September 21

Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love.—EPH. iv, 1, 2.

Let us no more contend, nor blame Each other, blam'd enough elsewhere, but strive In offices of love, how we may lighten Each other's burden, in our share of woe.

MILTON.

We cannot gather too much of the Christian spirit— the spirit of forbearance and peace and sacrifice; the spirit of brotherhood and charity; the spirit of purity and devotion to Him through whom comes all that renders life noble and true.

HORATIO N. POWERS.

Forbearance is even more than forgiveness, it is excusing, putting always the best construction upon everything; above all, never showing that some pro- ceeding has wounded us. . . . For a wounded heart, no balm is so efficacious as forbearance. To forbear is to forget every night the little vexations of the past day; to say every morning: "To-day I shall be brave and calmer than yesterday." Forbearance sometimes leads us to detect in ourselves a little want of good nature, condescension, and charity. To forbear, is not only freely to forgive, but to meet half-way, with ex- tended hand, those who timidly ask for pardon.

Gold Dust.