The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-19
Forbearancc.

family is usually made up OF per-
4 O, divergent qualities and tastes.
Schildren of family are not alike
Eymperament, inclination or habit,
tuiid and amiable and strong wllled
Eouarrelsome are found in the same
Ee Some have quiet and others
terous tastes. Some are industrious.
~trs inJolent. Naturally there will
!, Erc,t diyersities 0f inclination and
+ and cross purposes will reveal as
lch i'm one directaon as another. 1t is
Iouse OF this that the lesson of for
Iir,n,,c needs to Ice carefully taught.
hmily so loving that faults are over
rIkrd and disagrecablc features for
he is. all else being eiual, a model
bilv. There are few such, chiefly be-
&c., forbrarance of faults is not often
-Eui,ely taught. In most eases where
r tsts il is natural. But natural or
Grirpd il is valuable quality. 1t
H. in any event. on II right basis.
khat are termed faults are not as of
4 the outgrowth of inherent depravity
Tnwpose as of accidental influences,
kan rar,lonable. Irritabilty, for ex-
~&ple. NAV he the result of "A form OF
lar.,c. the flow or congestion of blood
|, the brain. Children pressed with
mdy at school and nervou.ly impaired
"a irritable. of,en not from inherent
ohducss. but from causes such rs are
love cited. They feel badly and know
II, why such should bc treated. NOT
K culprit,. but as sufferers. SO there
H. many reasons for the little di>a%r, e
VEntS of life. not all bad. and which
build be partially smoOthcd away by
" Nile kind forbearanCc. All that may
l called faults are not such; they arr
hhcr the rrs,rit of surrounding circun.
bnccs and need only gentle treatment
lnelt away.
Srhe habit of forbcarance has also it,
kciplinary side. Nothing is more easy
.San to be hvpocritical. We can easily
y bd fault. 1t is often natural, or car
3 made second nature, to attach harsi
Mgucstions TO any act. We can easily
ANVIL ut motives. And unrestrained
re are apt to do so. Severe and ever
lust judgments are far more common
ian kindly. well balanced judgments
he Christ thought it necessary TO allud
! this Judge not, that ye he no
edged. And the tendency to harsI
$iticsm is such that not to exercise it in
Dives restraint. Many fail to exert thi
klfcontrol Yet il is invaluable. 1t is no
hly good in leading to that forbearanc
\ criticism which secures good will
4lt il tends to that evennesS OF judgmen
Hat is of great value in life.
sCan this habit be inculcated? VIII
pt? The lessons we impart all alon
bildhood embody the same principle
&rbearance of faults is only an elemen
4 sef-control. If we can teach childre
= be truthful, honest, cheerfully ODE
tent. or anything else; if we can teac
Mem the lessons in books we can teac
his. 1t involves merely the same ele
hents that enter into all else we learn
afe. The child who can command IL
tellect and compel it to study, or Wi
and require it to obey, can also com
mand Judgment, and see that it sha
equitably and even charitably pcrtori
itsfunctions. 1t only needs TO he show
How And the parent who does M
Judy that he may impart the lesson fal
ort of duty. The most beautiful an
ee-inviting of all the graces of life al
g which forbear to criticise harsh
RS faults. --P hiiddelDhta CaU..