Speaking Well of Others
♦ If the disposition to speak well of others were universally prevalent, the world would become a comparative paradise. The opposite disposition is the Pandora box which, when opened, nils every house and every neighborhood with, pain and sorrow. How many enmities and heartburnings flow from this source ! How much happiness is interrupted and destroyed ? Envy, jealousy, and the malignant spirit of evil when they find vent by the lips, go forth, on their mission like foul fiends, to blast the reputation and peace of others. Everyone has his imperfections ; and in the conduct of the bestthere will be occasional f aults which. might seem to justify animadversion. It is a good rule, when there is occasion for fault-finding, to do it privately to the erring one. This may prove salul^tary. It is a proof of interest in the individual, which will generally bo taken kindly, if the manner of doing it is not offensive. The common and unchristian rule, on the contrary, is to proclaim the failings of others to all but themselves. This is unchristian, and shows a despicable heart. — Detroit Free Press.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 109, 28 February 1885, Page 3
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188Speaking Well of Others Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 109, 28 February 1885, Page 3
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