p. 48 | THE BEST RULE.-

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Feb 1, 1877

THE BEST RULE.—

"The best rule," says a wise writer, "is to say all the good we can of every one, and refrain from saying evil, unless it becomes a clear matter of duty to warn. Slander is a sin much worse than theft. We should no more bite one with our words than with our teeth. An angry word is as bad as a blow often, and a satirical word is like a sting."

As a cross word begets a word that is cross, so will a kind one beget its own likeness. If people only knew the power they possess in being kind, how much good would they achieve for themselves, how much misery prevent to others.