The Little Foxes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Jul 20, 1905

SINCE the days of Solomon it has been a universal proverb that it is the little foxes which spoil the vines. “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines.” Equally universal has been the application of this proverb. A little indiscretion at a critical time may cause irreparable trouble. A little word unfitly spoken is like sour apples in very common baskets. A little nagging constantly repeated may drive one to distraction. A little sarcasm, a little twang of the voice, a little turning up of the nose, a little elevation of the chin, and a little change of the countenance may break friendship, and bring a shadow over a whole life. There is no need of an exhortation by the preacher. We all know the moral.