West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-07-11
HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS.
WHEN THE DEFENDERS COME.
"A Sacred and Divine Art Discussed
BY the Rev. DR.. Taimage.


TEXT: "a man that hath friends ,nust
@soto himseiJ friendly" Proverbs xviii, "a.
About the sacred and divine art Of making
and keeping friends / speak--a subject on
which never heard of amy one preaching
and yet God thought IL OF enough Importance
70 put IL in the middle OF the Bible. these
writings OF Solomon, bounded ON one side by
the popular Psalms of David and on the other
by the writings OF Isaiah the greatest Of the
prophets. 1t seems all a matter of haphazard
now many friends we have, or whether we
have any friends at all; but there is nothing
accidental about it. There Is a law which
governs the accretion and dispersion OF
friendships. They did not ejust happen so.r
any more than the tides just happen to rise
I pt Laa or the sun Just happens to rise or set.
uon- Hell mo how friendly you are TO others
and VIII tell you how friendly others are to
You do not say you viii not have enc
me; indeed, the best way TO get ardent
friends is to have ardent enemies II YOU got
their enmity in doing the right thing Good
men and women will always have enemies be-
cause their goodness Is perpetual rebuke to
evil; but this antagonism OF foes will make
more intense the love OF your adherents
Your friends win gather closer around Won
because OF the attacks Of your assailants The
more your enemies abuse you the better vou,.
coadJutors viii think of you. The best friends
we ever had appeared at some juncture when
been times in my life when unjust assault
multiplied my friends, as near as l could
calculate about fifty minute. You are
bound TO some people by many cords that
ne, ,, time nor eternity can break, and 1
VIII warrant that many OF those cords were
twisted by hands malevolent. Human ma
ture was shipwrecked about fifty-nine CEN
turtles ago, the Captain of that craft one
Adam, and his first mate, running the ia
NOUS cargo aground on a snaQ In the River
Hiddekel; but there was at least one good
TRAIT OF human nature that wadcd safely
ashore from that shipwreck and that is the
disposition to take the part of those unfairly
dealt with. When it Is thoroughly demon
strated that some one Is being perse-
cuted- although at tho start slanderous
tongues We're busy enough, defenders
finally gathered around as thick as honey bees
on a trellis of bruised honeysuclle. IN. when
see upon by the furies, You can have grace
enough TO keep your mouth shut, and pre-
serve your equipoise, and let others fght
your battles, you will find yourself after N
while with whole Gordon of allies. Had
not the world given to Christ on His arrival
at Palestine very cold shoulder thera
would not have been one-half Us MANY ANGELS
chanting glory out of the hymn books of the
SKY bound in black lids of midnight. Had AZ
not been for the heavy and Jagged and tortur
Gus cross, Christ would nothave been the adj
nireu ana loved of more people than any be-
Ing who ever touched foot on either the east
ern or western hemisphere. Instead there
FORE, OF giving up in despair because Won
nave enemies, rejoice in the fact that thew
t "a Ior you the most helpful and enthusiast
TIC admirers. In other words, there Is no
viruience, human or diabolic, that can hinder
my text from coming true: "a man that
hath friends must show himself friendly
Az IS my ambition to project. especially
upon the young, a thought which NAV be-
nignly shape their destiny for the here and
the hereafter. Before you show yourself
trlendly you must be friendly. donot rec
omnend dramatized geniality. There is
sl s,p thing as pretending to be en- rapport
Wlth others when we are their dire destruct
ants and talk against them and wish them
calamity. Judas covered up his treacherv
by a resembling kiss, and caresses NAV he a.
moniacal; Better the NEUROLOGICAL Cerbe
rus tpe tnree-headed dog Of hell, barking at
US than the wolf in sleeps clothing its
pr1ndied hide covered up by deceptive wool
ana its deathful howl cadenced into an limo,
cent bleating. Disraeli writes of Lord
mantred, VINO, after committing many
outrages upon the people, seemed sIlddenIy
20 become friendly, and invited tban, -,
q banquet After most of the courses of food
mad been served he blew a horn which vvas n,
those times signal for the servants TO bring
ON tne DESERT but IN this case it was the sig.
1al 1or assasslns TO enter and slay the guests
Ills pretended friendliness was n cruel fraud
ana tnere are now people whose smile Is a
xalsehood. Before you begin to show ,roT,r-
zen friendly you must be friendly. Get vour
ne s,, right with God and man and this grace
VIII become easy. You may by your own
resolution get your nature into a semblance
OF TINS virtue, but the grace of God can
gubimely lift you into It. Sailing ON fine
river Thames two vessels ran aground. The
owners OF one got one hundred horses and
pulled ON the grounded shin and nn Ii.,S'
" TO pieces. The owners of the other
grounded vessel waited till tho tIdae
came In and easily foated the ship out of ali
s.s 90, we may pull and haul at our
grounded human nature, and try TO get into
better condition; but there is notbino, IiITe
the oceanic tides of Gods uplifting grace 10
noist as into this kindliness / am euioo-izinoS
AZ when under the fash Of the HOLY Ghost
we see our own fotbles and defects and de-
pravlties. we viii be very lenient and veyv
easy with others. We win look info their
characters Tor things commendatorv and NOT
demnatory. III you would rub your own
eye little more vigorously you would find a
mote in IL, the extraction of which vvo,,ld
keep you so busy you would not have mnch
TIME to shoulder your broadax and 90
tortn 70 spit up the beam in your neioR
Dors eye. In a Christian spirit keen on
exploring tho characters of those Won
49, aua 4 am sure you win find
somethlng in them delightful and IF for a
foundation of fTiendiiness. You invite me
70 come 70 your country seat and spend few
Gays. Ihank youl / arrive about noon ~
beautiful summer day. What do Won do !;
As soon as / arrive you take mo ont ,,,s.
the shadow Of the great elms Won tai-e ,,a
Gown TO the artificial lake, the spotted front
boating IN and out among the white uiIIars ~
the pona lilies You take me to the stalls and
kennels where you keep your fine stock. and
mere are the Durham cattle, and the Gordon
Ee.1ers, and the high stepping ste sds by paw
ne ana neigning- the only language they can
ePeahs ASKING Tor harness OF saddle and a
snort turn down the road. Then we 20 back
~ - sne mouse and you get me in the right
hgnt and show me the Kensetts
hn9 the Bierstadts on tho wall
ana taxe mo into the music room and show
me tne bird cages, the canaries in the bav
- answering the robins ia the tree tops
~ nank you never enjoyed myself more in
soe same length Of time Now, why do we
n2t 10 That way Ira regard TO tho characters
N Vtners, AMI show the bloom and the music
eno tne bright fountains; No We sov
come along and Jet me show you that mans
ttAt acter' Here is a green scummed frog
YDn1, ana there's filthy cellar. and / gueSs
t1def tnat hedge there must be black snake
SOne' ana let US for an hour OF two regaio
ourselves with the nuisances. Oh. my friends
PETER cover up tho faults and extoi
tn9 virtue, and this habit once
established II universal friendiinoss win
become g. easy as 10 is this morning for n
syfinga u Hood the air with sweet ness. ag
easy as 10 viii be further on in Ia q season
TOT quail 70 whistle ND from the
kreAs hen we hear something bad about
nomeD0dy whom we always supposed 10 be
good, take out your lead pencil aud say. net
me seol Before accept that baleful story
against that mans character i win fake ~
tIoiu % twenty-iiye per cent, for the habit Of