The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-08-02
Live In Peace.

"Let us have peace p should be the
motto of every lover of humanity the
world around. To obtain peace we
should be ready to sacrifice all per-
sonal prejudice, jealousies and antipa-
thies. There are all sorts of people
in the world, and many are not patient
or sweet-spirited, besides some who
are positively uncongenial, distasteful
and offensive to us. But we should
remember that for all our dislikes and
occasions for resentment our own self
| consequence or fastidiousness may be
as much responsible as the natural
ugliness, indiscretions, follies or
wrongs of our neighbor.
It is possible to be too critical.
Nothing is easier than to pick flaws in
the lives and character of others. We
cannot weigh motives we'll enough to
enable us to interpret all speech and
conduct. Better get Of the critical!
habit altogether than to lnisjudge and
| injure our fellow men. We must like
wise accommodate ourselves to cease
less difference of opinion in respect
to every day topics. In politics, sci
ence and a hundred passing occur
reuces men differ and have right to
differ. 1t is abominable conceit for
man to set up his own way of thinking
for universal standard, and then
prescribe and pettily pcrsecute all who
fail to attain to it.
The gift of speechlessness is worth
cultivating. Learn to hold your
tongue. If your neighbor talks pro-
vokingly, better keep quiet than quar-
rel. GA soft answer turneth away
wrath" If you cannot answer softly,
don't speak at all. There is real
majesty in silence under provocation.
The man who ruleth his own spirit is
greater than the conqueror of city.
Choke back angry words. Repress
bitterness. Show your neighbor that
even as you rule yourself, so you
might, if you designed to do it, con-
quer him. Study tact. Let good
nature.@have a chance to bubble up.
A happy and pleasant remark on a
different subject may avert the storm.
A fash of wit may prevent the light
ming of wrath. To provoke smile is
better tt to occasion frown. There
are some wrongs which, of course,
must be noticed, but there is right
way to give them attention. This is
not by wrangling. Charity must fill
our own hearts before we cast the
devil out of others, lest he find place
to lodge within us. Get the beam out
of you eye. Be prepared to see your
offending neighbor just as he is. Per
haps he is suffering wrong from
others maybe he imagines you have
wronged him. Likely enough his
nerves are unstrung by business cares
or other perplexities. Approach him at
the right point and learn how he
stands.
Longfellow says: eff we could read
the secret history Of our enemies, we
should find in each mans life sorrow
and suffering enough to disarm all
hostility" Don't fear your ncighbor,
however rough his appearance or loud
his speech. Remember the fable of
the fox and the lion: A fox met a
lion in the forest for the first time and
was frightened nearly to death. When
he met him the second time nc was
still much alarmed, but not to the
same extent as at first. On seeing him
the third time he so increased in bold
ness that he went up to him and OPEN
ed a familiar conversation. Acquaint-
ance always softcns prejudice. Don t
be easily offended, Mere words can