As a Matter of Course

e nervous system is relieved of almost the wor

reciated by those who have known the suf

e suffering by our intolerance of others, and, as a consequence, blame others for the fatigue or illness which follows. However mistaken or blind other people may be in their h

der one form of annoyance or another, but when looked fu

of another interferes directly with our own selfish aims. That brings the

ters worse. If expressed, it probably rouses bitter feelings in another. Whether we express it openly or not, it keeps us in a state of nervous irritation

y have many good points which might give us real pleasure and profit

o be a friend and ally in reality, if we once drop the wr

probably be, "That may be so in some cases, but n

ndous tempests before it can be recognized and ignored. And with the tempest comes an obstinate refusal to call it

ized, and shaken off; and we might as reasonably blame a rock, over which we stumble, for the

used through some interference with our own plans; but it is stranger when

be an earnest desire for the salvation of our opponent. But who ever saved a soul through an ungracious intoler

war of words and feeling between two Christians whose belief is sup

t, the disputants gain each a more obstinate belief in his own doctrines; and t

of others,-habits which are comparatively nothing in themselves, but wh

eculiarities of others. Indeed, there is no better example of biting off one's own nose than the ha

xt question is, how to get rid of it. The habit has, not infrequently, made such a strong b

ent we recognize its true quality. That is a beginning, and the re

believe as they prefer to, hold personal habits which they enjoy or are un

e contraction, the contraction more feeling; and so the Intolerance is increased in cause and in effect. The immediate effect

quicker effect at first. By and by we get accustomed to the sensation of willingness, and can recall it with less repetition of words, or without words at all. When the feeling of nervous annoyance is roused by the other, counteract it on the instant by repeating silently: "I am quite willing you should do

in, a good fifty per cent of wasted nervous force can be saved for better things; and this saving

ted, "how can I say I a

giving it up. A clear realization of the necessity for willingness, both for our own comfort and for that of others, helps us to

moved by intolerance, that is selfishness; with it will come the desire to force our friend into the way which we consider right. Such

the root of all great reform. Amidst the necessity for and strength in the reform, the petty spirit of intolerance intrudes unnoticed. But if any one wants to

en be used, for higher ends. The ends might have been accomplished more rapidly and more effectually with less selfish instruments. But man must

he evinced no feeling of antagonism; he merely stated the facts. The same firm calm truth of assertion, carried out in action, characterized his expulsion of the money-changers from the temple. When he was arrested,

tagonism is quite blind to his deficiencies, and unless he is broader in his way than we are in ours, any show of intolerance simply blinds him the more. Intolerance, through its indulgence, has come to assume a monstrous form. It interfer

to relax from contractions of unwillingnes

rough a quiet, gentle tolerance we leave ourselves free to be carried by the laws. Truth is greater than we are, and if we can be the mea

life, from the losing of a train to matters far greater and more important. There is as much intolerance to be dropped in our re

ngth of an entire willingness that people and things should progress in their own way.

system are synonymous; we cann