Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-07-07

lndlles TWO vessels ran aground. Inc
owners Of one got one hun
dred horses and pulled on the
grounded ship and pulled il 10
pieces. The owners Of the other
grounded vessel waited till the tides
came in and easily hoated the ship out
Of all trouble. So, we may pull aud
haul AT our grounded human nature,
and try TO get il into better condition;
but there is nothing like the oceanic
tides of Gods uplifting grace TO hoist
us into this kindliness | am eulogizing.
If when under the fash Of the Holy
Ghost We see our own foibles and de-
fects and dcpravities, we will be very
lenient and very easy with others.
We will look into their characters for
things commendatorv and not lam.
natory. If you would rub your own
eye a little more vigorously you
would find a mote in il. the ex-
traction Of which would keep YOU 80
busy you would not have much time
TO shoulder your broadax and 90 forth
to split up the beam in your neigh
bor's eye. In Christian spirit keep
on exploring the characters Of those
you meet, aud | am sure you will find
something in them delightful and fl,
for a foundation of friendliness. You
invite me TO come 10 your country seat
and spend a few days. Thank you!
| arrive about noon Of a beautiful
summer day. What do you dol As
soon as ] arrive you take me out under
the shadow Of the great elms. You
take me down TO the artificial lake.
the spotted trout floating 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 cat
tie and the Gordon settlers, and
the high stepping steeds by paw
ing and neighing, the only language
they can speak, asking for harness
Or saddle. and a short turn down
the road. Then we go back to the
house, and you get me in the right
light and show me the Kensetts
and the Bierstadts on the wall.
and take me into the music room,
and show me the bird cages, the cana.
ries in the bay window answering the
robins in the tree tops. Thank you |!
| never enjoyed myself more in the
same length Of time. Now. why do
we not do that way in regard TO the
charactGs of others, and show the
bloom and the music and the bright
fountains2 No. We say come along
and let me show you that mans char
acter. Aere is green scummed frog
pond, and there's a filthy cellar, and
] guess under that hedge there must
be a black snake. Come and let us
for an hour or two regale ourselves
with the nuisances. Oh. my friends,
better cover up the faults and extol
the virtues, and this habit once estab-
lished Of universal friendliness will
become as easy as il is this morning
for a syringa to flood the air with
sweetness. as easy as il will be
further on in the season for
quail TO whistle up from the grass.
When we hear something bad about
somebody whom we always supposed
TO be good, take out your lead pencil
and say; LET me sect Before | ac-
cept that baleful story against that
mans character, will take off from
it 25 per cent. for the habit Of exag.
geration which belongs 10 the man
who first told the story; then | will
take off 25 per cent. for the additions
which the spirit Of gossip in every
community has put upon the original
story; then / will take off 25 per cent
from the fact that the man may have
been put into circumstances Of over.
powering temptation. So have taken
off as per cent. But | have not heard
his side of the story at all. and for that
reason | take off the remaining 2j per
cent" Excuse me, sir, don't believe
a word Of it,
A DEFECTIVE MAXIM
But here comes in a defective maxim,
so often quoted: Where there is 50
much smoke there must be some fire. '
Look at all the smoke for years around
Jenner, the introducCr of vaccination;
and the smoke around Columbus, the
discoverer: and the smoke around
Martin Luther. and Sayonarola, and
Galileo, and Paul. and john, and
Christ, and tell me where was the tiref
That is one of the satanic arts 10 make
smoke without fire. SANDER like the
world, may be made out Of nothing.
II the Christian. fair minded, common
sensical spirit in regard 10 others pre-
dominated in the world we should have
the millennium in about six weeks,
for would not that be lamb and lion,
cow and leopard lying down togctherl
Nothing but the grace of God can
ever put us into such a habit of mind
and heart as that, The whole tendency
is in the opposite direction This is
the way the world talks. / put my
name on the back of mans note,
and had 10 pay it, and / will never
again put my name on the back of
any mans note. gave a beggar ten
cents, and five minutes after | saw
him entering liquor store 10 spend IT,
| will never again give a cent TO a
beggar. helped that young man
start in business, and 10, after a while,
he came and opened n store almost
next door TO me, and stole my Gus
toners. | will never again help a
young man start in business. ] trusted
in what my ncighbor promised 10 do,
and he broke his word, and tho Psalm.
ist was right before hs corrected him,
self, for "all men are liars" So men
become suspicious and saturnino and
selfish, and at every additional wrong
done them they put another layer
ON the wall OF their exclusive
ness, and another bolt 10 the door
that shuts them ont from svu,naihu