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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 14, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 28.

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True Self-Defense

“Do you think it would be wrong for me to learn the noble art of self-defense?” asked a youthful Christian of his pastor.
“Certainly not,” replied the minister. “I learned it in youth myself, and I have found it of great value during my life.”
“Indeed, sir! Did you learn the English system or some other?”
“Neither; I learned Solomon’s system.”
“Solomon’s system?”
“Yes, you will find it laid down in the first verse of the fifteenth chapter of Proverbs: ‘A soft answer turneth away wrath.’ It is the best system of self-defense of which I have any knowledge.”
There are many who do not know that this is a brave method of defense; they actually think it is rather cowardly. Yet it often takes the brave heart to give the soft answer.—Selected.