Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-06-19

man being toward society there you |
will find man in barbarous and unci- |
vilized condition. The truest and holi-
est character is formed out of a love
to mingle with others in holy conver-
sation. Faithful are the wounds of
friend. The true friend will always
criticise for the purpose of helping
and improving you. Remember criti-
cism is not faultfnding. Faultfnd-
ing is the lowest and meanest of sins.
1t takes a wise man to criticise but
any old fool can find fault. Do not
think for one moment that you are 3
critic because you can find fault. 1t
lis an honor to be critic, it is dis
grace to be a fault finder. To be a
critic implies intelligence. The cri-
tic will always be fair, the faultfind-
er will always be unfair and uncharit-
able. The critic reaches conclusions
because he has examined facts, look
ing at everything from every side.
The faultfnder will pass his opinion
without looking into the facts or
even before the facts have been stat
ed. The critic is ready to admit that
he may be wrong in his judgment,
the faultfnder considers himself in
fallible. When the critic is shown his
error he is ready to acknowledge it
and make due APOLOGY. the faultfnd-
er will not admit that he is wrong
and he boasts that he never apologiz-
es. The reason for this position is OBJ
prompts an apology and to apologize
would interfer with his chief aim in
in life namely the attempt to make
every one unhappy. The purpose
that animates the critic is the pro-
gress of the one criticised, the pur-
pose of the faultfnder is to hurt the
feelings and weaken the influence of
his victim. Wherever there is Paul
to preach there is. sure to be Ter
tullus to find fault. The story is told
that once upon a time Juuiter NEPTUNE
and Minerva contended which of
them could make the most perfect ar
ticle. jupiter made ? mon. Minerva
made a house and Neutune made q
bull and one Nomus was chosen JUDGE
to decide which production had the
greatest merit. He began hv finding
fauIt with the bull because his horns
were not below his ewes so that he
might see when he bntted with them.
He found fault with the man be-
cause there was no window in his
breast that all might see the inward
thoughts and feelings He found fault
with the house because it had no
wheels to enable it's Inhabitants to re-
move from bad neighbors. But Jupi-
ter forthwith drove the Judge ont of
heaven telling him that faultfnder
could never be pleased. Tell the fault
| finder that man is said to be pure
and chaste and he will answer you
eyes in the day time" If a woman
is pronounced virtuous he will say
"Yes as yet" Tell him Mr.. A is re-
ligious and he will say "Yes on Sun
days" Mr.. B has lust Joined the
church. sYes the elections are COM
ing on" The minister of the gospel
is called on exsmp'e Of diligence eyes
that's his trade" Such a man is gen.
Lerous "Yes of other mems money
Such is the character of the faultfnd-
Ter. He barks at every sheep that
to help it back. Napoleon once said
that the man who never made mis-
take never made war. Those who
stand aloof from every good enter
prise. pointing out the mistakes ano
blunders of those engaged in the
struggle are themselves making the
greatest, blunders. 1t is very easy
to set uu in the g~umbling business
1.-The true friend will so love that he
cannot bear to see the stair of sir
upon his friend and he will speaE
nainful truth through loving words
Think of the friendship of David am
] Jonathan. of Daroon and Pvtbias. A
friendship so sincere that the one
was ready TO suffer apd die for the
other. In the warm embrace of that
mystic cord of friendship death freez-
es them and ne in the bonds of ar
eternal friendship.
That friendship let us teach by
symbol and form End above all LEI
us live it in our daily conduct toware
our fellow men.
TT believe in secret societies be
cause they stand for broad charity
| IF these societies teach anything they
teach that no man can live to him
self that we are deDendent, upor
Others for our success in life. Ours
| is gospel of helpfulness. There j.
nothing that so inspires a man as tt
| put hope and courage and cheer intC
the hopeless and helpless and des
pondent. When I hear a man or 9
woman severe in their condemnation
of the mistakes of others know thai
the time is not far distant when the,
1 will need some one to help them. Il
is no disgrace to the soldier on the
battlefield when he has done his duty
facing the enemy and is at last taker
lprisoner and when man or WON.
an has fallen into sin, fighting anc
struggling against lust and passion
and appetite and at last meeting de-
feat rather than censure such would
pour into them Gods grace ane
strength and pardon and power
Whatever point Of elevation you have
is human to err. 1t is godlike to save
reached you owe to somebody else. II
Practical religion cannot be conf1n-
ed to the four walls of any building
/ be it church or lodgeroom. Every
shipwrecked mariner has a claim up
on every stout keel floating the wide
seas. If the parable of the Good
Samaritan teaches anything it teach
es that we should love our neighbor
as ourselves and that neighbor is not
your personal friend, a member of
your church or lodge but any and
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every one, who needs your help. 1t
is this spirit of helping one another
this spirit of brotherliness that is the
strength of these institutions But my
brethern this spirit is not recogniz-
ed among us as it ought. We have
not enough sympathy with our weak
and erring brother. We. read about
the cedars of Lebanon and when one
| of fhano fa11c thoro ic ON ouyf111 oro III
And when one of the cedars of chris
tian influence falls the crash is ter
rife. Within the past few years how
many men of influence have fallen.
And sad to say many people seem to
be glad of it. When the great deal
er in stocks goes down the small
dealers clap their hands and say
"Good for him." When a great polit-
ical leader goes down the small polit-
icians clap their hands and say "Just
as / expected" All beloved no one
gains anything out of moral ship
wrecks. No one is helped by the fall