Related commentaries – Reputation

Tell a Person His Fault Alone – Proverbs 25:1 – 25:10

William Booth - Dealing With Criticism

During the early days of the Salvation Army, William Booth and his associates were bitterly attacked in the press by religious leaders and government leaders alike. Whenever his son, Bramwell, showed Booth a newspaper attack, the General would reply, “Bramwell, fifty years hence it will matter very little indeed how these people treated us; it will matter a great deal how we dealt with the work of God.” (The Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching & Preachers, W. Wiersbe, p. 185)