Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-20

| q 156lUuS hClSmpE 10 Keep men IRON
SURPRISING their theological fellows. and
ss at the presidential elections in country
| places, the people have g barbecue
which Is : roasted ox, round which the
people dspce with knives, cutting of s
slice bere sud pulling OUT rio there, and
| saving of d berf-stedE yCnfer, sud
having a high tine-sG most OF the
| denominations OF Christians keep on
MAID barbecue IL WatCh some mlnister
IS roasted, While the church courts dance
srouud with their sharp suives OF attack,
aud one takes On esr, subther 6 hand,
another foot, and it is hard 10 tell
| whether the ecclesiastical plaintiffs Of
this world or the demons CT. TIE neither
world most enjoy u. SsAibert Barnes,
than whom no man fss accomplished
more good ingsaha : last thousand
years, was decFeed to sit silent
for year 8 in ihe pew
OF bis own churoh while Someone else
occupied his pulpit the presAnded ofsnse
that he did not believe ia a lEmtsed atone
ment, but thes reSls, Ctfense the fact thai
all the m who tried him put together
would not eqpal one Albert Barnes.
Yes; amid 81 professions % business
and occupations and trades, and amid ell
circles needs to be heard Whist God says
in regard to envy and Jealousy, which,
though not exactly the ssme, are twins:
ENVY is the ro.tenpess of the bone:"
Were envy and strife is, there is con-
fusion snd every evil work; jealousy is
the rage Of man" My hearers, il this
evil passion ia in ary OF your souls, cry
nightly unto God for its expulsion. Thst
which has drowned
KINGS AND EMPEROR5
and apostles aud reformers and ministers
of religion and thousands of good men
and women, is too mighty for you to con-
tend against unsided. The evil has so
many roots, Of such infinite convol1tion,
that nothing but the enginerY Of 0mnip-
otepce can p II IL out. Tradition SAYS
that when Moses lifted up his hand to
prsy it WAS ali encrusted with mama, and
no sooner do you pray than you
are helped. Away with the accursed,
stenchful, blsckeniDg, dam1ing crime Of
Jealousy. Allow it TO stay and it will eat
up and csrry of all the religion you can
pack into your soul for the next half.cen-
fury. It will do you more harm than it
does any one it lesis you to asssl. 1t
will delude you with the idea that you
can build yourself up by pulling soma
b Ody else down. You will make more
out OF tbs success Of others than out Of
their misfortunes Speak well of every
body. Stab no msn in the back. Be 8
honey bee rather than spider; be dove
rather than q buzzard.
Surely this world is large enough for
you and 81 your rivals. God has given
YOU work to do. Go shead and d. it.
Mind your own business. Ia all circles,
in all businesses, In all professions there
is room for STRAIGHTFORWARD successes.
Jealousy entertained will not only be-
dwarf your soul but 1t will fltten your
skull, bemeau your eye, put pinchedness
OF look about your nostrll, give q bad
curl to the lip, and expel from your face
the divine image in which you were
crested. Wsen you hear man or woman
abused, drive in on the defendants side
Watch for excelleuces in others rather
than for defects, morning glories instead
Of nightshsde. II some one is more beau
tiful than you, thank God that you have
not SO many
PERILs OF VANITY
to contend with. If some one has more
wealth thsn you, thank God thst you have
not SO great stewardship to answer for.
II some one is higher up in social posi-
ton, thank God that those who are down
need not fear fall. 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 Of your obsequies.
The Duke Of Dantzig in luxurious
apartment was visited by plsin friend,
and to keep his friend from jealousy, the |
Duke said: "You can have all hsve if
you will stand twenty PAGES of and let
me shoot st you hundred tines" "No, |
no." ssid his friend. "Well," said the |
Duke, $40 gain all my honors I faced on
the battle field more than thousand gun
shots, fred not mora than ten PAGES of"
A minister of small congregation COM
olained to minister OF large congrega-
ion about the sp.rseness of his sttend-
ants. "Ah," said the one of large audi
snce, "my son, you will fad in the Day
Of Judgment that you had quite enough
people for whom to be held accountable"
Sub titute for jealousy an elevating
emulation. Seeing others good, let US
;ry to be better. Seeing others industri-
BUS, let US work more hours. Seeing
others benevolent, let Us resolve on Civ
ng larger percentage of our means for
charity. Msy God put congratulations
'or others into our right hand and cheers
IN our lips for those who do brave and
Useful things. Life Is short at the
ongest; let 1t all be filed up with help
'ulness for others, work and sympathy
Tor each others mlsfortunes, and our
srms be full OF white mantles to cover up