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The Silent Reproof of a Bible

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 4, 1876

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 47, No. 18.

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The Silent Reproof of a Bible

A good man on board a steamboat was greatly troubled by a company of card-players seated by a table in the cabin, over which hung the only lamp in the room. They were very profane, as is the custom of card players, and he longed to speak a word that would serve as a check to them. At last he took out his Bible, and drawing near the table, politely requested leave to read by their lamp. The sight of the Bible at once stopped their swearing, and after gambling for about ten minutes in silence, they all arose, put up their cards, and went to bed. What a power in the silent reproof of a good man with a Bible in his hand.