"Sacredness does not mean secrecy. Many persons suppose that sacred things are profaned by the violation of their secrecy. There is truth in this sometimes. But there are souls to whom the utterance of some of our most sacred thoughts or experiences would be a life blessing. The question is, Sacred to what, or to whom? Every high and holy experience ought to be sacred to a high and holy purpose, and that purpose is not always to be attained by burying an experience utterly out of the sight of men." (PP Editor's note: I couldn't locate the author of this paragraph, but it appeared anonymously in a newspaper and a Quaker magazine in 1892)
The Scripture admonishes us to tell others what we have seen and heard from the Lord. "Come and hear, all you that fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul." (Psalm 66:16)
"Then they that feared the Lord spoke often one to another; and the Lord hearkened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His name." (Malachi 3:16)
God blesses men not for their own sake, simply, but that they may be a blessing to others. Let the language of every lover of the Lord be: "O Lord, open my lips; and my mouth shall show forth your praise." (Psalm 51:15)--Present Truth, May 10, 1894--Psalm 66:16.