Slandered

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 23, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 24.

An easy way to harm a good man is to slander him. Few good men have escaped this fiery dart of the enemy. Let no one who has been attacked by a lying tongue think his case peculiar. No weapon is so hard to defeat. Men have tried to stop a lie, but often with no success. One who is slandered may deny the accusation indignantly, but the denial will not cure the evil. The lie flies faster than the denial. Slander will travel a thousand miles while the denial is going one short mile. The atmosphere of this world seems to be favorable to the rapid circulation of an evil report. Hundreds will believe the evil rumor where one will believe the denial. What can a man do in such a case? What shall he think when his good name has been tarnished by a wicked falsehood?

It is not half so bad as it would be if the story were true. How glad such a man should be that the thing is false. He is not what men say he is. Jesus says, “Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad.” Jesus does not seem to consider it a dreadful thing when one is slandered. He tells us to rejoice and be exceeding glad. It would be bad enough if the story were true. See to it that no one shall ever say evil of you truly, and all shall be well. If we could see the end from the beginning, if we could see what shall follow all this mischief, we should not complain. “Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven.” There will be an adjustment. Heaven’s eternal glory shall pay for all the children of God suffer here.—The Christian Advocate.