That Printer of Udell's

by Harold Bell Wright

it don't much matter how the other feller dabbles in the dirt, you've got to keep your hands clean anyhow.

"There's some fellers go to the devil just because they aint got nowheres else to go."

"Here is one who rules himself, as he leads others; who is strong in spirit as well as body; who is as kind as he is powerful; as loving as he is ambitious; this is indeed a man whom one would love as a friend and be forced to respect as an enemy."

what a world this would be if only the Sermon on the Mount were lived, not simply talked about."

The trouble is that people follow the church and not Christ; they become church members, but not Christians."

"The present spasmodic, haphazard sentimental way of giving does. It takes away a man's self-respect; it encourages him to be shiftless and idle; or it fails to reach the worthy sufferers. Whichever way you fix it, it kills the man."

make it possible for those in want to receive aid without compromising their self-respect, or making beggars of them, and to make it just as impossible for any unworthy person to get along without work."

the church with all its shortcomings and mistakes, is of divine origin;

there are in this city, as in every city, two classes who present their claims for assistance; the deserving and undeserving. Any plan which does not distinguish between these two classes must prove a failure, because it would encourage the idle in their idleness, and so prove a curse instead of a blessing. It would make fraud profitable by placing a premium rather than a penalty on crime; and it would make the sufferings of the truly unfortunate much keener by compelling them to yield their self-respect as the price of their succor. The only test that can possibly succeed in distinguishing between these two classes is the test of work.

it is sometimes good for a man to be alone.

"You'll find out, same as I have, that it don't matter how much the other fellow dabbles in the dirt, you've got to keep your hands clean anyway.

the meeting dismissed with prayer as usual, that God would fill their hearts with love, and help them to do their Master's work, as He would have it done, and that many souls might be added to their number.

the true gentleman, whether he be Christian or not, values character more than position,

Like many others, he was as bad as he dared to be;

feller's got to be a man before he can be much of a Christian.

one can live close to Christ, even in the most unfavorable circumstances."

the devil, Doubt, ever ready to place a wrong construction upon the words and deeds of mortals,

a man can't prove himself a Christian simply by being a church member.