The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-12
ABOUT FRIENDSHIP.
Brother Talmage Agrees With the Prosefo 'has
"ANan Who Hath Friends Must SHOW
liin,selt Friendly"

prnncle this morning, alter tue pustoF' s"'
l,,y. T. De Witt Talmage, D. D.. had made M |
exposition of IL passage Of scripture the con-
rrcration. led by cornet and organ, sang the
hymn beginning:
Now have found II friend,
Jesus ia mine.
ur. Talmage's subject was: "How 10
Make Friends" aud his text. Proverbs XVIII.
"a: "A man that has friends must show HIM
self friendly" He said:
About the sacred and divine art 0f making
mud keeping friends speuk-a subject on
which never heard Of any one preaching
und vet God thought it ofimportanee to pun
ii in the middle OF the Bible. these winnings
of Solomon. bounded on one sidehy lte pop
ular Psalms of David, mud ON the other ny
the writings of Isaiah, tho greatest ol 'he
prophets. 1t seems all IL matter OF haphaz'
nral how many friends We have. or whether
we have any friends mt all, hut there is h"th-
ing accidental about it There IL III"
which governs ths accretion anu dispers'""
OF friendships. They dad pot Just happen
So any more tlan the tides just aaPrehe"
to rise or fall, or The sun. IL Is
sci.ucc, an art, n 62d gwen
regulation. Tell me- how friendly yos
nre TO o,is,s and will tell you how friendly
Others are to you. DO not say you Will not
have enemies: indeed the besL way 10 get ar
dent friends is TO have ardent enemies, ~ you
got their rnmity in dong the right thine
Good men and women will always have enc
mics. because their goodness is II perPttnh'
,eluke to evil; but this antagonism OF ioes
wi,, make more intense the love of your I'D
ferents. Your friends will gather closer
urnrrd YOU l,ec,,,lse of the attacks of your
ussailan,s TITS more your enemies abuse
YOU the better your eGa,ljutors will think OIL
VOL. The hest friends W. svcr had appeared
MT some iuncturc wien we were esPeaiai!y
hombar.it, There have been times IN my
life when unjus, assault multiplied my irends,
as near MS 1 could calculate, about MY "a
minute iau are bound TO s.!lne people by
many cords that neither time nor eternity
tan l.pak, and ! will warrant that those
cords are twisted by hands malcvoleht. hu'
man nature was slipwr,'kcd about III y-h'fie
centuries ago. he captain of That craft, 9hS,
Adam. and his first mate, Running the cargo
nntoun,l ON a suag in the river llid'laEel; but
there. WAS mt least one good trait OF human
nature that waed safely asl"" from the
.hipwrerk, and that is the dis.
pc.i1iun to take the nnrt ot
those unfairly dealt with. When 1t Is
thoroughly demonstrated that some ono u
.einw prosecuted, although at tho start
siaudrrous tongues We're busy cliougGck as
lenders finally p;,th.: nro"niiiscd honey
honey. bees ON Al tr,.ui oE tli.ih;ies. you,an
suckl. IE-,>hnugli tn Keep your iaout5 shut
'.,. preserve your cquil'Oise and lot GtLeri
figlt your battles you will find y"urs'lf after
awhile .ith n whole Gordon of allies. Had
.Dt the world given to Christ ON Lis arrival
>. Palestine "a very cold shoulder there would
lot have lrrn olr i,;.li as many angels chant
ne glory out of the hyms -bnoks OF the sky
hound ia l,in..k lids OF midnight. iad il not
bern for he heavy aud Jagged and tor,hnaa
TOSS christ would not have been he ad-
nirri and loved uf more people than any
ming who ever touched tuOt On either tn.
EASTERN OF western leminpl.rrn. Instead
therefore,. of giving up in despair barnusr.ol
aye enemies tjuicr in the fact that they
ally fur yoi the most helpful aud rnthusas
ir iIDjicrs. In other Words there is no
.irnen.-, bumnn ordiaholic, that cun hinder
my text from coming trli': "A man that
" is my ambition 10 project especially up
IN HE young !; thought which may lmniGnly
shape their destiny for the hero and the
lerratrr. Hrfore You show yourself ir,.ndly
sou must lm friendly do not RECOMMEND
hrnmatzc'l grniality, There is such u
hing as pretending to be en- rapport with
others ahcn we are their dire drstrLrtunts
and talk ~gainst them and wish them calaIE-
~. Judas covered up his trearhery by
-~soUndng kiss. ai.'l cil"ss,s m ~ he demon
neat. Better the NEUROLOGICAL Cerbcrus. the
tLrr.-lcalei dog of hell, BARKING ut us, thun
The wolf in sherp's clothing, ;ts hrindled hide
'nscred up " deceptive wool aid IT. death
full howl cndence,l into an Innocent bleutisg.
