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Show CRITICISM MUST BE KINDLY Nothing Good Can Come of Metho4 Which Doss Not "Speak the ' Truth In Leve." There is the .story of a contentious man wtii said to hla pastor, "I con- ' not preach or pray or sing, but E con ralso objections." Such men nre-not nre-not rare. There Is one, nt least, In nlmost every church, club, lodgo or soclcty of whatever kind. Tho critic-Is critic-Is over with us. And, candidly, wo-necd wo-necd htm. a cannot do our best work without him. Ho is like the- brako In Uio roechntilsm of n motorcar, motor-car, no "holds us back when wor .would go too fast If at times he-dclays he-dclays our progress, ho is necessary-to necessary-to our safety," Ills conservatism.! counteracts tho posslblo evils of radicalism. rad-icalism. Much might be wild for tha-economy tha-economy of criticism. But the method of criticism Is also-Important also-Important The brako should wort smoothly. The critic riced not destroy de-stroy Uio.orgnnUira ho proposes to reform. Often Uio effect ol his crlU-clsm crlU-clsm Is wholly destructive. Sometime his methods remind us ot the man wh sct lire to a barn to rid it ot rats. A. senslUvo spirit who had been harshly treated by a critic retorted, "I know-there know-there is a cinder In my eye, but you: can't rcmovo It with o crowbar." The upostollc Injunction, "speaking: the truth In love," given tho critic n. snfe rule of action. No truth, however severe, Is unwelcome, If it, be opokon In love. It taken the spjxlt of Christ to tnko tho sinner by tho hand ih while wo take sin by the throat Christian Hurald. |