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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 30, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 48.

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“Folks”

By MRS. M. E. BODWELL

MRS. M. E. BODWELL
“It’s extremely wearisome to me,” declared one, “to hear people continually talking about their ancestors.”
“And to me,” thought another, who heard, “it’s more commendable to praise the dead than to criticize those who dare think or act differently than yourself.”
As a matter of fact, it may not be wise to speak too often or in too glowing language of our “ancestors,” and it surely is not kind to criticize those who do. But there is one relative of whom we may speak with propriety at any time or in any place. His record is one of which any family may be proud. He is our Elder Brother, Immanuel, God with us. To speak of his goodness and his wonderful works is ever the Christian’s happy privilege. Like David, he may say, “I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
Boulder, Colo.