A Good Word Even for Satan.
- Some people are so 'finely organised that they never s*y an evil thing of anybody. A Quaker lady had a daughter, and a young lady fiiand waa visiting her for a few days, atid-she admired the mother very much for the equib'le aiid kindly spirit she manifested. The visitor mentioned it one day to the daughter, who replied :
"Yes, I never heard my mother speak ill of anybody since I was born.. If people have unpleasant qualities the rno'h^r permits thorn to rest. Sh-> talks only of that of which she can speak kindly and well. I think if the Evil One were spoken of rashly and unfairly in her presence she would take his part."
At that moment the mother passed through the roam, and the visitor said to her : "ftubb, what does thee think thy daughter s&ys of thee ? " " I hope nothing bad." " She lays if the Evil One himself were. upokeu of unkindly in thy presence thse would take his part." Without slacking her pace as she went through the room, she looked over her shoulder and replied : , "We might well imitate his industry and pesseverAi.ee." She could see something even in the qu»lities of the common enemy of which shs could speak well. — Christian Age.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2286, 23 December 1897, Page 61
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215A Good Word Even for Satan. Otago Witness, Issue 2286, 23 December 1897, Page 61
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