Good Neighbors

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 16, 1907

ONE way in which we can advance the cause of truth is by being good neighbors. We can rest assured that no one will be attracted to our belief if that belief does not make us considerate of their feelings. Very frequently there is only a small space between our dwellings and those of our Sunday-keeping neighbors; and a little thoughtfulness on our part will reveal to us many ways in which we can be considerate of their feelings without compromising principle.

It is not necessary that we refrain from labor on Sunday, neither is it necessary that we do our loudest work on that day.

If our neighbor likes to rest Sunday morning, and we waken him by chopping wood, repairing barn or shed or house with loud hammering and sawing, it would be a difficult matter for us to make an appointment with him for a Bible reading on the Sabbath question.

Neither is it necessary in such a case that the week's washing be done on Sunday to flap on the line to his annoyance throughout the day.

If we live in the same building with Sunday-keepers, it would be well also to caution the children against unnecessary noise, especially in the early morning.

This would not be done out of reverence for the Sunday institution, but out of kindly Christian consideration for the feelings of our neighbors.

That very spirit of consideration for them will place us on vantage-ground with them when we seek to bring to their attention the blessed truths of the third angel's message.