The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-02-23
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MUTUAL FORBEARANCE.

must learn to take men ps they are and not
as they ought to be; making, lbem better
five can. but at the same fine remember
iug their infrmities. We lave to Zeal
not with the ideal man Of dreaming poets,
bntswilh the real men ofsoyeryday, life.
men precisely like ourselves. This fact Of
common aims, ambitions, and iudrmitics
ought to create constant sympathy and for
bearaDco. While every man has his own
burden 10 bear, he may at tho same time
IN some way help another to bear his pc
caliar burden. and he himself helped in
turn. God has mystcriously linked all
men together BY ibis curious fact Of mu,u-
nl dependence, and this wonderful posi-
bility Of mutual help. The poor may be
relieved, the sick may be visited, the sor-
rowing may receive sympathy, the mex
porienced may DO counseled, the faiut-honrt-
cd encouraged and the feeble established.
All these, in turn, may help the hand
that gives help to them; for God has
50 ordered it that no man is absolutely in
dependent of bis fellows Attic very timo
we help others, we fnd by that act our
own moral power strengthened, and the
fine may come when in more direct way
the aid we have extended may be re.
turned.
The principle of mutual fOrboarancc is
especially applicable TO those mental inGrm-
tiles of which every man is conscious--in-
frmntics which make US sometimes detect
ourselves and render US burden to our
friends. Some are poevish aud frctful;
some have chronic suspicion that every
thing will grow wrong; some are easily Of
tended, having toucby tempors, as
quick as a pistol with hair trigger;
some have rough, blunt way of express
ing themselves. imagining that they are
frank, when they are simply uucivil; some
are naughty and oserboariug, holding
their heads above the common herd; some
arc beadssong, never yielding position
once taken
These disagreeablo infrmaties, in com.
sa6a With others which might DO named,
have their origin in different sources.
They sometimes spring from constitutional
,pocuiaritics, aud indeed are often heredi-
.taFy, Some Of them may be the result OR
abe symptoms of nervous disorder. Some
may be traced directly to defective cdu-
cation. E E54r
Whatever their origin. We must learn
10 bear with them. For this there are
several good reasons which commend them
selves to Christians, whatever others
may think of them God commands
love for our neighbor which shall equal
Z. selfloye. His word directs the strong to
bear the iufrmitics Of the weak; exhorts
US tn bear one another's burdens, declar-
ing that those who do this fulfil the law
of Christ, which is the great law of of love;
and presents for our imitation the wonder.
i'll example of Christ, who pleased not
himself. If We can save men by bearing
with their infrmities. We ought to dO.it.
Another reason just as powerful, though
appealing more directly to our sclGsbncss,
is 10 be found 10 the fact that we expect
others to bear with as. 1t surely is not
Tair for US to ask our fellow.men to make
allowance for our iofrmitics while we mako
none for theirs we mustgive aud take, each
yielding something 10 the other, like we'll
behaved men in a crowd. The man who
should undertake to go through a crowd
by an air line rOptc would soon find his
passage blocked. Let him yield little
to others. and others will yield to him.
1t is the part Of good breeding, to avoid
!. as far as possible coming in contact with
the in6rmities of others. aud to take as lit
:ls notice as We eau of their manifestation.
We do this IN reference to physical defor-
unity; why not 10 regard to mental or NOR
al iDfrmities? weare careful not to tread
on tender toe, not to brush against q.
broken arm. not to stand in the way of the
blind; we ought to be equally careful not
to rufae the temper Of the irritable, not to
wound the feelings of tho sensitive, not to
excite the fears of the imid.