life failed to appear permanently, and the desired effect was not secured. When such results follow a revival effort, the enemy of souls is the gainer. The following from "Great Controversy," page 464, gives the real character of many latter-day revivals:— “Before the final visitation of God’s judgments upon the earth there will be, among the people of the Lord, such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. . . . The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work; and before the time for such a movement shall come, he will endeavor to prevent it, by introducing a counterfeit. In those churches which he can bring under his deceptive power, he will make it appear that God’s special blessing9 is poured out; there will be manifest what is thought to be great religious interest. Multitudes will exult that God is working marvelously for them, when the work is that of another spirit. Under a religious guise, Satan will seek to extend his influence over the Christian world.” Compare this statement with the report of our director of the Welsh Mission field:— “The Welsh revival has certainly left our field worse than before. Ministers of the other denominations are saying that this is so. Confusion and division, heavy debts as the result of building large chapels, prevail all around, and all kinds of schemes are planned to meet these difficulties.” The United Presbyterian speaks thus of this revival:— “History is repeating itself in Wales. The remarkable revival which occurred there in 1905-06 is being followed in many neighborhoods by lukewarmness and backsliding.” A revival is to be judged by the character of its results. The spirit of prophecy says:— “Whenever men neglect the testimony of the Bible, turning away from those plain, soul-testing truths which require self-denial and renunciation of the world, there we may be sure that God’s blessing is not bestowed.”—“Great Controversy,” page 464. Brother Votaw, writing from India, says: “The Buddhists are looking for a reincarnation of the Buddha; the Mohammedans are expecting—some say Christ, some say Mohammed; the Hindus look for a god to come in the flesh.” Lieutenant Totten in a lecture on the Wars of the Future, delivered at Yale a few years ago said: “We are hearing strange reports from almost every army post upon the western frontier relative to the anticipations of the Indians, and their preparations to welcome a great medicine man. . . . Far in the south the descendants of the Aztecs watch for the return of the Montezumas and Quetzalcohuatl at every sunset.” The spirit of prophecy says that in the last days Satan will appear upon the earth in different places as an angel of light, with a glory surpassing anything that mortal eyes have ever yet beheld. He will heal the sick, and pronounce blessings upon the people. And, above all, he will say that he changed the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first day of the week. What will be the result when Satan thus appears to men, who are looking with strange expectancy for the appearance of some being? John says: “And they worshiped the dragon [Satan] which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast. . . . And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life.” Rev. 13:4-8. Such a manifestation of a supernatural being, combined with the previously working influence of spiritism, will constitute the final great deception that will cause all who are not rooted and grounded in the truth to rally around the standard of the great deceiver. Then shall we behold the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven. It is such fulfilments day by day that confirm our belief in the spirit of prophecy. The King of Love My Shepherd Is
By Rev. Henry W. Baker
The King of love my Shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am his,
And he is mine forever. Where streams of living water flow,
My ransomed soul he leadeth,
And where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth. Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,
But yet in love he sought me,
And on his shoulder gently laid,
And home rejoicing brought me. And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never,
Good Shepherd! may I sing thy praise
Within thy house forever. A Most Important Book for Our People and Others
By George Ide Butler
What book is that? I answer unhesitatingly, “The Great Second Advent Movement.” It was written by Elder J. N. Loughborough, one of the oldest pioneers of this message now living. It is his monumental work, the most important of all the books that he has written, and he has been a leading laborer in this message for over half a century. Elder Loughborough is one of our laborers who has a special gift in preserving important statistics and many interesting facts worth keeping in remembrance. He is by nature a worthy historian. During all the long period of his ministry he has been gathering up the materials which have entered into this volume. All our aged brethren and sisters know this. For years he has been sent to various fields to preach the facts connected with the rise of this message. We know of no other man among us who is so well prepared to do this work. From the