Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-12-28
Two Little Words.

8. One particular word we have noticed
has great deal to do in some families,
especially among the Chi dren Indeed,
we have often felt quite sorry for it,
and have wished heartily it could have
little rest. for it's own sake as well as
for the sake of every body else. We
are sure you will all be very curious to
know what word it is. 1t consists of
only one letter. 1t is the pronoun l. In
English it is written with capital (per-
haps to attract attention), but in Ger
man it is always written with q small
letter. In English it consists OF one let
ter, while in other languages sometimes
OF two, or even of three-1e in French,
ich in German, and ego in Latin. We
hear some little voices say: 81 was the
first one up this morning. 1 want 10
sit by mamma. I have done more work
than anybody else. was the one that
thought of that; nobody else would ever
have thought Of it. 1 have walked
so many, many miles, and 1 was. the
first che to reach the top OF the
HILL etc. And SO it goes on all
day, until one really feels sorry for poor
Little I, and quite sure he is sadly
in want OF rest, and if he does not need
it, other people are tired of hearing
who was so in love with himself, that
whenever he said: Idid so and so,'
he took off his hat, and made a low bow;
sometimes he went so far as to speak of
| Ibis majesty myself And there was
another man who wrote a book, and in
| it he talked so much about himself and
what he had done, the printer said he
| could not print it, for he had not SO
many of the letter 4 in his cases OF type.
Now we have noticed that the people in
| this world who really know the most,
and do the most, are the most modest,
| and make the least mention of poor lit
! tie in any way. There was that love-
! ly sister of DR.. Arnold, who Ito use
| his own words) possessed intense love,
| almost to humiliation of selfishness.
During daily martyrdom of twenty
| wears, she adhered to her early-formed
resolution Of never talking about her.
self: thoughtful about the very pins and
ribbons OF my wife's dress, about the
| making of dolls cap for. a child, but
/ of herself--save as regarded her i'm
provement in all enthusiastically
thoughtless." a ..a
The sweetest flowers are often hidden
beneath their leaves, and one can only
find them by their fragrance, So the
more man knows, the more humble he
is likely to lie, and the less he will
thrust his requirements Extensively for
ward, for real, conscious merit, like the
violet, hides beneath its own leaves,
and lets it's presence reveal itself only
/ by the evidence it cannot conceal
There is another word which though
/ also very SMALL can be used constant
ly: without danger, and its use pro auces
a very different impression on those
/ who hear it. In German it is written
with a capital probably to give it I'M
por ance), while in English always
with a small letter. This word is YoH,
and can be used very often to attract
attention to what others have done,
For instance: You have been very
kind; uou have thought of everybody;
/ you look tired" This is on the prin-
! ciple: Look not every man on his own
| things, but every man also on the
things of others.'' The whole Bible
teaches us the priceless value Of humiI-
/ ity;f'' He that exalteth himself shall be
abased. and he that humbleth himself
t shall be exalted And even our great
Example humbled Himself. and took
upon Himself the form of a servant,
i and he has taught us we ought to fol-
low in his steps.-N. 7. Observer.