THE BETTER WAY by Mrs. Carrie Butcher

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 20, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 42.

THE BETTER WAY.

By Mrs. Carrie Butcher

Do not harshly judge thy neighbor, Do not be too quick to blame; Better far that each should labor To uphold the other's name.

Has one sinned? Then let's be showing How for him the Saviour died; Point him to the fountain flowing, Help him reach the cleansing tide.

Has the cruel tongue of slander Gathered from the misty past Some suspicion, thus to pander To a base, deluded taste?

Must we herald every failing Of some fellow-mortal, weak, Wound his heart, nor heed his wailing? O, 'twere better ne'er to speak!

No! let's seek the fount of healing, Bid its waters o'er us roll, Till a tender, Christly feeling Floods and penetrates the soul, Till we feel an anxious yearning Over those who fail and fall, Till within each heart is burning Christ-like love for one and all.

MRS. CARRIE BUTCHER.

Waxahachie, Texas.