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The Doctor and His Railing Parishioner

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · Aug 26, 1862

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 20, No. 13.

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The Doctor and His Railing Parishioner

DR. HEWITT, it is said, on being accosted once with very severe epithets by one of his parishioners, made this reply to him: 'Sir, the principles of my religion forbid me to return railing for railing, or cursing for cursing, but I will tell you an anecdote. Father Mills, once reading in the pulpit the epistle of Jude, and coming to the verse, 'Michael, when contending with the Devil about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation,' paused a moment, lifted up his spectacles to his forehead, and added, 'No wonder he durst not; because in blackguarding, the Devil would be sure to get the upper hand.' We think, however, the Dr. got the upper hand of his railing parishioner that time.