WATCHING ONE'S SELF

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 30, 1880

WATCHING ONE'S SELF.

"When I was a boy," said an old man, "we had a school-master who had an odd way of catching idle boys. One day he called out to us, 'Boys, I must have closer attention to your books. The first one that sees another idle, I want you to inform me, and I will attend to the case.'"

"Ah! thought I to myself, there is Joe Simmons that I don't like. I'll watch him, and if I see him look off his book, I'll tell. It was not long before I saw Joe look off his book, and immediately I informed the master."

"Indeed!" said he. "How did you know he was idle?"

"I saw him," said I.

"You did? and were your eyes on your book when you saw him?"

"I was caught, and I never watched for idle boys again."

If we are sufficiently watchful over our own conduct, we shall have no time to find fault with the conduct of others.—Sel.