DO NOT GRUMBLE | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 16, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 16.

DO NOT GRUMBLE.

It is easy to fall into the habit of picking flaws and blaming others for mistakes and failures. Do not allow yourself to degenerate into a mere critic and faultfinder. Mr. Moody gives this excellent advice on this subject: “If you do not like the churches, go in and make them better, but do not become a grumbler. Keep yourself aloof from that class of people; for it is the easiest sort of thing to find fault. Any stupid man can do that, but it takes a smart man to make things better. When a man begins to grumble and find fault, you can size him up for a light weight right away.” If you find yourself prone to complain because things are not done right, yet backward to help to do them right, accept it as a dangerous symptom, and hasten to cure yourself by criticizing less and praying and working more.—Sel.