The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-30
BE CHEERFUL. ALSO.

It 10 Not Enough Even to Attempt 70 Es
Good. Honest, Kind, Genercus. Fsithfal,
Earnest, Industrious aud Patient.
"Be." The word is very strong. It
is command. There is a difference
between seem ng and being-true, or
good, or brave, or cheerful. In this
case we are told to be-whatP Cheer
full. full of cheer, calmly joyous, of good
spirits, like ray of sunsh ne In .
gloomy place. That is good deal to
ask of any one; and yet, at the end Of
the command, comes the word ''also. :"
So there is something more back of itP
O course, or we would never be able
to be cheerful.
Let us sec. We are often told to be
kind. should be kind il I helped up .
person who had fallen down, helped my
mother about her work, went upon an
errand for my father. and SO on.
should be ooubly k nd Il 1 were cheer
full. also. I can be patient. We some
times hoar of cheerful patience. Is
there another kindr can be no lest,
just. There is stern justice; there Is
hard honesty. The world win be the
brighter as well rs the better for our
cheerful honesty, our cheerfully dis
pensed justice. Did you ever think that
there is q part of your body that be-,
longs to others far more than to your
selfp It ia true. Your lace is not seen
half so often by yourself as by others;
and yet it often looks its hest when you
gaze at its reflection for your own pleas
ure. One can have beautiful face. be
the features ever 80 plain. 1s any thing.
moro beautiful than cheerful facep
The Bible says: "a cheerful heart
doeth good like medicine" In another
place it says: "Out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh." And
a poet says: "The eyes are the win-
dows of the soul" 10 keep the face
cheerful, the voice cheerful, to do good
Ike medic ne. we must keep the heart
cheerful. This is not an easy matter.
One does not simply have to say II will
be cheerful, and then have it so. He
has to work for cheerfulness just rs he
works to be honest, or kind, or brave.
or learned. He must be looking out
for bright things to see and do. He
must deliberately. vet quickly, choose.
which things he will think about. and
how. He has to shut his teeth, as it
were, sonnet mes, and turn away from
the gloomy things, and do someth ng to
bring back the cheerful spirit again. II
we are cheerful for others. we are do ng
good for ourselves. Good given means
good sent back. Cheerfulness can be-
come habit. and habit sometimes helps
us over hard p aces. A cheerful heart
seeth cheerful things. A lady and gen.
tlcman were walking in tie lumber
yard situated by dirty, smelling
river. The lady said: "How good
these pine boards smell!' "plne
boards!" exclaimed the gentleman.
'Just smell this foul river!" THANK
you," the lady replied; II prefer to smell
the pine boards. And she was right.
II she, or we. can carry this principle
thi ough our entire living, we shall have
the cheerful heart, the cheerful voice,
the cheerful face.
Be good, honest, kind. brave. gener-
Gus, faithful, earnest, industr' ous, pa
tient and every thing else that you
should be; but do not forget the "also''
of the little command we have thought
about That will make you a 10y and
help in the world. d.-Juntuts Stafford.
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