p. 54 | A very Odd Young Lady

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 1, 1871

A very Odd Young Lady.

The Rev. B. Jacobs of Cambridgeport could, when necessary, administer reproof very forcibly, though the gentleness of his character was always seen in the manner in which it was done. Some young ladies at his house were one day talking about one of their female friends. As he entered the room, he heard the epithets “odd,” “singular,” &c., applied. He asked and was told the name of the young lady in question, and then said, very gravely, “Yes, she is an odd young lady; she is a very odd young lady; I consider her extremely singular.” He then added very impressively, “She was never heard to speak ill of an absent friend.” The rebuke was not forgotten by those who heard it.

It would seem that people might bear with such oddities as this; they are not often met with; and though very unusual, they are not very troublesome in the family, the church, and the community at large. Indeed, unlike many eccentricities, it would injure no one, even should other young ladies, yes, and gentlemen, too, copy oddities like these.—Sel.