The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-19
NEW YORK LETTER,
Thoughts Awakened by Quota
ton from the Bible.
Was Nan Created in the Image of Hi:
Maker.
The Peculiarities of Many Distinguishes
Men.
IBo stou Herald.


New York, April IL 1885. Genesis ", l.
I'm the day that God created man, in the
hkepess Of Sod made he him"
Without entering at all into theological
controversies, let rs assume that this sen.
tence, which quote from the Bible, mea ls
1'ecisely what II says, and that man IS Ia all
essential parts, God in petto. Every man
nss bump of humor, although in many it
is very inade1uaie,y developed. keen
SCI &c of humor is q fortune to whosoever
possesses IT, / have no use for a man who
cen 20 to funeral even, and not see sOme-
thiI about it that excites this derisable fac
u'fv. In this grlm desert Of toll and trouble,
il is like breath of spring to the sick cham
eer. Over the waste OF the turbulent waters
o. life it is Ike sight OF ones country's
flag sporting with the breeze from the mast
If an approaching vessel. BARRIERS have II
inCl dinateIy developed. l. seems to me
til at a ell-baianced barb can tighten his
days work immensely by a cate utilization
Of this sense OF humor BE can talk q man
INTO spas ms. He can sdroitly d1o1 lsthec
into the mouth o. GROWER. he ca1 shave
the wrong way on purpose. He can pat a
victims fare and head, under pTetense ut
fIeshening him up with alleged cologne. He
ran hand him yesterdays paper. He can 10
all sorts of April .oolikhIsms, to the extreme
arrogance Of man he doesn't like, and
actually grow fat upon his ribs, by
the constant irritation OF an To-
ward kept and III depressed chuckle. Cler-
Iymen, az rule, Iepress a tendency TO this
s.yle OF enjoyment, SO much so that an ex-
csptit u, as in the case OF Beecher for In
stance, is apt to give one an exaggerated
reputation for wit and cleverness. II wers
in the pulpit and, looking over my congre-
gstion, my eye were to fall upon some par
ticularly mean and scurvy fellow as with
upturned or downturned eye he feryently
nlofo hou n ms L.
cradle sinner" doH't believe | could help
quiet thrust under my own fifth rib. II
should see some particularly grasping, close
f.ted man fervently uttering tae petition
that the Lerd would ''iucline his heart 10
keep this Law" of unenvy, of geueroslts.
know II would strike my bump, aud /
would be very spt to switch Of, ald give
him a sockdologer right in his favocite
nerve.
cLEseYNRN RAvE TOUGH TINE OF IT.
It isn't ali surplice and fancy togs. and lawn
sleeves, and starch and big salaries They
are bothered to death by mountaineering,
complaining, snarling haitering women.
They have to have ears as long as the moral
law, into which they must receive, uncom-
| plainingly and with apparent interest, teie
of domestic distress. half way confessions OF
sn, honest doubts, vsgaries of every sort az d
| description. Then tnere is an immense
| amount OF sick room business TO be gone
LnEolSu WILL II tncTe II ouNtulnS his-
| like, il is a sick room. In the first plsre
thty are neVer ventilated and the Lord has
| gwen me q stomach balanced very much as
r.tdie in q compass is and il turns AZ e as
iy hate wet hand. and almost oil sick
people want to take hold OF their pastors
| hard why, ] remember one time | vas so-
sol1lely forced into heartlessness when trav-
] cling with a professional friend. He WAS
| taken suddenly IL. and. in the course OF tbs
! susuiDg ten daYs, developed q series OF M