National Republican., 1888-04-16

ticcd was q mistake. And when ln post.
mortem the bullet dropped out Of a dincrnnt
supposed 70 have, been lodged, about Two
y9U So" There. knew / ai The time"
There are some doctors IN all cities who would
rather have the paticnt die under the treat.
mont of their own schools than have them get
well under Sumc other patty.
Yea; Look NJ the clerical prOlC, ,,iOn. ] am
sorry 10 sny that in matters of jealousy II is
nO better than other professions. There are
now IN all denomlnntions. great many young
usefulness. lInt they are kept ,dowh arl
kept back and crippled by older ministers
who look askanCe ~ these rising Cvapgclists
are latronilingly udyiscd II Is suggested to
th,m that they had better. Lnow their place.
u here and there one with more nerve aud
brain and cOnsccratOn aud divine force 10
past the seniors who want to keep the rhicr
places. the young are advised IN tho words of
Scripture. 'Talry nj Jericho till their briis
are grown They are charged with srnsa-
tionali They are compared to rockets that
~ up in II blaze and come down sticks and
tho, ,brGyity OF their carecriS inbllnntly prophe
bishop is imploicd to sit down heavily on the
man who will not bcmoldcd, on, if a denomnn.
tipn without bishops, some of the older men.
heayincss and theological gvoirdupois are nd
yiscd 10 Bntton out the innoyator. In con.
icrcnces and lrcsbyterics and association
aud conventions there !. often seen The most
rants would no, admit that jealousy had any
possession of them. and they take on Il
plmns and balm of u thousand nowcrs, aud
roll up thCir eyes with an air Of unctuouS
sanctity, when they simply mean the dcatrnc-
| There are cases where ministers of religion
are dorelict and criminal and they must br
| put out.
But in the majority of cases that have
| witnessed IN ecclesiastical trials there l. u
-
| their theological fellows, and. ~ at tli' prcs.
| dental elections in country places, the people
| have u barhccte--whirh i roasted uN
| round which the people dance with knives,
cutting of II slice here, and pulling out rib
| there; and saving off n bcristrak y0nder and
| tiOns OF thiistiuns keep on band n barbecue
| ~ which some minister Is roasted, while the
| church courts dance around with their sharp
| knives Of attack, and one take, an oar. mn.
| other n hand, another Il foot and II Is hard To
| tell whether the ecclesiastical plaintiffs Of
| this world or the demons Of the neither world
most enjoy II. Albert Barnes, than whom no
| man has accomplished more good in the last
| thousand years, was dccrced to sit silent for II
| year in the pew of his own church while
SgG oc Ss ofgnG1 ,nl n6 hi HI Iph tn %
| u limited atoncment, hut the real oficnsC the
fact that al the men who tried him put to.
| gctler would not cgua one Albert Barnes
| Yes: amid all professions and businesses and
| occupations and trades, and amid all circles
needs to be heard what ,od says in regard TO
| envy and jealousy, which, though not exactly
the same, are twins! Envy is, the rottcnnnss
| Of the bone;' Where envy and strife is there
| Is confusion and every evil work. Jealousy
Is the rage Of man." My hearers, II this evil
unto God for its expulsion. That which has
downed kings and empcrors and apostles and
| reiormcrs ana ministers of religion and thou
sands of good men and women Is too mighty
for you TO contend against unaidcd. The cvil
| has 50 many roots, Of such infinite convolu-
tion, that nothing. but the ,enGinery OF omnipo..
tSScS %SS SIn o.opI ppI{Et i out T%3'i9n @ Sy thu,
| all cncrilsted with mamma, and no sooner dO
you pray than you are helped. Away with the
accurscd, stcnChful, blackcning, dainning cry
| of jealousy. Allow IL IN stay, and II will eat
| mp and carry of all the religion you can pack
into yolr soul for the next ha Ii century. u
will do you more harm than II does any one L.
leads you TO assaiI. II will ,delude you with
the idea that you can build yourself mp by
pulling somebody else down. You will make
| more out OF the success of Others than ont of
| their misfortunes. Speak well of everybody
stab no man In the back. Be n honey bee
rather than spider; be dove rather than II
| buzzari.
