The Right Thing to Do by Mrs. D. A. Fitch

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 14, 1907

The Right Thing to Do

By Mrs. D. A. Fitch

MRS. D. A. FITCH

SHE said, “I don’t want any one to tell me of my faults until he has none of his own.” “I fear you must wait a long time then, for none are free from faults,” was a very proper rejoinder.

A cursory reading of Matt. 7: 1-5 and Luke 6: 41, 42, might lead to the inference that reproof should not be accepted from one having an obstructed spiritual vision. Is it not rather true that the unhappy results are all to the one having the beam in the eye?

Happy is he who courts reproof, taking it so kindly that encouragement is given for the performance of like kindly acts again. They are our best friends who tell us our faults in kindness. A shade of sadness may pass over the countenance, but let it be because there is occasion for reproof, rather than because it is given.

You do not frown, but rather say, “Thank you,” if one points out a fault in your attire. Is perfection of dress more important than a character pure and unsullied?

National City, Cal.