The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-02-10
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avoiding it with trembling dread I rs-
tired. "Come," said my mentor, "it
down." .|l
Ireplied, He certainly was wrong"
"Stop," said my mentor, (" it is you
1 have to do deal with you have done
wrong you who by precept and exam
pie ought to lead in the way Of peace"
C But | ought to exhort, and reprove,
and rebuke."
"Stop, SIR" said my mentor, "and
call to mind that the snuffers on the
altar should be pure gold. Reproofs
and rebukes come with q very i'll grace
from an offender! 20
An offender Z"
" Yes, an offender and of the worst
cast; an offence iu you, and Of this
nature is peculiarly offensive.
"Suppose any Of your hearers in like
circumstances, what advice would you
give them' Suppose them offended by
a brother, you would advise them to be
calm, to suspend their judgment, to seek
an opportunity alone with the supposed
offender, address him in the language Of
love, of charity, hope it was nds so bad
as was expected; at least you would
hope the intention was not bad, SC.
Thus you would have advised your hear
ers, thus you have not done you have
by your conduct in this instance, injured
your Masters cause, and, perhaps, made
wounds that may never be healed. You
know not, st this moment, what this
kind friend is suffering; what his dear
wife, his venerable parent, each of wlrom
having regard for both can say nothing,
but must suffer in silence. o! you have
done very wrong"
The tears gushcd in my eyes, I thought
Of praying. "No," said my mentor,
+" not yet; you should first do right.
Go and acknowledge your fault" .
I cannot"
You must, indeed you must"
q" But he viii treat me roughly"
"You deserve it, you must -bearit /;
you will at least have the: pleasure Of
knowing that you did all you could, in
your present circumstances, to repair tho
wrong. you have done. When thus you
have done, should not you meet forgive
ness and reconciliation from him."
/ went out with an aching heart, ex-
periencing the full force Of the truth as
l went along, "the way of the trans
gressor is hard" I arrived at his DWELL
ing; entered his doors but with what
sensations, when unconscious Of
offence o! how painful Is guilty con-
science! found him reading; he did
not lift up his face, be did not speak; I
could not. His dear companion hlushed,
she trembled, che spoke. However, he
read on. attempted once and again
to bring out what my mentor charged me
to dol failed. At length, for I must
come to it, said with faltering voice.,
|" You are justified, sir, in your conduct
on this occasion l deserve it all and
all this, yea, more, I can bear, with
much more ease than l can the re-
proaches of my own heart. ] am come
to give this troubled heart some ease,
cir by acknowledging my error /; / have
done wrong sir, in taking up report of
you, or saying anything about you to any
one but yourself; l beseech you forgive
me, e,"-and was going to add (; but he
got up, his countenance suffused with
tears, and would have spoken, but could
not; he gave me his hand, however, and
it was filled with as warm heart as ever
beat in friends bosom it has never
cooled since, though this was many
years ago. On my return I was con-
graduated by my kind mentor, and then
poured out my soul to my heavenly
Father, whose consoling language was,
60 Neither do I condemn thee; 90 and
sin no mors."-London Evangelical
Magazine.