The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-05-19
WE ALL HAVE FAULTS.

tie who boast OF being perfect IL
perfect 10 his folly. | have been q
great deal up and down 10 the world
aud | never yet saw a perfect man
or horse, and | never shall until |
see two Sundays come together.
You canno, get white -four oot OF
a coal sack, nor perfection out Of
human nature he who looks for it
had better look for sugar in the sea.
The old saying is 'lifeless, faultless "
OF dead men we should say nothing
but good but as for the living, they
are oil tarred more or less with
black brush, and half an eye can see
it, Every heart has a soft place in
it, and every heart has its black
drop.
Every rose has its prickles, and
every day it's night. Even the sun
shows spots, aud the skies are dark
eued with clouds. Nobody is so wise
but he has folly enough to stock a
stall at Vanity Fair. Where | could
see the FOOLS cap, have nevertbo>
less heard the bells jingle. As there
is no sunshine without some shadows,
80 all human good is mixed up with
more or less evil; even poor law
guardians have their little failiugs,
and parish beadles are not wholly of
a heavenly nature.
The best wine has its lees. All
mems faults are not written on their
foreheads and it is quite as we'll they
are not, or hats would need wide
rims yet as sure as eggs are eggs
fault of some kind nestles 10 every
mans bosom.
The tabby Cat is not tapping milk
Just now, but leave the dairy door
open, and we will see if she is not
as big q thief as the kitten. There's
fire in the flint, cool as it looks
wait till the steel gets knock at it,
aud you will see Every body can
read that riddle, but it is not every
body that will remember to keep his
gunpowder out of the way of the
candle.
Yes, and the very ones who cry
the loudest over ones faults have
grosser failiDgs in themselves. 1t is
much easier thing to point out and
speak Of a mans faults than it is to
say you are sorry be has them
Together hand in hand with faults
aud failings, should go sympathy.-
Then we could say that we had so>
berly reflected on these faults of 9TH
ers and then how much the sum OF
human happiness could be advanced
by sympathy.
We get cheerfu!ness and vigor,
we scarcely know, how or wheO,
from mere association with our fellow
men, and from the looks reflected on
US of gIadness and enjoyment. We
catch inspiration and power to 60 on
from human presence and from
cheerful looks. The woman works
with additional energy having others
by. The full family circle has a
strength and life peculiarly it's own.
The substantial good and effectual
relief which men extend to another is
triAiug. II is not by these, but some
thing far less costly that the work is
done. Our Maker has insured it by
a much more simple machinery. He
has given to the weakest and poorest
power to contribute largely to the
common stock of gladness. The
child's smile and laugh are mighty
powers in this world. When be-
reavement has left you desolate, or
misfortune bowed you to the earth,
what substantial benefit is there
which makes coincidence acceptablef
1t can bestow on you nothing per-
manent. Bot a warm hand has
touched yours, and its thrill told you
that there is indeed living response
there to your every emotion, One
look, one human Sigh, has done
more for you than the costliest pres
ent could convey.
How much better then would it be
for US ell to eschew altogether call
ing attention to each others faults,
and practice sympathy strictly and
entirely.