A Sharp Rebuke | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 26, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 25.

A Sharp Rebuke.

A CERTAIN infidel, who was a blacksmith, was in the habit, when a Christian came to his shop, of asking some one of his workmen if they had ever heard about Brother So-and-so, and what they had done? They would say, No; what was it? Then he would begin to tell what some Christian brother, or deacon, or minister had done, and then laugh and say, "That is one of their fine Christians we hear so much about."

An old gentleman—an eminent Christian—one day went into the shop, and the infidel soon began about what some Christians had done, and seemed to have a good time over it. The old deacon stood a few minutes and listened, and then quickly asked the infidel if he had ever read the story in the Bible about the rich man and Lazarus?

"Yes, many a time, and what of it?"

"Well, you remember about the dogs, how they came and licked the sores of Lazarus?"

"Yes, and what of that?"

"Well," said the deacon, "do you know you just remind me of those dogs, content merely to lick the Christians' sores?"

The blacksmith grew suddenly pensive, and hasn't had much to say about failing Christians since.—Louisville Observer.