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Counsels to Writers and Editors
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son
of man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth My
flesh, and drinketh My blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up
at the last day. For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink
indeed. He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, dwelleth in
Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by
the Father: so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. This is
that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat
manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live forever....
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words
that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
If these words were studied and clearly understood, they would
bring joy and light, but there are some who will never see their beauty
or importance. “The words that I speak unto you,” said Jesus, “they
are spirit, and they are life.” Perfect excellence is found only in the
word of the living God. Educators of the youth may freely feed upon
this with safety, but they should know that there is danger in feeding
upon other books, though there may be many excellent things in them.
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Distinguished From the World—Let the editors of all our papers
seek to attract the attention of their readers to the Book of books, and
to those books and periodicals which present the word of God in its
true bearings. As the Holy Spirit controls the writers for our papers,
more of God’s word and less of man’s ideas will be presented. As our
editors sit at the feet of Jesus, and learn from Him who is infinite in
wisdom, they will understand by living spiritual experience what it is
to eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of God. All who teach
the word must have this experience.
To those who make the word of God their study book, some will
say, You are too narrow in your ideas. You would have us separate
so completely from the world that we can do it no good. This is a
mistake. The evil feared will not be realized: but God would have His
people distinguished from the world in all things, or they will become
confused, as were the disciples who turned back and walked no more
with Christ.
Christ does not ask from men the glorification of their fellow
men. He does not ask of men that they shall praise His beauty of
countenance. He did not plan that the attention of men should be
centered upon His beauty of form or feature. His design was to draw