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Giving the Devil His Due

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 30, 1863

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 22, No. 5.

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Giving the Devil His Due

GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE.—As the children of an old lady who had made it an habitual rule never to speak evil of another, were speaking of this peculiarity, one of them remarked, "Mother has such a habit of speaking well of everybody, that I believe if Satan himself were the subject of conversation, she would find some virtue or good quality even in him." While they were amusing themselves with this idea, the old lady entered the room, and being told what had been said, immediately and involuntarily replied, "Well, my children, I wish we all had Satan's industry and perseverance."