Disr;l.ii writes Of Lord Manfred, who, after
committing many outrnges upon the people.
seemed tuddealy to become friendly and
invited them to banquet. After most of
the courses Of food had been served he blew
Il horn, Ghirll wns in th0s. Zines Il signal
for the servants to bring ON the d..srrt. but
IN this case it was the signal for assassirs T.,
enter and slay the guests. His pretended
frirndinesR was IL eruci fraEd; and there are
now people whose smil. is f;llsrhooh. Be-
fore you begin to show yourself friendly you
snIst I've friendly. Get your heart right with
Ii04 and man and this grace will bcconla
easy. You may by yonr own resolution get
your natatc into II scmblunre of this virtue
bat the grace ri God can suhIimely lift you
intoi,. Smiling on i,s river Thames wo vessels
ran aground. The Owners OF one got 100
horses and pulled ON the grounded slip and
pulled it to pieces. The owners of The other
grounded vessel waited til the tides came in
:aE.i easily o:ltcl the ship cut Of all trouble.
80. *e may pull and haul at our grounded
human nature. and try To get il into better
condition; G;,t there is nothing like the ocean
ic tides Of Gods uplifting grace to hoist lis
aitO this kindlil,css nm eulogizinS. II when
under III" flash of the hoiF ghost We see our
own foibles and defects ard dapr;vtics We
will he very lenifEt and very easy witE 9th.
.rs. We will look into their characters to,
.hings comm.ndatory and not damnatory.
II you would rub your own eye c little more
vigorously you would find mote In il. the
extraction OF which would keep you 30 busy
you would not have much time to shoulder
your broadux and 20 forth to split up the
beam in your neighbours syc. In a Christian
.r1rit keep on exploring the characters of
thus4s you meet and am sure yOu will find
something in them delightful and 1T for u
foundation of friendlincss. You invite me to
come to YOU, country seat and spend u few
a.. beautiful sumiEer day. What do
yon do. AZ soon as arrive yon take me
out unncr the shadow oftiis great elms.
You take me down to he artificial lake, the
spotted trout tlonting in and out among the
white pillars of the pond lilies You take me
To the stalls and kennels where you keep
your fine stock, and here are the Durham eat
stepping steeds by paving md neighing, the
naly language they can speak, asking for
harness or saddle, and short turn down
the roGd. Then We go back to the house and
Won get a,e the kensetts and the Bisrstadts
nn the wall and take me into the music
room and show me the bird-cnges, the can.
aries in the bay Window answering the robins
1
ioyed myself more in the same length o.
time Now. why do we not dc that way in
regard to the character of others and show
the bloom and the music and the bright
Iountaaes? No. We say come along an,
Get me shoY you that mans character. Hert
is % green scunlmed frog pond and there's {
slthy cellar. ana | guess under that hedge
there must be a llnck anake. Come and LEI
ais for an hour or two regh1a ourselves Will
the nuisances. Oh, my friends, better cove
up the faults and eXtol the virtues, and thi
habit once established of universal friendli
ness will become as easy as it is this mornin,
for syringn to flood the cir s'ith sweet
ness, as easy MS it will be further IN II
the season for n quail to whisti
up from the grass. When We l,earsomethins
bud shout somebody whom We always sup
DUsed to lie good take out your lead penci
and say: II ct me see! Before accept tina
baiefuI story against that mans character
will take OF from it 20 per cent for the hab
it of exaggsration which belongs to the MAJ
who first told the story: than ] will take OF
IS per cent for the additions which the spirit
of gossip in every community has put upol
the original story; then will take of pa PEI
cent from the fact that the man may hay,
been put into circumstances of Overpowsr
inr temptation. So have taken off IS PEI
cent. But have not heard his side of tn,
story Mt oil, and for that rsason take OF
the remaining "a per cent" Excuss No, sir