Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-30
The Golden Rule.

ros 4 Ii was chilly, foggy evening in AuI
s 81 tnmn. Edith sat By the window, look
ing out into the gray gloom, in state
Of mind something like that oftbe wealth
er, discousoIats and depressed, she could
- 4 not tel why She was not alone IN the
- room, her father was there, and group
ttsi Of brothers and sisters. mo one takes
lsai any notice Of me, or cares if feel sad
she thought Nov when one feels
gloomy, il 10 30 pleasant 70 have some
one come aRd cheer one up" Consc-
s8f ehce whispers, "Do you know what 10
a.. Il the matter with your You are a little
tired, and idle and cross.' She did not
esia listen much to the voice. Suddenly
.lssssgs there darted into her mind the words
- esai which she had taught little Lulu that
morning. "As ye would that men should
do to you, do ye even 50 to them.
$50 She did not care to listen to these
sset' words either, but they would not be dis
4ssae - missed; they seemed to say themselves
ynoasaa over and. over again in her memory,
more times than little Lulu had repeated
them in her anxiety 10 say them correct
w at school, till at last see began TO see
what they meant 81 wonder" she
.sse~saidsto herself, 'if really must do Tor
i somebody else everything that / want
somebody else.to do for me-" She turn
ed Gom The window, and went and stood
BY her "a hers chair. YFather," she said
"you must have had a wet and disagreed.
= sits BILE walk home Don't you want your
..o,.., slippers2'' Why, yes, / believe do
was too tired to think much about II
ray t ihFoYghl Ihsn q y9u, desEE Its pleasant
aoas q The mother Just then brought in a
IA. lamp 1T was such gloomy evening,
/ thought | would light up early" she
said, drawing the curtains cars
.aa9us Edith looked round on the group
,s-ise Susie was lying on the sofa, with hot
flushed cheeks "Poor little girl" said
Edith, kneelng down beside her, "you
have one ofthose troublesome headaches,
know. have something good for you;
the nice cologne in the red bottle Aunt
aassJuiia gave me- And in a minute she
was bathing her botforhead with it.
Meanwhile she noticed the cloud on
her brother Russell sfaoe as he pored
over hissehool,books What's the mat
81. Ter, RussY she said looking over his
"a IS ssFMstter enough be answered asee
asa herel have eight sums to do, and
cannot get the first one, and don't
kp9rhog many hours I've wasted over
sAs Not many Edith suspected, bnt she
did not say so. Atany rate, he wasted
no more, for few words of explanation
gave him the clue TO the solution of all
hts difhenllesy gr5rrsaEFg EHT
Il say, Edie, said Max, seeing that
she looked propitious, get me some
n aWf ng, will yoa2 and the bottle of glue r.
0h,you fnventorT she said bring
- ingI themoo ,eSFhat are you making
sxTn9Y1aElKj sa5 81 { Ali ate
"Y GU II see when il is done, - was his
aLalusssegef happy face was full of
80 smiles vs. usual; this time at her doll,
q preparing for bed. Edith laid car.
SCI eSsang hand on the fair curls as she
asked, Where's Fanny little pet n ''Up
stairs, sale. Lulu, eplease tie Bessie's
stsa nightgownN As Bessie" was laid 10
repose, with her staring blue ewes wide
openin her cradle, Edith went upstairs
----to6Rd~Fanny, wondering what could
keep herup there alone in the cold. Fan
ME was next to herself in age and shar-
ed her room. She sitting in little
- arm chair IN the growing darkness
Il missed you, dear said Edith. sand
came to find you" There was no
answer and Edith sat down on the arm
Of the chair, and asked, Are you sick 2?
No, mol cried Fanny, bursting into
flood of tears, on Ediths shoulder "but
dtvent 70 be aAChristian, Eide, and
Gan mot do anything til / know that
Christ has forgiven all my sins" Edith
was startled; she had not thought of
this. II am so glad, darling" she whis
The bell .raug for tea. "Go," said
Fanny am not going down, can
not" Edith fingered, reluctant to leave
her, but yet she did not know how to
lead her she would be lGss.- She sent
her mQthsrs to her as soor as ma was
a6erSstssfag inSthe nurse z herself to
put little Lulu to bed
A happy family rejoiced tnNt night
with one who was beginning to know the
joy Of salvation, having found him who
staketh away the Sins OF the world
Edith pondered upon her new applica-
ton Of the Golden Rule. allow selfish
| was she thought to sit there
monlpg becauseano one came to cheer
me Ah WAen, after all, / only needed to
gpAnd dDsIny duty and there was moth
Ing to be gloomy about Next time
think want some sympathy, I'll remem.
Der to 60 and sympathize with all the
rest"
1t was a good resolution for she had
been in considerable danger Of becom-
ing one OF that numerous class of per-
sons who demand and expect great
deal FROM others, Of notice. and consid-
erahan, and sympathy but never seem
to Remember that there Is Just as much
reason for them to give al these freely
rs to require them at the hands of 9th.
ers. And nov, as | am closing, let me
say a word to you, my friend | know
your case we'll / have heard it a hun
dred times. The members of the church
have not treated you with the distin-
guishea attention which they should
they do not call upon you; the minister
has. mot beentossee you for long time;
yeasmiss religious conversation; you feel
slighted
Let me give you word of advice
Call aud see your minister this afternoon,
not to End fault, but to cheer and en-
courage him who has so many dscour-
agements in his labor, of which YOU
know nothing. Then call socially on
your feIlow-members and talk, not of
gossip but of the things Of the kingdom
of Christ; be friendly with your brethp
rem, be renter of warmth, and not a
lump of ice which you wonder there is
notheat enough to thaw That is the
demand of the law; that is the keeping
of the Golden Rule.
80 DRY GOODS.