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Tact in Teaching

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 7, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 19.

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Tact in Teaching

WITHOUT tact no teacher can succeed. Tact finds its source in love. True love is not blind. It sees most quickly and clearly where help is needed, and renders it with the least ostentation. It discerns the effect of what is said before the words are set free from the lips. When correction is required, the reproof is bound up with words of courage. Tact always pours the oil of hope into the wound, which is made by the necessary rebuke. The heart of the Infinite One beats more tenderly for the most wayward, and seeks the most effective means of saving him from the results of his course. In like manner will the children of God exercise the gentleness of their Elder Brother.