first, he has been a faithful, devoted laborer in this cause, and always true to the message. This volume is more than a history of what we call the third angel’s message. It goes back to the first dawnings of the light in regard to the soon coming of Christ our Lord and Saviour the second time. It is a great historical fact, account for it as we may, that in various parts of the globe, and wholly independent of one another, men have risen up, proclaiming the proximity of the second coming of Christ. Among these were Joseph Wolff in large portions of Africa, Asia, and elsewhere, from 1831 and onward; Bengel and others in Germany; Irving was zealous in preaching this doctrine in Great Britain; and a large number of others labored for the same object. William Miller and three hundred other ministers gave the cheering message of Christ’s soon coming in America; yea, to every missionary station on the globe. Should not the Adventist believers in this message desire to know about these interesting facts? The third angel’s message, which succeeded the first and second, arose in feebleness and obscurity. It had to struggle against difficulties apparently greater than has any other movement ever known. The doctrines that it taught were despised by the masses because of the great disappointment in 1844, and because of the unpopular Sabbath and kindred truths. But in spite of these its progress has been onward and upward, doubling in numbers and resources every ten years of its history till the present time, and still it is onward, and will be until the earth is “lightened with his glory.” Can it be possible that any intelligent Seventh-day Adventist has no desire to know anything about the history of the religious movement of which he is a part? This volume is a grand storehouse of knowledge concerning the history of Adventism, and yet there are many who seem indifferent to it, although it is the history of their own work, its rise and progress and rapid completion. Other denominations are deeply interested in the history of their church. The Baptists have excellent historical volumes of the history of their church. So do the Methodists, Congregationalists, Presbyterians, Catholics, and other denominations. Shall Adventists be less interested in the glorious second advent messages, the most important movement of these last days? Brethren and sisters, you need this blessed volume. You all ought to have it in your libraries. You ought to be conversant with every point in the history of this people. In every one of our institutions of learning for adults this book ought to be a classic, and all our young people should know the facts of our history. Most marvelous events have characterized the rise and progress of this movement. Nothing for ages in the past has been so wonderful. God has favored us as a people by placing among us one who has had visions of God’s work in the earth in these last days. If our young people would study the facts presented in this volume, they would not be so easily led astray as many of them are now. They would be settled, grounded, rooted, and established. Much of our weakness as a people rises from a lack of a knowledge of the facts related in this book. This is not a volume to be carelessly read and laid aside. He who has these facts so worked into his memory that they are ever at his command, is invulnerable to the doubts that trouble so many. Shrewd men are making every effort to break down faith in this blessed cause. Let our people wake up and know the history of the movement that has made us aware of the approach of our blessed Lord. We appeal to our people individually to buy this volume, carefully peruse it, and study the blessed facts contained in it. Appropriate it, and help others to see its importance. This book was first published by the Southern Publishing Association. The sales have not been what we had hoped they would be. It has been thought that the Review and Herald Publishing Association would be better prepared to circulate it than the Southern house because of the greater constituency and the greater agencies for bringing it before the people generally. The Southern house, though receiving no pecuniary benefit therefrom, is anxious to see the book circulated, for the good that it will do. We do not think by any means that the sales of this precious book should be confined to our own people. It would10 do any candid person good to read it. It would convince any person of candor that this advent movement is no fanatical affair, no passing humbug. It is the most striking movement of the religious world to-day, founded on the greatest volume of Scripture evidence and authority ever quoted by any denomination. The coming of Christ the second time is the greatest event that can ever occur in the history of mankind. Christ’s second coming closes up the reign of sin and rebellion which has cursed the universe for six thousand years. It will finally destroy Satan and sin, and bring about a clean universe. It will result in the salvation of all the righteous, and the destruction of all incorrigible sinners, Satan included. It is a most glorious event, longed for and desired by all the holy men of God. Will not the reading of the history of this movement which deals with that glorious consummation, be of benefit to any candid man of any faith? We believe it will. Bring it before all candid people everywhere. We long to see it going forth by thousands of volumes in all directions. Some Questions
