Friendship by Mrs. T. D. Rowe

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 15, 1915

Friendship

By Mrs. T. D. Rowe

MRS. T. D. ROWE

A FRIEND is one whom we love and esteem above others, to whom we reveal our thoughts more familiarly than to others. David and Jonathan were friends. Solomon, too, must have known the meaning of friendship. “A friend,” he said, “loveth at all times;” not only when in your company or in prosperity, but when you need him the most. And, again, “There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”

A true friend rebukes and reproves when he sees anything amiss in us. Although it may hurt, we know the correction is given in love. The company and conversation of a friend are refreshing and pleasant; but to have such a friend, one must also “show himself friendly.”

To know the full meaning of being a friend of God, one must know the value, and appreciate the companionship, of a true and loving friend here.

It costs to have a friend. Sometimes misunderstandings come in, tears are shed, feelings are wounded. With every pleasure comes some sacrifice. Let us be careful in the selection of our friends; but after making them, and confiding in them, and winning their confidence, let us prove ourselves worthy of their love, and be true to them whatever may come.

Oshawa, Ontario.