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Show H Finding Fault H J Thoro is nothing else quite so easy as finding H fault, and there is nothing else which people seem- H to nioro delight in doing. Because it's so easy, it H causes many of us to say things which hurt rather H than help, which we would not say were it a little H mbro difilcult. J You know tho good book says that boforo wo H attempt to romovo the mote from the cyo of our m neighbor, wo should first romovo tho ono that is M in our own oye. But how many of us do it? We H would considor carefully our words before speak- H ing, however, if wo could fully appreciate thoir B far-reaching olivet. M Tio greatest harm results from tho thought- B loss words wo speak which wo considor trivial at H j v tho time they are spoken. It's so easy to remark H that, "ho thinks ho knows it nil," or, "ho fcols Hj himself bettor than other people," or, "ho scorns H'f to be R protty nice fellow, but givo him a chance H t and he'll do you," or, "ho's out for the dollar and H h'H do most anything to get it," or, "he's quite H wall to do, but he got it by boing cold-blooded and H jtelftah," and a hundred other expressions that we H hear almost every day. Most of these aro made H off hand becauso tho ono who utters them is envi- H ous of ho or sho of whom tho words aro spoken, H and, if the truo foolings of tho thoughtless one H could bo understood, they would belie his words. H But whon such declarations fall upon ears that H know not tho contrary, tho good namo of an inno- H cont porson is brought into disrepute, at least Hj temporarily, until his truo naturo is learned. Tho fact remains, novortholcss, that n doubt is raised H in tho mind of tho stranger that must bo overcome H before tho other's real charactor is established, H which is unjust and all wrong. H When we fool onvious of anothor, and are H prompted to speak of his faults and shortcomings, H let us stop and search for his good traits, his vir- H tues. Let us sco if wo can't think of some com- H moudablo nets ho has dono, some comforting words B ho has spoken at a time when they were needed. H We'll bo surprised at tho many good things we H can think of that ho has both said and dono, and H it's qiuto likely we'll find our objections aro nbout H mutters so trivial in comparison to the good things H ho has dono, that wo will fuel heartily ashamed to H think that wo ever ontortaincd any unkind fcol- H ings toward him. |