Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-01-13

crime, were critically discussing The
question-if u man, while lid ny an a.:
to water on the Sabbath ", shoulC
cross new sown field aud the feet O
the ass should cover some of the grain
whether the man sitting on his bacl
would be- guilty of violating the com
mai d uent which forbid, labor on tn,
Saba h q ty.
The Literature of the dty teens will
this curious, far-away search with ut
ter blind loss TO what is nearest anC
most important. We rarely sfen to
sermon which is not filled with the )
tant or comparatively unimportant
"A minister who should say to his
congregation,
81 shall speak to you to-day abou
gossip and scandal among women, ant
talsehOod ard tricks in trad, among
men, wou be thought d .pgerou'
minister.
The brethren and sisters in oul
church organized society for mutua
criticism. The plan was to meet once
u week, and Spel q the evening in tell
ing members Their faults. They be
gan. say, with Brother A. The pre-
sid ny officer would announce:
Brother A is ready for criticism. ;
Then he would say. Brother B, wha
fault can you tiLd with Brother A?"
Brother b would reply.
"BrOther A Is too self-sacrificing--
too willing to give up his own comtor
for that of others. He il too unself
ish."
all sl,.t hrrv -
say OF Brother A? You must be faith
ful and criticise HIM without any re
ga1 d to his feelings"
Sister G would proceed:
"Brother A does too much for hi
wife and dluy hters. He neglects hi
own dress and spends everything ol
them"
Among the sisterhOod was q quie
little woman, Sis er Jane Smith. n,
one supposed that she had ever motto,
anything; but it came her turn on,
nikht, when Sister LajhrOp was bein.
criticised, and Sister Smith said in
frank, laughing way. obviously with
out bitterness,
Il have heard Sister Lathrop tall
against Sister Bunker. | heard he
say that Sister Bunker is as vain "a
peacock, and that she would never Sc
the North River on fire; and she tol'
me at conference meeting, last Thurs
day night, that Brother Morse j. an ole
humbug; aud know that she rubs tha
white stuff on her face aud she con
feSsed to me that she had not taken
bath, all over. in six months"
That will d., Sister Smith, that i
enough, that is plenty"
"10O n1Uct!' cried several members
This criticism by Sister Smith, ever
word of which was true, al d she &c
clared that she had not told half vet
broke up our Mutual Criticism s.
ciety."
The brethren ard sisters though
that on the whole it might lead to mis-
Understandings, and it would be bette
In the future to omit all such "mutua
criticisms.
The habit of magnify ing the unim
portant Is very common. | have men
toned in ANOTHER place a curious il
luStrailOn of 1t in medical colleges
Medicine is designed to relieve huma
suffering. Nineteen-tWentieths of thi
suffering consists of little, common
vcXing, eXhausting aches, sorenessc
and weaknesses. One would suppOs
that medical college would give tn
most careful attention to such maladies
but they are never mentioned in
medical course, while some Out-of-thC
way, extraordinary malady, which nc
one doctor in II hundred VIII ever see
may occupy days.
The first house a doctor visits as
leaves his home in the morning, an
every house at which he calls, has in
mole or less of sick headache, or back