The Penn's Grove record., 1914-10-16
SEEKING The EVIL
Fault Hunters Look Only for the
FaiIings and Imperfections
of Men.

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destructive than any of the tribes Of
red men which have invested the prai-
ries of our lands
Their weapons are more terrible
than the tomahawk and scalping knife.
The fires they kindle are more devour-
ing than the burning fagots of the
stake.
1t is not the bodies of men that the
fault-hunters slay, but, what Is far
more precious, the characters and vir-
tues of men.
would rather be a red man, with
all his reputed ferocity, wearing
bloody scalps as trophies of my deeds,
than to be n whose eye and ear and
every thought and faculty were traps
set to catch the imperfections of his
fellow men; whose soul was only
aroused when scandal was spoken;
and who was only alive to faults In
stead of virtues.
Yet this spirit of finding faults in
others, in some degree or other, exists
In nearly every one.
1t is resisted and controlled by
many, and some are almost entirely
free from 1t.
1t Is a sad commentary on human
nature that even the best at times
are pleased by the recognition of 9TH
ers' imperfections.
None is perfect. But fault-hunters
are a class to themselves. They seek
the evil and not the good in men.
They point to the failings and imper-
fections of those about them and re-
fuse to see the good that exists in ev-
eryone.
1t is Q sad thing to have an eye to
see faults more than virtues. 1t is the
opposite Of what every one should cul-
tivate.
The highest aim is to cultivate a dis
position of fo~rbearance, kindness and
generous affection toward all men.
Availability brings solace to troubled
hearts around us and reflects back to
US a greater happiness than that be-
slowed.
Really Haters of Their Race.
The lack of it adds to sorrows and
decreases joy.
The fault hunters are not lovers, but
haters, of their race. They distrust
the motives Of all and sheer at any
claims of disinterested benevolence.
They withhold assistance to the erring
and needy.
Their hearts are strangers to gener-
GUS thoughts and their hands innocent
of kindly deeds. They give no help or
encouragement to the tempted and
struggling. They do nothing to win
the confidence and love of those about
them, but much to weaken and en-
bitter the lives of those whose failings
they parade.
It is a glorious occupation to hunt
for virtues; but there is no occupation
more despicable than hunting for
faults and imperfections in our fellow
men, though it is wise and noble to
hunt for faults in ourselves. with the
view and purpose of eradicating them.
The lesson for all to learn is that
im~perfections are common to all, and
each should bear and forbear with
others.
We are here in a process of educa-
tion-a process Of preparation for the
attainment of a perfect life.
We should act toward one another
as the school teacher does toward his
pupils. Whether they are bright or
dull, he seeks to bring out the best
that is in them.
Bear we n another's burdens"
Do not add to them by hunting out
and exposing im~perfections.
Charity brayeth all things"
Love is the only law that should
control in all our relations with one
another.
Bear With One Another.
You must bear with me and 1 must
bear with you. Though you may have
the most to bear, the rule remains i'm
perative.
Where the golden rule is fulfilled the
fault hunter is unknown. One does
not hunt for unpleasant and disagree
able things to be applied to himself.
The fault hunter never discovers his
own faults.
A wise heather said: Every man
carries W wallets with him, hanging
the one before and the other behind
him. Into that before he puts the
faults of others; into that behind he
puts his own. By this means he never
sees his own failings, while he has
those of others always before him"
1t may be true, according to the
proverb, that the best friends we
have in the world are the spies of our
actions. who publish our faults" but
the spies are none the less despicable.
"Ofenses must needs come, but woe
unto them by whom they come"