The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1859-12-16

i FAULT FINDING. One Of the COM
mon and most pernicious of human
habits, is fault-fnding. IF portion
of it were self-applied, it might posi-
bly, prove a redeeming virtue, but free
lily as we find fault with others, we
find fault with others, we seldom do
SO with ourselves. Oureyes magnify
errors and imperfectionf, and dwindle
to point in which we can pick no
flaw. If our fault-fnding were the
Eguaranty of power and disposition on
our part to mend the fault, but in the
aggregate it is no such thing. 1t il
not the excellence of our own eonceit
and skill that burthens us, but we are
so envioos Of enjoyment that we cam
not bear to see others self-satisfed or
praise-gratified. Therefore in the
middle or at the completion of every4
thing they attempt, our baggy wisdom
plays the fault-fnding critic. With
that of which we really know nothing.
as that of which we know something,
VIC are glib in suggestion of mistakes.
OF course the encouragement we scat
ter among our fellows by this temper.
must be large! Pleasant is detraction
-and what else than detraetion is this
spirit of habitual, and therefore indis-
criminate, fault finding. Approval and
praise, rather than depreciation and
blame, is what man wants to spur and
perfect him. tits not by exaggerafing
his defects and dwarfng his merits
that his heart is to be buoyed, his hand
strengthened, and his whole purpose
exalted and refined. It is well said by
an ancient, that though a fool might
destroy temple by finding fault with
it in detail, he could not reconstruct
even its foundations. So easy is it for
US to impeace by hasty Judgment that
which we do not contriYe or do our
selves. Let us ever keep in mind the
Golden Rule, and by making it our
rule, we shall mend in this fault-fnding
as in many other evil propensities.
--s-z-~----
The INDIAN HE'LL AND HEAvEN.--
The deceased Indian has, according to
them, a long journey to take towards
the west, until he comes toa deep rush.
ing river, which separates him fromthe
happy hunting grounds. The two
shores of this river are connected by
q long pine trunk, stripped of bark and
polished, which must be used as
bridge. The good man passes with a
firm and secure step across this slip
perry bridge, reaches the happy hunt
ing grounds, and enters on the pos
session of eternal youth and strength.
His sky is always clear, cold breeze
lis perpetually blowing for him, and he
passes his time in sailing, hunting,
dancing, and boundless felicity. The
bad man, when he steps upon the bridge,
sees the two oyer-hanging shores totter.
he attempts to escape, and falls into
the abyss below, whore the water is
rushing with the sound of thun der
over rocks; where the air is poisoned
by the exhalations from dead fish and
other animal bodies, and the water
whirling round and round, brings him
always back to the same point where
all the trees are wlthered where it
swarms with lizards, snakes, and toads;
where the dead are hungry, and have
|nothiug to eat; where the living lead a
diseased life. The shores are covered
with thousandsof these unhappybeings,
who climb up to geta glance into the
happy hunting grounds, which they
can never enter.
The LAST DAY.-To everything be
meath the sun there comes last day