Article March 15, 1930 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from John Bevan, G. Campbell Morgan, M. Elmore Turner, W. G. Sibley, W. H. Weigle, Jr., Joseph Johnston

[Rev. John Bevan, M.A. in the Christian World, London, England]

Is it not true that in our life there are men and women whose nearness draws the best out of us? We work better because they are with us. By some subtle influence which we do not try to understand, but simply to obey, they incite us to good thought and good action. In their presence we want to be at our best....

Such people keep the moral spaces about them fresh and sweet, and all who are in their immediate neighborhood grow better through breathing an air free from infection. In the crew or team, in the office or workshop, there is often one man before whom evil speech is silent. He does not preach; he says little or nothing. He is simply himself....

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