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Until the judgment you will never know the influence of a kind, considerate course toward the inconsistent, the unreasonable, the unworthy. When we meet with ingratitude and betrayal of sacred trusts, we are roused to show our contempt or indignation. This the guilty expect; they are prepared for it. But kind forbearance takes them by surprise and often awakens their better impulses and arouses a longing for a nobler life.

Kind forbearance toward the ungrateful or unreasonable can awaken better impulses. The text describes an interpersonal dynamic and behavioral response rather than a medical or clinical intervention.

“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:1, 2 .

Restore those overtaken in faults in a spirit of meekness and bear one another's burdens. This paragraph is a direct biblical quotation providing spiritual and ethical instruction.

All who profess to be children of God should bear in mind that as missionaries they will be brought into contact with all classes of minds. There are the refined and the coarse, the humble and the proud, the religious and the skeptical, the educated and the ignorant, the rich and the poor. These varied minds cannot be treated alike; yet all need kindness and sympathy. By mutual contact our minds should receive polish and refinement. We are dependent upon one another, closely bound together by the ties of human brotherhood.

Treat diverse classes of people with individualized kindness, sympathy, and recognition of human interdependence. The paragraph emphasizes social duty, mutual interaction, and empathy among diverse individuals.