The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-05
MAKING FRIENDS
d.. TalmA9e On the FfiendShtps of
This Life

The Importance d Treating Others Prop
sfiy-TakisG Part With the Abused
Friendship B~gets Frseadshspe
Gea the Truess Frie.d.
the subj ct: How to u AXE F~r,eni.," Rev.
I. d Witt Talmase took his text from
xviii. "A: "A man that hath
friends must show himself friendly" He
said:
About the sacred and divine art Of max.
ing and keeping friend> I >peak-a suoj-et
on which I never heard of any one preach
ing-and yet CID thought & OF enough
importance q put it ia the middle Of the
Bible, these writings Of Solomon, bounded
On one side by the popular Psalms OF
David and N the other by the writings Of
I'aiah- the greatest o; tae prophets It
seems ali . matter o: hsphazard how
manv friends We have. or whether We
have any friends 1T . l. but there Is moth.
ing acct lental about it. There is . Law
which governs h accret.on and dispsr-
sion Of friendships They did not Just
happen 20" any more than the tides Just
happen to rise OF fall or the sun Just
happens 70 ris, or set It is . science. an
art . God-zivsn regulation. Tell me how
friendly you srs to others and I will tell
You how friendly others are to you. do
not say that you will not have enemies;
inds-d the best way to get ardent
friends 10 to have ardsnt enemies, II
you got their enmisy in doing the right
thing. Good men and women will always
ave enemies. because their goodness is Q
perpetual rebuke to evil; but this an.sgoa.
ism Of foes will make more intense the
love Of your adher~ntA Your friend.
vii! gather closer around you because Of
the at acks OF your assailants
Human nature wa shipwrecked about
dfty.nine centuries ago, the captain Of
hat craft one Adam. and his 6rst ma 0
running the famous cargo aground ON .
mag in the river Hiddekel; tut there Vas
At least q good trait OF human nature
hat waded ashore from that shipwrsck,
and that is the deposition to take tn. part
Of those unfairly dealt with. When it is
thoroughly demonstrated hat soma one is
being prosecuted, although a. the start
slanderous tongues were busy enough,
defenders in,lly gather around as thick
- honey ices Oh . trellis OF bruised honey
suekle. II. when set unon BY the fur;s:,
you AVE grace enough to keep your
mouth shut, and preserve your ~sQuipoisA
and let others fight -FOUR battles, you will
ind yourself after awhile with . whole
Gordon OF all e Had not the world given
to Christ on His arrival at Palestine .
very cold shoulder there would not have
been oue-half as many angels chanting
glory out Of the hymn books Of the sky
bound in black lids Of midnight. Had 1t
not been for the heavy and jagged and
torturoas cross Carist woul no. have
been the admired and loved Of more pso-
pie than any being who ever touched foot
on either the Eastern o. Western hemi.
sphere. Instead, therefore, Of giving up
in despair because you have enemies, re-
joice in the fact that they rally for you
the most helpful and enthusiastic ad.
mirerA In other words, there is no viru.
lence. human or diabolic. that can hinder
my tsxt from coming nue: "a man that
hath friends must show him elf friendly"
1t 10 my ambition 70 prof ct especl ally
upon the young . thought which may be.
nignly shape their destiny for the herr
and the hereafter. Before you show your.
self friendly you must be friendly. lido
not recommend . dramasiz.d gsn;a.ity.
There is such . thing a. pretending to be
en- rapport with others when ws are their
dire dessv uctants and tall against them
snd wish them calamity. Judas covered
up his treachery BY q resembling
kiaA and caresses may be demoniacal
Better the NEUROLOGICAL CerberuA the
three-headed dog Of he'll. barking at Us
than the wolf in Sleeps clothing. its
Ie,.11Al hs4A n@-.eA mn b. AAA@f~A
wool md It's deathful howl cadensed into
An innocent beating.
Before you begin to show yourself
friendly you must be friendly. Get your
heart right with God and man and this
grace will become easy. You may by
your own resolution get your nature into
a semblance OF this virtue, but the grace
OF God can sublimelv lift you into it.
Sailing on the river Thames two vessels
ran aground Thu owners Of one got 100
horses and pulled on the grounded ship
and pulled il to pieces. The owners of the
other grounded vessel waited { II the tides
came in and easily foated the ship out of
all trouble. So. vi may pull and haul At
cur grounded human NATURE, aud rry to
&c. it into better cond ton: but there is
nothing Ike the oceanic tides Of Gods up
lifting grace to hoist US into III 3 L n1ness
I am eulogizing. II whea under the fash
o. the Holy Giost we see our own foiLles
ard defects and depravitieS we will be
very lenieut and very easy with othera
We will look into their characters for
thing commeniatory and not damnatory.
II you would rub your own eye . Ii tie
more vigorously you would find . mote in
il, the extraction # which would keep you
50 busy you would not have much time to
shoulder y our broadax- and go forth to split
up the beam in your neizhbor's Eye In q
Christian spirit keep IN exploring the
acte Of those you meet. and I am sure
you will find something in them delight.
full and ft for q foundation of friendliness.
Oh. nv friends. better cover u; the faults
and excl the virtue, and this habit once
established of universal friendliness Will
become As easy as it il this morning for .
syrinea to food the air with sweetness, a.
easy as il will be furthse on in the season
for . quail to whistle up from the grass.
When We hear something bad about
somebody whomwe always supp4o6GAW
b good, take out your lsa6d0neadhd
say: Let me see. Before Aecepf ,tba$
baleful story against that man, c~hafacteI,. |
I Will take OF from it twenty-five pr
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