The soul with a broken heart, on bended knees, with head bowed reverently, cannot long remain in the shadows of the night of spiritual blindness. To pray in secret to our divine Father in heaven brings solace to the aching heart, companionship to the lonely, assurance to the oppressed, light to the wayward, power to […]
Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. Remember to worship God first and foremost and not seek other gods. Mammon is a god that is very much worshiped nowadays. Don’t let greed and lust of property draw your minds away from that which you ought to attend to. Your last thoughts at night ought […]
It is to be remembered that there are men walking the earth and beckoning us to follow them to the future—not abreast of us, but ahead of us. Religion explains them as men blessed of heaven; men so spiritually endowed as to be able to respond to the inspiration of the infinite, which they know […]
Patience, faith, conforming our lives to truth, the keeping of the commandments, trust in the eternal future—the assurance that the most meaningful things in life are everlasting, and a patient search and seizing upon what the soul and the spirit with its imprint upon the soul tells us to be truth—these are required of us. […]
We just hope that when man finally does arrive on the moon, he will not create the sorry state of affairs there that presently trouble the earth. But whether here or on the moon, our most serious question will always be, “What about the man?” What about his honor, what about his faith, what about […]
Thomas was not willing to stand on faith. He wanted positive evidence of the facts. He wanted knowledge, not faith. Knowledge is related to the past because our experiences of the past are those things which give us knowledge but faith is related to the future-to the unknown where we have not yet walked. We […]
God help us to arise to a point where we can retain faith in the future, whatever it may hold. We need most of all, when suffering, to remember there is an explanation, though we may not know exactly what it is. – Hugh B. Brown, “Conference Report,” October 1969, Third Day-Morning Meeting, p. 107
It is fitting and proper that Christmas and the beginning of the new year should be a time for us to reexamine our lives and ideals, to humbly confess our shortcomings, and to determine to repent. But true repentance must do more than produce a sense of remorse or heartfelt sorrow—it must bring about a […]
If at any time during the year our hearts are susceptible to the teachings of the Master and our feelings responsive with appreciation for our blessings, it should be at Christmas time. Regardless of the season, I ask this question: How often do each of us take time to meditate on the numerous blessings that […]
I think of a few lines penned by Charles D. Meigs from an experience that happened years ago in the life of General [William] Booth, who wanted to send a message at Christmas time to every Salvation Army post throughout the world. He wanted to send it by cable. He recognized the great cost, so […]