Tokens of God’s Continued Love—After the transgression of Adam, God might have destroyed every opening bud and blooming flower, or He might have taken away their fragrance, so grateful to the senses. In the earth seared and marred by the curse, in the briers, the thistles, the thorns, the tares, we may read the law of condemnation; but in the delicate color and perfume of the flowers, we may learn that God still loves us, that His mercy is not wholly withdrawn from the earth (The Review and Herald, November 8, 1898).{1BC 1085.10}

Tegn på Guds fortsatte kærlighed. - Efter Adams overtrædelse, kunne Gud have udslettet enhver åben knop og blomstrende blomst, eller Han kunne tage deres vellugt bort, så dejlig for sanserne. I den jord som er visnet og ødelagt af forbandelsen, i tornebuskene, tidslerne, tjørnene, og rajgræsset, kan vi læse fordømmelsens lov, men med smukke farver og vellugt i blomsterne, kan vi lære af Gud, at han stadig elsker os, at Hans barmhjertighed ikke er helt trukket tilbage fra Jorden (RH 8. nov., 1898).