Washing Windows

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 1, 1911

A CERTAIN woman of censorious mind, To criticize her neighbors was inclined; Their dingy houses, with discolored paint, And dirty windows, were her chief complaint. Her righteous soul became at length so vexed, She called her pastor, Rev. Take-a-Text, Told him her trouble, and besought advice. The wise old doctor answered in a trice: “Get soap and water, and remove the stains. And dirt, and fly-specks from your window-panes.” The woman did so, and, to her surprise, Seemed to be looking out of other eyes; Her neighbors’ houses, now no longer seen Through dirty windows, all were white and clean. The moral of this story seems to be: Who looks through dirty windows, dirt will see; Wash your own glass, and then, as like as not, Your neighbors’ window-panes will have no spot; Extract the beam before you vainly try To take the mote from out a brother’s eye. — Advance.