Speaking Well Of The Evil One

A pnstor was making a cali upon an oíd lady, who made it an habitual rule nevar to epeak ill of another, and had observe d it so elosely that shu alwaya juatified those whom sho hcard evil spoken of. Before the p!d lady rnado her appearance io ího parlor, her severa! chüdren were speafeing of thia peculiarity of tfeéir rnot,!er, and ono of them pfaviully added : " Motííer has such a habit of fipeaking wel! of everybody, that I believe f Batan himself wero t!o ?l)jeot of conversation, inother would find out sorne virtua qr good quality even of him." (ií emirso, this remark elicited some smiling and raerriment at the originalitv of the idea, in the midst of whjoh th.e ok lady entered the room, and on toki vvhat had just been eaid, sho rnraediately and involuatarily ro plie.l : " Well, my doar children, I wish rre all had SataD's indusiry aod persevorai.ff;." !