Second advent library

'»I2I'ras 'nun nmxnrnscsafter righteousnessl" I fear many, verymany of us, are hungering and thirstingafter the wisdom of the world, and to favortyrants and slaveholders, more than to seekrighteousness and truth. Will they showmercy? Not if you dilfer wi!H them in theleast article of their creed, or oppose theleast of their po ular schemes of the presentday. But are they not pure in heart 'l Darethey claim this grace? No; unless a mancan claim it, while his heart is full of selflove,a love of the world, and pride, avariciousness,and covetousness. Surely you willgive them some as apraisesect. Are theynot -acemakers; and may they not becallerthe children of God 'l They make nopeace with one another, nor with othersects, if they cross their path. They pleadfor, and support war as a sect; and I wouldbe very thankful to know in what sensethey can be called peacemakers at the presentday. Are they not "persecuted forrighteousness' sake 2" If they are, then to bepersecuted, is not what 'l have supposedpersecution meant: but this, as aeect, theywill not, dare not claim. ,"Blessed are ye, when men shall revileyou, and persecute you, and shall say allmanner of evil against you falsely for mysake." May they not claim this blessing asa sect? Where is the world saying all mannerof evil against the Ba isis? If weshould claim this, the world would havereason to call usliars,