By T. S. Williams
INASMUCH as the Sunday does not appear in any part of the Scriptures as a Sabbath, or day of rest, but instead thereof the seventh day is invariably mentioned as the day on which to rest according to the commandment (see Luke 23:56), and is also mentioned many times in Acts as being kept by the apostles in the same manner as it was kept under the ministration of the old covenant,—by reading and expounding the Scriptures of truth,—why is it that the first day is now kept instead of the seventh? The law that was written and engraved on stones under the first covenant by the finger of God, is the same law that God promised to write and engrave in the hearts of his people under the ministration of the new covenant; and that being so, why is it that the fourth commandment should not be obeyed now as it was under the old covenant? Some, however, contend that the third chapter of Second Corinthians emphatically asserts that that which was written and engraved in stones was done away by the establishment of the new covenant; if so, what laws were there at that time which the Lord termed “my laws”? A careful reading of the chapter referred to will disclose the fact that it was the ministration of the new covenant that displaced the ministration of the old, and not the broken law that made the ministration under the old necessary to bring the people out from under its condemnation. The offerings and sacrifices that were necessary under the old covenant that the sinner might be relieved from the penalty of the law, which was death, all pointed forward to the great sacrifice which was to be offered on Calvary, and were the ministration of that dispensation; but when the great sin-offering was made, it annulled the ministration of the old (sacrifices), and established the new, of which Paul was a minister. But the law itself could not be changed. Death is the penalty of the law just the same under the new as under the old. Paul says that the law is holy, just, and good. If the law was holy, just, and good in Paul's day, 60 A. D., what is the matter with it now? Again: if the law was to pass away, or any part of it, why would he say that by faith (in Christ) we establish (not make void) the law? Rom. 3:31. Isa. 42:21 says that he (Christ) will magnify the law, and make it honorable. Ps. 40:8 says, in speaking of Christ, “I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” Now, if the law was in the heart of Jesus, could it pass away? Jer. 31:31, 33, says, “I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts.” See also 2 Cor. 3:3. If the law is within the heart of Christ, and by his Spirit written in the hearts of his children, as promised by God himself, how can any one in whose heart the law is written claim that the law, or any part of it, is, or could be, abolished? Wherever the term “law” is used in the New Testament, the context will decide what law is referred to, whether the law of commandments contained in ordinances (Eph. 2:15), or the law governing the marriage relation (Rom. 7:2), or the law spoken of in verse 21 of the same chapter, or the law of ten commandments written on tables of stone by the finger of God, and in the hearts of his children by his Holy Spirit. The Inevitable Logic
By J. S. Washburn
RECENTLY there has been advanced among us the theory that each church is an independent unit. Now all must recognize it to be a fact that the logic of this theory is utter disintegration; that it means a complete separation down to the individual atom, if matter can really be thus sifted to the ultimate unit. The universe is one creation, and is under the control of one God. There is a unity running through it all. If it be correct that a few men may band together, and become independent of all others, logically it must be true that one man may and should be independent of all other men. Considering man as consisting of different organs, why not then each organ independent of others? For the Scripture plainly teaches that Christ is our head, the head of the body, the church, and that we are members of his body, and of his flesh, and of his bones, and that we are members also one of another. While I belong to the church in Nashville, yet I am related and in a measure responsible to every church-member, not only in the United States, but in this world; and I am also related and responsible to every angel in heaven, and to every inhabitant of every other world in the universe of God. If a church of ten may be independent, so may a church of two; and why not each individual? and why not every organ of every man's body? This ultimately means, and can logically be nothing else than, the separation of every atom of matter in the universe from every other atom. This is Satan's logic, the logic of separation, the logic of the breaking up of physical organization; and this logic is utter ruin, death, earth to earth, dust to dust. No! ten thousand times no! There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one Spirit, one hope. We are all one in the Lord. While the servant of the Lord is thus responsible, yet he is left free. It is a wonderful apparent paradox that he who is the servant of the Lord is the only free man. But this freedom does not mean difference, contest, separation, independence, an independent congregation, or an independent man. It means individuality, and yet a blended mutual responsibility. Remember the prayer of the Lord and Saviour under the very shadow of the horror of great darkness in Gethsemane, and just before the awful crucifixion: “Holy Father, keep through thine own name, those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.” PHILIP GIDDINGS
