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Definitions of a Friend

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 4, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 36.

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Definitions of a Friend

THE first person who comes in when the whole world has gone out.
A bank of credit on which we can draw supplies of confidence, counsel, sympathy, help, and love.
One who multiplies joys, divides griefs, and whose honesty is inviolable.
One who loves the truth and you, and will tell the truth in spite of you.
One who to himself is true, and therefore must be so to you.
The link in life's long chain that bears the greatest strain.
One who considers my need before my deservings.
A harbor of refuge from the stormy waves of adversity.
The jewel that shines brightest in the darkness.
A stimulant to the nobler side of our nature.
A volume of sympathy bound in cloth.
One who combines for you alike the pleasures and benefits of society and solitude.—Selected.