St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-11-12
ART OF LIVING TOGETHER.
4e1abers Of Family Who Love and
Believe in One Another
Often Lack It

a young WOIuau Is spending her ufA
IN a work which requires intimate asso-
citation OF many people who have high
ideals, but who also have wide variety Of
experience and temperament.
This variety, says Youths Compan-
ion, naturally leads to frequent differ
ences of opinion, and causes different
standards to be set up. The young
woman recently put the matter plainly
In letter to q friend.
Good. sincere and true as they are, -
she wrote. ut is hard for our work.
ers to maintain right spirit toward
each other. We do not show for each
other the reverence that we feel, and
we do not feel enough reverence. Itsome.
times seems as though we were so con-
sttuted as to develop in each other
just those qualities which compel tho
opposite OF reverence. We suffer for
it deeply, but it grows in spite of us.
Can you not help us to be more care
ful and thoughtful Of the touch Of our
lives upon the lives of others? It Is a
terrible thing to have q day ruined and
our souls shriveled because in coming
In contact with some one we allow that
person to put US out of sorts. or we nut
that other person out Of harmony, or
Doth. l do not want to give you the inn
preston that We arr wranglers, for this
is not true We believe In each other
and love each other, and love our work:
but we are differently constituted and
have different methods and tastes, and
we are often unjust to each other with.
out intending to be 50. The fact that
we suffer for it, and that We try to find
q remedy. proves our desire for a more
consistent life. Please send US some
message. II you can, that shall be help
to u.s."
Surely very many people will be
touched by this appeal, for the case
which it discloses is far from being
isolated. II the person addressed IN
this letter could answer it wisely and
make the answer effective, the answer
would be worthy Of place in MANY
home. school and office, and in every
place where people Of varied training
and attainments must associate for
mutual ends.
NO man liveth to himself" Even
the narrow circle Of the home life has
IT'S sevenfold tie. binding It to other lives
"a tie that unites him to father, mother,
brother and sister. and later, to wife.
son and daughter. No one of these
seven Is precisely like any other. and
this sevenfold cord is but one strand
IN the interviewer thread that binds us |
to our fellow men. It is not enough ia !
learn how one shall keep himself nm.
spotted from the world; the art OF uy.
ing together is equally important
Whatever answer may be given to |
this letter. the letter itself will nroye
Is good an answer as can well be made
to many people who experience the same
failure. but who have thought less deem
y Into the causes, and have prayed less
earnestly for help to overcome a sin
that so easily besets those whom God has
placed together in the most intimate Of
earthly relations. When death comes.
mo those we love and respect are re-
moved too far to be helped BY our
thoughtfulness or comforted by our
'enltence. We often begin to learn a les
ION which should have been considered
ong before.
1t Is the matchless charm Of the re.
1gion OF Christ that He lived His life
1ot only in purity and obedience to the
VIII OF God, but In sympathy, eentle-
less and patience displayed while He
ived and labored among men. It was
ie Who said Of kindness or Of cruelty
oward the humblest OF the children OIL
men among whom we must live and
work on earth: "1nasmuch as We havel
lone It unto one Of the least Of thesel
ny brethren. We have done it unto Me-"