A Few Things to Remember by Evelyn Gooding

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 10, 1910

A Few Things to Remember

By Evelyn Gooding

EVELYN GOODING

1. If others forget you, remember that you have not done sufficient for them. Do more for others, and they will not forget you.

2. If others praise you, remember that you can do nothing of yourself, and give God the glory.

3. If others injure you, remember that they “know not what they do,” and forgive them.

4. If others treat you well, remember that you do not deserve it, and be grateful.

5. If tempted to criticize others, remember that you have many faults, and overlook theirs. It will take all the time you have to overcome your own.

6. If others criticize you, remember that you have criticized others, and be merciful toward them.

7. If you see wrong in others, go to them and tell them, instead of telling others, and remember that you may be tempted in the same way. “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”

8. If others tell you your faults, do not be angry, but consider the matter carefully and prayerfully.

9. If you are needy, remember that it is your need which appeals to God’s great heart of love, and that he is ready and willing to help you.

10. If you find it hard to love others because of their faults, remember that God loved you even when you were “dead in trespasses and sins.”

11. If you feel offended with others, remember that if you were dead to self, you could not feel anything, and that God’s Word says, “Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.”

12. If you know some one who is godly and earnest, remember that he derives his goodness from Jesus, our Example, and try to be like him.

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