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Show CRITICISM MUST BE KINDLY" Nothing Good Can Coins of Methoe) Which Doss Not "Speak the ' Truth In Leva. There ts the .story of a contentious man who said to his pastor, "I can- ' not preach or pray or sing, but E can ralso objections." Such men are-not are-not rare. There Ih one, ut least. In almost every church, club, lodge or-socicty or-socicty of whatever kind. Tho critic-Is critic-Is ever with us. And,, candidly, wo-need wo-need him. Wo cannot do our best work without him. Hn Is like th-broko th-broko la tho mechanism of n motorcar, motor-car, no holds us back when we-.would we-.would go too fast If at times he-delays he-delays our progress, ho is nccessary-to nccessary-to our safety," Ills conservatism, counteracts tho possible evils of radicalism. rad-icalism. Much might be suld for the-economy the-economy of criticism. But the method of criticism Is also-Important also-Important Tho brake should worlc smoothly. The critic need not destroy de-stroy tho, organism ho proposes to-rcform. to-rcform. Often tho effect ol his criticism criti-cism Is wholly destructive. Sometimes-his Sometimes-his methods remind us ot tho man wh set fire to a barn to rid It of rats. A. sensltivo spirit who bad been hnrahly-trcated hnrahly-trcated by a trtT -etortcd, "I know-there know-there Is a cinder "in ay eya, bnt you: can't remove It with a e.-owbar.'' The apostolic Injunction, "speaking: ' tho truth In love," gjves tho critic a safe rule of action. No truth, however severe, is unwelcome, If It be spoken. In love. It take the spirit of Christ to take tho sinner by tho hand th while we take sin by the throat-Christian throat-Christian Herald. |