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Friends and Foes

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 1, 1860

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 15, No. 15.

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Friends and Foes.

Do we not need them both? Our enemies see our faults with eagle eyes and great severity; while our friends, through mistaken motives may conceal them, lest by disclosing them they wound our feelings. Let us praise God then for enemies, even those who persecute us, treat us despitefully and use harsh epithets. They may do us great good, unintentionally drive us to the mercy seat for the graces of patience, of love and meek humility—for the “wisdom that cometh from above, which is first pure, then peaceable.”