Precept & Practice – MARCH 11 – The Art of Correction

I am convinced that to make the strongest impression in helping any one over a failing, we must not speak from an instance which affects us personally.

Bear constantly in mind these two rules of thought before any speech or action – ‘Put yourself in another’s place’ and ‘Do as you would be done by.’

It is like our Lord to drop a word indicating error and leave the real correction to grow up in the learner’s mind as though it was supplied by himself.   He rarely dilates on what is blame-worthy, and never recurs to a failing that has been noticed at the time.

The Reverend Henry Lathem (Pastor Pastorum)

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From the Introduction to Precept and Practice

The kindly welcome given to my other little books, ‘Being and Doing’ and ‘Character and Conduct,’ must be my excuse for adding another collection of extracts to the number now in circulation.

The quotations are gathered from the books of many earnest thinkers, and deal with Life in all its length and breadth, with ourselves, our characters, our plain unvarnished faults and weaknesses, our often untoward circumstances, and with all that drags us down;-  with our purposes, our religion, our love and friendships, and with all that uplifts us;-  with our relation to others, our influence and responsibilities, and finally with those stages of our journey which bring us to the Road’s Last Turn and to the Silent Land.

CONSTANCE  M. WHISHAW