Charity Toward All by Mrs. D. A. Fitch

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 17, 1907

Charity Toward All

By Mrs. D. A. Fitch

MRS. D. A. FITCH

As I looked through a soiled window, beyond a part of which could be seen blue sky, and beyond the other part a dark building, I noticed that on the part through which the sky was seen there was little trace of dirt, but it looked comparatively clean, while on the other part every speck was visible. The thought was suggested that if we look at our fellow men with heaven in the background, there will be nothing in their lives which charity can not cover. All is absorbed in Jesus, for he stands in place of the erring one.

As the dark background brought out all the soiled spots on the window, so sinful humanity delights in making prominent the faults of those who should be or really are transmitters of light to the world.

A white dove flew between the window and the building, in its passage screening from sight the specks really there. Let us all be like the dove, the white dove, to throw the mantle of charity over the mistakes of others.

National City, Cal.