And now, part three of Follow Him.

I wanted to comment on reproving

B. Times with Sharpness.

I found a statement of Elder H. Burke Peterson,

remember he was presiding Bishop Rick a long time ago.

This is in your June 1990 enzyme,

but he said, perhaps we should consider

what it means to reproof with sharpness.

Reproving with sharpness means reproving with clarity,

with loving firmness, with serious intent.

It does not mean reproving with sarcasm or with bitterness

or with clenched teeth and the raised voice.

One who reproves, as the Lord has directed,

deals in principles, not personalities.

He does not attack character or humiliate

or demean an individual.

In almost every situation in which correction

is required, private reproof is superior to public reproof

unless the whole war is in need of a reprimand,

it's better for the bishop to speak to the individual

rather than use the collective reproach.

Anyway, he goes on, but I put in my margin,

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