The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1873-04-16

BIZ MRS SARAH PERo.

took root in the human heart. And deny
Il though we may, we have all got tn,
noxious weed in more or less fourishine
condition Some of us nurture it until i
grows again. Others cultivate the good
impulses Of the heart till envy IS uprooted
sal little viii cling there; and DOM
you ever notice how strangely it rises W
and clezves the tongue to the roof of the
mouth when called upon to praise friend
OF neighbor's superior virtue? For in
stance: Neighbor jenkins wife appears
out Of Sunday with new bonnet; Of
course you are called upon (this to the la.
dies to admire it; why not say, yves it is
very nice and pretty" just as you would
If It were your own. Some one at my ell
bow saws. "because 1t isn't natural.
Well, then, try and make it natural. AL
most every body has got ways, or habits,
that after long continuance have become
second nature now, say, if the second
nature ways are the most agreeable to
those who desire to please, and are still
IN accordance with higher law of right,
then let Us cultivate and attain more of
them. Every person has the power to
rule the tongue from envious speaking,
and we shall soon, in a measure, purge
the heart of envious thoughts 1 often
meet people that | esteem highly until
some, perhaps trifing, incident brings this
beautiful quality to light, then the ther-
mometer of respect falls. might love
them the same, in reality, but it would be
8 regretful affection, and l always try
the harder to rule out this black line from
my own page Of life, that to the regret
feel for their fault may not be added the
SIN Of my own; for envy is black sin, for
which covetousness is but another name.
l have seen young. capable, energetic
men commence business with perhaps a
small capital, but firm determination to
succeed. Envy comes along with Well,
boys, don't want to discourage you, but
you can't weather 1t long, for Tough &
Tight went by the board with more capt.
tai than you have got. Then the new be-
ginners tremble bit and loose courage.
thinking: "Old heads are longer than
young ones" Yes, boys, true enough, but
where the hearts are strained to the last
tenure with envy, the heads are not SO
steady as might be. Don't you know there
are some people, although they have wealth |
in abundance, yet they cannot bear to see
another man rise to their standard. IT'S
top of the heap or out of it altogether
with them As l said before, these young
men begin to lose confidence in their own
abilities, and soon roll to the bottom of
he hill Now if good natured Praise
ust comes along patting them on the
with go ahead, boys, don't
Re down-hearted the first thing, but stick
o your business, and be true to your i'm
pulses of honesty and integrity, and you
yill succeed. 1t is better than gold for
hem, for praise and appreciation are the
-reatest incentives to success, and tell
hese boys (if you can't aid them pecuni-
Eily) that you viii speak good word
Or them, and give them a God-speed:
bis costs nothing, and boys, in your turn,
e thankful for them, for kind words and
iod-speeds are not to be frowned upon in
ms age of every Observation-Disclosures :
lkethe-hind-most.
And not only has envy proved curse
business matters, but worse yet, it has
iade unhappy homes, miserable and dis }
mothers and children, yes, and :
many cases bad women, those who 4
ave but two spheres in life, viz: to out i
0, and never to be outdone in dress and !
shion, even at the expenae of their hon. !
. Many truly good mothers plant the
eds Of envy (unwittingly) in their chill
ems hearts. 1 remember little circum- :
ance, though of long ago occurrence, ;,
hich made a deep impression on my q
ind. / was visiting an old school-mate .
mine, who had married kind and in :,
llgent husband. but of limited means /; =
c had a coy pretty home, and beauti- Il
little girl of seven years The mother h
rself, was to me, model of goodness.
1 ike the rest of us had her little faults. W
e of these being thoughtlessness of in
eech. We sat by the window, one W
sasant morning, engaged in converse v.
n, when LOttie, the little daughter, came tv
ming in, with ooh, mamma, Minnie OF
Ow's got such a pretty gold ring" Of
las she, dear? Well that's too bad, al
" you ought to have one, too you are OF
good as Minnie, and her papa has got br
more money than your papa has, with tn
their fine airs" And knew then the 50
'ther's heart was filed with envy at this q
ie, and worse than all, one little grain sh
down in the child's heart. nj
Little LOttie did not say much, and soon
dinner hour came bringing her father an
l friend. She waited till the hustle mi
serving dinner was over, and there 1t