Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-13
now TO MAKE FRIENDS
You Must Make Friends to
Have Friends.
DR.. Taimage Advises His He arers 20
Beware Of Pretended Friends
They are Dangercws and
OF Many Kind 3.

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made Gn exposition Of a pc ssage Of scrip.
ture, tae congregation, led by cornes and
organ, sang the hymn be- inning
Now have tclnd a friend,
Jesus is nine.
Dr.. Talmage's subject was How to
MAKE Friends and bis text, Proverbs
xviii, "a: "A man that hath friends
must show himgelf T ~iendly." He said:
About the scored q ,d divine 1rt making
and keeping friends ( spesS--G subject
en- which ! never heard Of any one
prcaching-and yCt God though. it Of
enough Importance. 10 put II in the mid.
die Of the Bible, t'lcse writings Of Solo
mon, bounded on one side by the popular
Psalms Of David, sad on the otksr by the
writings O. Isai all, the greatest OF the
prophets. 1t 81 GUYS al a matter Of hap
hazard hGw N any friends we have, or
whether we ha We any friends 81 al, but
there is moth ng accidental about it.
There is law which gove:n1 the acre
ton AID iApersio0 OF friends.ips.
hN ~ W. JdSk ANIlNh a. NHJ "'CNN
than the tide q just happen - rise OK fall,
or the sgn Ist happens to rise OF set.
1t is a GcieD &C, an STt, aGcd given regu-
lation. Tie II me how friendly YOU are TO
others and ] will tell you how friendly
others are TO yog. dc not say you
will E3t h ave enemies; indeed the best
way % G 4 ardeut friends is 70 have
ardert er cmiea, y you got their cnmity
in dong the right thing. Good men and
women will always have enemies, be
cause t oeir goodness IS perpetual re-
bukc TO evil; but this aEtagonism Of foes
vii, ms Ike more intense the icve Of your
sdhcrcr is. Yovr friends will gather
closer around you because Of the at
tar ks Of yovT ASSISTANTS. The more
yolr e nemies abuse yei the better your
ccadjr tors WI! think Of VOC. The best
friend : VIC ever had appeared at sonze
jUnctl Ire when we were especially bonn
barde d. There have been times in ny
}.fe hen unjust assault multiplied ny
Irien ds, az near az COLD calculate,
about fifty a minute. You are bound 20
som l.. people by many cords that neithe-
lime nor eternity cen break, and | wiz
warrant that many OF these cords wSr2
twisted by hands ms~levolcnt. Human
nature wes eaipwrecked about 6fty nine
centuries arc, the osD;air OF that crsd.
one Adam. and his first mate, runniEy
the famou cargo aground on a snag N
the River E.ddehei bit there was 81
least one good trail OF human nature thG I
waGed safely ashore from that shipwrec.
end that is the disposition 20 take the
part Of those unfairly dec,t with. When
j; is t~hOroQphly deinOnst, lted that Eon G
one is being prosecuted, although at the
start s,sEdg rCus tOngHes were busy
enough. defenders Eiaaiiy gather around
se thlCb nc honey bees on a treliis Of
bruised EoneysuCE.c. II VIXEN set upoa
by The Furio8, you can hG.G grace enOugl
70 keep vour moGth shut, aud preserve
yOur e~qUincise, IN ct others fghr y0I :
battles, yaG WI md yourseif after
awhile with @ whole CGtlou Of Gl,iee
Had not the worIC given - Christ On his
arrival &t Palestine z very cold snOUi&S.
there WORK not " ave been One.h&f a.
many auSels chanting gloly out Of th.
hymn books OF Iae say bQInd in blaea
.id- Of m:lzIGh'. itai j not been fo'
ne heavy B3. .4GA, aJ& ,e}fh~Dt,0 ''e.~
Christ woua not hive JeeA the adGlraC.
and Owed OK more FoUp.e N2u An' h-,il
who ever t3lCheG foot or either he etei
.orn or Eestern h~0risphete. Ing;e2G,
therefore, Of giving spin despair hecaUse
YOU have enemies, ye3OiCc IN me fact ta0t
taey rally for YOU the most helpful And
enthusiastic 6diu.Tt.9 IN rth"r words
there il no virulence, human or d;&bo''r
tLat can h!a8er my text fspm co.iag
tY.e: "A mar that ,2ath fterd3 must
chow himself friendly"
IT is my ambttion to project especially
upcn the youGg q thought Which may
benignly shape their doetiny fr the h.ro
am the herenEtoy Before you RGow your
SEX t iendiy, you mu9t he friendly | do
not recommend & dr&IE9t2eG tcniaii,y.
Thee is such q tang as pretending 80 be
en- rapport with otAerG when weG.re their
dire destructants, end talk ag4inat them
and u ish thcm cA&gai.y. Judas covered
up bis treachery hy 2 reeoundiDc kiss,
and c.reeses may bs demorlacal. Better
the Astrological Cerberys, the three
headed dog OF hell, barking az us. than
the woi. in sheep e clothing, .ts brH died
hide coz cred up by deceptive wool, and
its deatiful howl cadenced IL TO an iGno.
cent blas ting. Disreeii writes Of Lord
Manfred, VINO, after committing many
outrages .,pon the peo5 lie, seemed s,d.
denly to become friendly, AID invited
them to g banquet. After NEST Of tie
courses ofcsood had been served he blew
.Ghorn, wR.ch was in thoae times a sig
ne! for the eervants 10 bn.ng on the des.
serss, but IN this case X was the signal
70. ,assassinA. 20 enter ara STAY the guests.
His pretended friendlinesG was a cruel
fraut; and ia. re are now people whose
smile is a false hood. Before you begin
to show yourself friendly you mNst be
friendly. Get your heart rigdt with God
aud man. and tbs grace will become
easy. You may ly your " resolution
get your nature su.o semb,auce Of this
virtue, bat the grace Of God can sab.
timely lift you ints it. Sailing on the
river Thames two vessels ran aground.
The owners Of one got one hundred
horses and pulled on the grounded ship and
pulled i, 70 pieces. The owners Of the
other grounded vesse. waited till the tides
came in and essily fos:e3 the ship out
of al trouble. SO, We may pull and
haul at our grounded human nature,
aud try to get into better condition; but
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