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Why He Lost His Friends

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Aug 12, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 32.

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Why He Lost His Friends

He was always wounding their feelings, making sarcastic or funny remarks at their expense.
He was cold and reserved in his manner, gloomy, pessimistic.
He was suspicious of everybody.
He never threw the doors of his heart wide open to people, or took them into his confidence.
He was always ready to receive assistance from his friends, but always too busy or too stingy to assist them in their time of need.
He regarded friendship as a luxury to be enjoyed, instead of an opportunity for service.
He never learned that implicit, generous trust is the very foundation-stone of friendship.
He never thought it worth while to spend time in keeping up his friendships.
He did not realize that friendship will not thrive on sentiment alone; that there must be service to nourish it.
He borrowed money from them.
He never hesitated to sacrifice their reputation for his advantage.
He was always saying mean things about them in their absence.—Success Magazine.