By Philip Giddings
There is an abnormal growth known as “proud flesh”—an ugly excrescence. It is an apt illustration of pride, unsightly and dangerous. There is no place in God’s universe for pride. Of seven things which God hates, pride comes first. Prov. 6:16-19. “How can man with that do well—That whereby the angels fell?” National, racial, or individual “pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” Prov. 16:18. The divine Teacher inculcates: Let the greatest serve. Whosoever will be chief, let him be servant: even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve—himself the eminent illustration of the principle so variant from man’s. Matt. 20:25-28. Some think pride is a mark of greatness. I ask with reverence, Is God proud? If so, this sentence had not been spoken: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Gen. 1:26. If pride were a sign of greatness, the Son of God had not become the Son of man. Bethlehem’s manger would not have been his birthplace; nor the peasant Mary his mother; nor Galilean fishermen his companions. Christ’s answering of the question as to the greatest in heaven, by the placing of the little child in the midst, was no mere caprice: it is the principle of eternal verity written in the constitution of God’s universe. “Learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart.” Matt.11 11:29. That was not simply something put on on earth by Jesus Christ to catch men by, but that was what he was in heaven—“meek and lowly in heart”—from everlasting to everlasting. Pride is a swelling. It is conceived by a degenerated heart. It is hot-headedness and cold-heartedness—a reversive physiologic error. That stiffness is a stiffness of the joint. It is evidence of impure blood. Sweating is needed. That hand restrained from fellow helpfulness not only does injustice to the body social, but injury to itself. The greatest material or highest mental or moral possession or social position does not isolate, but rather, like the high, blue sky-dome, should appear to us not convexly, but roof over with concave kindness—aloft, but not aloof. Nor is it humility here, and as a reward, pride hereafter; for as already said, there is no place for it in time or eternity. Humility is not merely a means to an end, but an end itself. It is not the scaffolding that we take down when the building is done: it is of the building, and abides. “Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted”—not exalted off humility, but on it. Humility is the pillar on which Exaltation stands. It is the foundation substructure for the superstructure. Does the workman destroy the bottom when the dome is finished?—No more than we throw away the alphabet when we become readers. As in a tree, the branches are upper roots, and the roots under branches, so is exaltation upper humility, and humility under exaltation. They are constant and consistent with, and contained in, each other. It is the roots on which depend trunk, branches, and fruits. So then exaltation rests on humility as a tree on its roots. A good understanding have all they that stand on humility. There is no understanding without this understanding, and the deeper the one, the higher the other. As on the violin or guitar, you strike the highest note while you press the lowest fret. The height of the ship’s hull above water is in ratio to the depth of keel below. By the rule of symmetry, the depth of roots is proportionate to the height of tree; the higher above ground, the deeper below. The tallest trees have deepest roots. Just so with the human “trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord.” Isa. 61:3. The greatest is the humblest. And since God is the greatest in the universe, in accordance with that law of which he is Author, God himself is the humblest Being, whose humility is as deep as his exaltation is high, whose humility proportionates to his majesty, might, dominion, and power. Therefore they are compatible—lofty and lowly, “for thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit.” Isa. 57:15. There’s a lofty lowliness which, though down, looks up; and a lowly loftiness while up looks down kindly. It climbs the mountain to better view the situation on the plain, that it may come down and help. But those who stand on stilts of pride climb only to add force to fall; for “God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5:5. He makes one topple, the other top; he upsets one, and sets up the other.