The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-09-13

! aver on the wall Of their exclusiveness, and
1noener bolt 70 the door that shuts them out
rom sympathy with the world. They get
cheated out of a thousand dollars or misin-
terpreted, or disappointed, or betrayed, and
higher goes the wal, and faster goes another
bolt, not realizing that while they lock others
out, they lock themselves in; and some day
they wake up to find themselves Imprisoned
in a dastardly habit. No friends to Others,
others are no friends to them. There's an
island half way between England, Scotland
and Ireland, called the Isle of Man, and the
seas dash against all sides Of 1t, and I am told
thnt there is no more lovely place than that
Isle Of Man; but when a man becomes fnsllar
In his disposition, and cuts himself of from
the main land Of the worlds sympathies. he
Is despicable, and all around him is an Allan
tic Ocean of selhshness. Behold that Lsle Of
Mani
Now, supposing that you have, by a divine
regeneration, got right toward God and hu-
inanity. and you start out to practice my
tex: IA man that hath friends must show
himself friendly.n Fulfill this by oil forms Of
appropriate salutauon. Have you noticed
that the head is so poised that the easiest thing
ont earth is TO give nod of recognition To
sITing the head from side TO side as when 1t
is wagged in derision, is unnatural and I'm.
pleasant, to throw it back invites vertigo;
but to drop the chin in greeting is accom-,
pf.nied with so little exertion thet all day
long and every day you might practice il with
oft tie least semblance Of fatigue. So also
the structure Of the hand indicates hand4shak-
ing; the kuciles not made Sc that the fingers
can turn cut but so made that the fingers
can turn in, as In elasping hands; and the
thumb divided from and set aloof from the
fingers, 50 that while the fingers take your
neighbor's hand on ore side the thumb fakes
II on The other, and pressed tOgethet ali tFe
faculties Of the hand give emphasis to the
salutation. FIVE sermons in every healthy
hand urge US to Misunderstanding.
Besides this, every day when you start out
load yourself up with kind thoughts. kind
words, kind expressions and kind greetings
When man or woman does well, tell him so.
tel her 50. II you meet some one who is i'm
proved in health, and it is demonstrated in
girth and color, say; How well you lookP'
But il, on the other hand, under the wear and
tear Of Life he appears pale and exhausted,
do not Introduce sanitary subjects or saw
anything ut al about physical conditions.
In the case efjHaP=eHee- heaIsi.~Jau have by
your words given another impulse toward
the robust and the jocund; while in the
case OF the falling health you have arrested
the decline BY your silence, by which he con
cludes; III were really so badly of, he
would have said something about it.n We are
all, especially those of q nervous tempera-
meEt susceptible to kind words and discour-
aging words. Form conspiracy against US,
and let ten men meet US at certain points on
our way over 10 business, and let each one
say: How sick YOU loak;n though
we should start out well, after meeting
the first and hearing his depressing salute,
We would begin TO examine your symptoms.
A1ter meeting the second gloomy acc0sting,
VIC would conclude VIC did not feel quite as
well es usual. After meeting the third, our
sensations would be dreadful, and after meet
ing The fourth. unless we expected q conspir- |
dcy, We would 20 home md 20 20 bed and
the other stz pessinists would be useless sur
plus Of discouragenent. Ny dear sir, my dear
madam, what do you mean by going about
this world with Instantaneous. Is not the
supply Of gloom and trouble and misfortune
enough to meet the demand without your
running factory Of pins and spiSesS Why |
should you plant black and blue in the world !
whoa Sod so seldom plants them Plenty /
Of SCARLET colors plenty Of yellow, plenty OF |
green, plenty OF pink but very seldom a |
plan. black or blue. nsver saw black |
hoWtT, and there's only here and there q blue |
bell or 4 violet; but the blue is for the most |
part reserved for the sky, and we have TO
look up 70 see that, and when we look up no l
color can do Us harm. Why not plant along /
the paths OF others tho brikhtnesses instead of /
the glo0msf Do not prophecy misfortune. II /
you must be prophet at all be an Ezekiel |
and lot 4 jeremiah. In ancient times proph-
cts Who forstold evil were doing right, for |
taey we're divinely directed; but the proph-
ets of evil in our time are generally /
false prophets. Some Of our weather wise
peopl are prophesying we shall have q sum
ruer CT unparalleled scorch- It viii not be
thus ft all. think We are going to have
Summer Of great harvest and universal
healti.: at any rate know es much about it
as they do. Last fall all the weather proph-
cts agreed IN saying we should have a win
ter Of extraordinary severity, blizzard on the
heels q BLIZZARD. Il was 1he mildest winter
ever remember to have passed. Indeed.
The autumn and the spring almost showed
winter OFT Of the procession Real troubles
have 10 heralds running ahead of their SON
Der chariots, and no one has any authority
IN our time % announce their coming. Load
yourself up with helpful words and deeds.
Tho hymn once sung IN our churches 3 unit
10 be sung. for it says;