Avoiding the Appearance of Evil

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 18, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 8.

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Avoiding the Appearance of Evil

THERE is a curious Chinese proverb which says, “In a cucumber-field do not stoop to tie your shoe, and under a plum-tree do not wait to settle your cap on your head;” which means, if you do so, some one may think you are stealing the cucumbers or plums. Never forget that the apostle says, “Abstain from all appearance of evil.”