Surely this world is large enough foryon aud
do. Go ahead and do H. Mind your own bust
ness. In all circles, IN all businesses, in all
professions there is room for STRAIGHTFORWARD
bedwarf your soul, but II will ilatten your
skull, bemean your eye, put pinchedness of
look about your nostril, give bad curl TO the
In which you were created. When you hear o
man or woman abused drive in on the defend
ants side. Watch for cxcellenres in others
rather than for defects, morning glories in
stead of nightshadc.. II some one Is more
beautiful than you, thank God that you hnye
not 50 many pcrils of vanity to contend with
| II some one has more wealth than You, thunh
| God that you have not so great Il stewardship
10 answer for. If some one is higher up IN
social position, thank God that those who are
down need not fear a fan. II some one, gets
higher Office In church or state than YOU. thank
God there are not so many TO wish for the
Fastening on ol your obseauies
The Duke of DantZig In lISuriOuS apart
mrnts was visited bya plain friend, and tu
keep Ills friend from iealolsy the duke said,
You can have all lave II yon viii stand
twenty PAGES on ard LET me shoot at you q
We'll" said the duke, TO gain all my honOrs
faced on the battlefield more thuu II thou
sand gunshotS fired NOT more than ten PAGES
| on
minister of small congregation complained
70 a minister of large congregation about the
the sparscness Of his attendants. "Ah,' sad
the one of large audience, my son you will
find in the day of Judgment that you had quite
enough people for whom TO be held account
| able
Substitute for jealousy an eleyai!ng elnula-
ton. Seeing Others good let uS Try to bt
better. Seeing Others industrious. let us work
more hours. Seeing other, benevolent, let III
for on csy ss sEsT MY dE @ "a @
tions for others into oIr right hand, and
cheers on our lips for those who do brave and
useful things. Life is short at the longest; let
II all be filed up with helplulness for others
work and sympathy for each others miStor
tunes ana our arms be full oi white mantle'
| to cover mp the mistakes and failures of 9th
ers. If an evil report about some one comes
To Us, let us put on IL most favorable conStlur
iiOn, as the ithone enters Lake l.emaii foul
and comes out crystalline. Do not build So
much on the transitory differences Of thi,
world for soon II will make no difference tc
us whether we had ten million dollars Or ten
cents, and the ashes into which the tongue ul
Demosthenes dissolved are Just like The uSles
INTO which the tongue OF the Nericst STAN
meIer went.
If you are as.ailed by jealousy make no
answer. Take II as u compliment, for rpeupl,
| are never Jealous of u failure. Until yOlil
work is done You are invunerable. Remom
perations. Did they not try TO catch II i'm IN
Ills word: Did they, not call Him the victim
Of Gtoxicants; Did they not m,lnterprrl
the winter Of the gear to Gs tpn7
cry TO the last groan OF His asSassinatlonj
Yet, lie answered not word But so fnl
from demolishing either His mission or Iii
good name after near nineteen centuries lie
outrages everything under the skies, and j.
second TO none above them, ana the arch
angel makes sQaam al us Cootstool. Christ
ished Him when they wrote over the cross lii
accusation IN three languages. Hebrew
and Greek and Latir-not realizing that they
were by that act Introducing Him 10 all ma
tions, since Hebrew is the holest language
and Greek the wisesl of tongues aud Latin
the widest spoken,
You are not the first man who had his fuult'
looked al through Il microscope and his viz
| tues through the wrong end of II telescope
| Pharaoh had the chief butler and baker en-
dmgeoned, and tradition says that all tht
butler had done was to allow a fly in the
kings cup and all the baker had done was e
leave gravel In the kings bread, The worlt
has the habit of making great ado about wha
| you do wrong and forgetting to say anytllin.
about what you do right, but the same Goj
Will take care of You who provided for Merlin
the Christian martyr when hidden from hi
| pursucrs In a hay-now In Paris, and Il her
came and laid an egg close by him every
morning, thus keoping him from staryatiOn