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Does God Scold?

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 25, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 31, No. 11.

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Does God Scold?

Does God Scold?—A little girl who had witnessed the perplexity of her mother on a certain occasion, when her fortitude gave way under severe trial, said: “Mother, does God ever fret or scold?”
The query was so abrupt and startling that it arrested the mother’s attention almost with a shock.
“Why, Lizzie, what makes you ask that question?”
“Why, God is good; you know you used to call him the ‘Good Man’ when I was little; and I should like to know if he ever scolded.”
“No, child, no.”
“Well, I’m glad he don’t; for scolding always makes me feel so bad, even if it is not me in fault. I don’t think that I could love God much if he scolded.”
The mother felt rebuked before her simple child. Never had she heard so forcible a lecture on the evils of scolding. The words of Lizzie sank deep into her heart, as she turned away from the innocent face of her little one to hide the tears that gathered in her eyes.