Regardless of inclinations and emotions!
If we keep uppermost in our minds the unkind and
unjust acts of others, we shall find it impossible to love them as Christ has
loved us; for there are few persons who do not on close acquaintance reveal
unamiable traits of character. Even the best of us have these unlovely traits;
and in selecting friends we should choose those who will not be driven away
from us when they learn that we are not perfect. Mutual forbearance is called
for. We should love and respect one another notwithstanding the faults and imperfections
that we cannot help seeing; for this is the Spirit of Christ. Humility and
self-distrust should be cultivated, and a patient tenderness with the faults of
others. This will kill out all narrowing selfishness and make us large-hearted
and generous.—The Signs of the Times, March 5, 1885.
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