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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 14, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 40.

W. N. G

By W. N. G.

THE habitual church critic is always a Pharisee. His assumption is that he is above fault, while even the pastor comes in for a public rebuke once in a while. This self-constituted judge, or rather “accuser,” of the brethren thinks it a mark of great moral courage to declare that he has said so and so in a criticising manner, and says so still. When others are disposed to confess such presumption as a fault, our critical brother or sister boasts of it as a virtue. The special gift of such a member is to discern and point out the failings of others, especially of those who are called to bear the heavier burdens of the church. Of course by bearing down upon the faults of others, his own virtues are borne up into prominence. “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” Phil. 2: 3.