Editorial October 30, 1902 Issue

Character and Conduct

A WRITER has recently well said that the weight of one's character must be about a hundred times that of his word, in order to make his appeal effective.

Paul writes, "Those things, which ye have . . . heard, and seen in me, do!" That is why his words were so forceful. "There was a character to be seen behind the words which were heard. So with all of us; the best part of our speaking must be done before we open our mouths."

The fact that very much we say about Truth often seems to make but little impression, is fully explained by that incredulous attitude of the public which has inevitably resulted from its experience in the sad discovery of the contrasts between the profession and the practice of not a few, between what men do and what they preach.

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