p. 380 | A Lesson in Charity

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 19, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 24.

A Lesson in Charity

ONE day Peter Cooper stood watching a portrait class, who, to the number of thirty pupils or more, were drawing likenesses of the same model from different positions. One scholar made the face in profile; another had it turned a little into the shadow; a third saw more of the full face; while others worked still further into or away from the light. He stood observing the scene a few minutes, when he said: "Such a sight as this should be a lesson in charity, when we perceive how the same person may seem so different according to the way he is looked at by various people."—Sel.