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A Day on Which to Show Mercy, May 18
Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; for You render to each one according to
his work.
Psalm 62:12
, NKJV.
The Lord God of Sabaoth will hear earnest prayer. He will lead those who feel
their dependence upon Him, and will so guide the workers that many souls shall
come to a knowledge of the truth.
Truth as it is in Jesus exercises a transforming influence upon the minds of
its receivers. Let no one forget that God is always a majority, and that with Him
success is bound to crown all missionary effort. Those who have a living connection
with God know that divinity works through humanity. Every soul that cooperates
with God will do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.
The Lord is a God of mercy, and cares even for the dumb beasts He has created.
When He healed on the Sabbath day, and was accused of breaking the law of God,
He said to His accusers: “Doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or
his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman,
being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be
loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? And when he had said these things, all
his adversaries were ashamed; and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things
that were done by him.”
The Lord looks upon the creatures He has made with compassion, no matter to
what race they may belong. God “hath made of one blood all nations of men for to
dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed,
and the bounds of their habitation; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they
might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us; for in
him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have
said, For we are also his offspring.”
Speaking to His disciples, the Savior said, “All ye are brethren.” God is our
common Father, and each one of us is our brother’s keeper.—
The Review and
Herald, January 21, 1896
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