The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-06-19
UNSEI.FIsHNEss.
The Well-spring or ali that IN
Good, Pure and Holy.

TO eat" eff he thirst, give unto him
drink" For in so doing, thou shalt
heap Goals of fire upon his head. Or,
in other words, your kindness and I'M
sel6shness will overcome his bitterness
toward you, and render him kind and
unsel6sh in his appreciation of your
better qualities.
We should not, for moment, for
get that we are all sinners-constantly
erring; poor, weak, sinful creatures,
and that there is none good, not one.
That we have all sinned and fell
short of the glory of God, and that 1t
. is not meet and proper in us TO con-
denim a fellow-creature for some trIv-
ial otfense, hold up our hands in holy
horror that he should I've guilty of such
conduct. We must have charity for
all and malice toward none. We must
remember that we are but creatures
of the mOment-merely atoms i'll Gods
great universe, privileged by his love
to enjoy all these momentarily and
fleeing pleasures for the few brief
years requisite for the refinement and
cultivation Of our soul, in order that
we may be enabled TO dwell with him
during a vast and endless eternity.
Selfshness is an inherent principle
of all animals, and man alone, Of all
animals endeavors to cultivate spirit
of unselishness. Glove thy neigh
Dor as myself" is the golden rule which
measures the unselfshness, the love,
gentleness and compassion of man for
man. He that does not love his
neighbor as himself, and his God
who watches over him and cares for
him, is certainly selfish in the extreme
cares only for self-is deeply alb
sorbed in his endeavors to lead purely
animal existence--is one Of that class
who by his selfshness and inhumanlty
entails sorrow upon all with whom he
may have dealings. 1t is he of whom
the poet speaks:
MAN. inhumauity to man
Makes countless millions mourn"
Mans inhumanily is merely mans
selishne9s; and, when he once throws
that aside, be becomes human--nay
almost divine. Selfshness, and de-
sire to crafty self, is the root of all evil.
Money is not as is generally supposed,
the root of evil. 1t is selfShness
which spurs man on TO evils to crafty
his ambition. to elevate himself by
pulling some one else down-to re-
venge himself for some imaginary
wrong. 1t causes him TO forget the
teachings of the word of God winch
says, vengeance Is mine, l will re-
paw" saws the Lord, The selfish man
has no charity. He cares not how
much agony his bitter words or deeds
may generate. When he goes into a
store to purchase goods he invariably
attempts to compel the merchant to
sell him his wares way below cost
never for a moment considering that
he should e1deavor to make the mer-
chant happy by giving him the few
cents profit to which he is entitled for
his labor, capital invested, risks, etc.
His only aim is to get as much as pos
sible for as little as possible. Selfish
ness. Selfshness-low, cunning, sharp
at driving a bargain, malice, brute
force, dishonesty. murder, and all that
is wicked and abominable is the result
of selfshpess.
How important it is then, to culti-
vate a spirit of unselfishness-a soul OF
unselGshness. How happy and pleas
ant and sociable is the man commonly
ldenominated as whOle-soul fellow.
Whenever you find whole-soul fellow
you will find a very unselfsh fellow.
He that hath a merry heart has a
continual fear. The merry man, the
wit boiling over with mirth, making
light of the cares of life tangling al
them, the man with a pleasant word
for everybody and smile, you viii
generally find very unseifsh. 1t i.
not IN his nature to be selfish appar
emily. He has cultivated spirit o.
unselfshness. He is interested in every
body-wants to see everybody get along
and be as happy as he is himself. H'
is acknowledgement put himsel
to great inconvenience in order t.
make somebody happy. He takes ev
eiybody as they are and makes allow
ances for their weaknesses and eccen
!, tricities. If the minister breaches 1
sermon and it hits him too hard or doe
not come up to his views, it is nj
matter. He does not rush franticall,
over to the Parsonage and tell him O
it and threaten to withdraw his sup
port. If the editor of his paper shout
g happen to make blunder or publis
k something that does not suit him, h
does not rush over to the Office ant
stop his paper and threaten to injur
him all he can for one little error; Oh
no. He has charity for all and malic
toward none. He remembers all tn
good, pure, and holy things spoken G
by the minister in the past and wha
rood lao will do in tho futnrp III