The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-11
how TO MAKE FRIENDS.
I~,es THE DEFENDERS COME.
|. s,c,ed and Divine Art Discussed
nv the Rev. DR.. Taimage.


ua ,n1n that hath friends must
lL1i,,, 1i,,,,,seif friendly" Proverbs xviii, "a.
~ P'. "' ,ho sacred and divine art Of making
Aoous AopnarJ,, friends speak-a subject ON
Pnq Pnqi.s II paysr heard OF any one preaching
hl.n ~. Cod thought Il of enough Importance
lnd 4, In the middle of the Bible, these
p iars Lga of Solomon, bounded ON one side by
yn.'nu,s,,,lor Psalms OF David and on the other
Ee NJ pxritings OF Isaiah, the greatest OF the
49, II seems all a matter OF haphazard
Fvp,,anv friends we have, or whether we
oN ."a anv friends at all; but there is nothing
faysiontal ayJi about IL. There is a law which
l.sns the accretion and dispersion OF
kysss,ssbins. They did not "just happen So"
~ ,%nc1 more than the tides just happen to rise
Y ,sll or the sun just happens TO rise or set.
n 4 science, an art, God-given regula-
Eon Tell me how friendly You are TO others
ksIt viii tell YOU how friendly others are to
do not say you will not have enc
n. indeed. the best way to get ardent
yp;srds & 10 have ardent enemies n you got
4, ,sIr enmity in doing the right thing. Good
| ~ and women will always have enemies be-
p their goodness is perpetual rebuke 20
m. INIT this antagonism OF foes will make
- intense the love Of your ndherents.
FSrr friends will gather closer around you
l...use OF the attacks OF your assailants. The
- your enemies abuse you, the better your
t,adutors will think of you. The best friends
4 : over had appeared at some juncture when
II wore especially bombarded. There have
T. times ia my life when unjust assault
[afiplied my friends, as near as | could
Si-1late. about fifty minute. You are
S,snd 70 some people by many cords that
I,lther time nor eternity can break, and /
IN warrant that many of those cords were
Lis,el bv hands malevolcnt. Human ma
H. was shipwreckcd about fifty-nine CEN
III ago the Captain of that craft one
kdam. and his first mate, running the fa-
5ls cargo aground ON n snag in the River
Rhekel: but there was at least one good
Nsit Of human nature that waded safely
k,borc from that shipwreck, and that is the
ii,t1ation 10 take the part of those unfairly
Ian with When IL IL thoroughly demon-
trated that some one Is being perse-
kl,e1. although at the start slanderous
Sngies were busy enough, defenders
inslly gathered around as thick as honey bees
a trellis Of bruised honoysuclSle. IL, when
IA up0n by the furios, you can have grace
k1ugh 70 keep your mouth shut, and pre-
krye your equipoise, and let others fight
Sour battles, you will find yourself after n
Shlle with a whole Gordon OF allies. Had
Spt the world given TO Christ on His arrival
! Palestine n very cold shoulder, there
Sculd not have been one-half as many angels
kanting glory out of the hymn books of the
ky bound in black lids OF midnight. Had it
pt been for the heavy and jagged and tortur-
ks cross. Christ would not have been the adj
tired and loved OF more people than any be-
tg who ever touched foot on either the east
b or western hemisphere. Instead, there
tre, Of giving up in despair because you
tve enemies rejoice in the fact that they
)lly for You the most helpful and onthusias-
J admirers. In other words, there is no
5rulence human or diabolic, that can hinder
n text from coming true: "a man that
Rfh friends must show himself friendly.n
| i is my ambition to project, especially
bon the young, a thought which may be.
knly shape their destiny for the here and
hereafter. Before You show yourself
endly you must be friendly. do not rec
bmond dramatized geniality. There is
rh thing ms pretending to be en- rapport
th others when we are their dire destruct-
ftS and talk against them and wish them
lamity. Judas covered up his treachery
resounding kiss. and caresses may be de-
Pniacal. Better the NEUROLOGICAL Cerbe-
the three-headed dog Of he'll, barking at
than the wolf in sleeps clothing, its
ndled hide covered up by deceptive WOOL
It's deathful howl cadenced into an inno-
bleating. Disraeli writes of Lord
pnired, who, after committing many
frages upon the people, seemed suddenly
become friendly, and invited them to
banquet. After most of the courses of food
been served he blew horn, which was In
pse times signal for the servants to bring
tne dessert, but in this case IL was the sig
Tor aSSaSslns to enter and slay the guests.
pretended friendliness was cruel fraud
there are now people whose smile is a
sehood. Before you begin TO show Your
friendly you must be friendly. Get your
pr right with God and man and this grace
become easy. You may by your own
olutlon get your nature into u semblance
THIS virtue, but the grace of God can
linely llft you into it. Sailing on the
Fer Thames two vessels ran aground. Tho
Lners OF one got one hundred horses and
led on the grounded ship and pnlled
20 pieces. The owners Of the other
Punded vessel waited till the tides
Ple IN aad easily floatcd the ship out of all
lbIe' 80, We may pull and haul mt our
ulded human nature, and try TO get into
per condition; but there is nothing like
oceanic tides of Gods uplifting grace 10
" Us into this kindliness I am euiogizinp.
Mhen under the fash of the Holy Ghost
see our own foibles and defects and de-
NiIleS, we will be very lenient and very
win Others. We will look into their
racters Tor things commendatory and not
lhntory. II you would rub your own
nttie more vigorously you would find a
IN II, the extraction OF which would
you 50 busy you would not have much
70 shoulder your broadax and 20
spht up the beam in your neigh
sye' IN u Christian spirit keep on
II IL.
aud am sure YOU will find
e.hlng in them delightful and fit for a
iuoh OF friendlinoss. You invite mo
ie ny, 70 your country seat and spend a few
ihahK you! l arrive about noon of
iutlul summer day. What do You do '
on as arrive you take me out under
snauow OF the great elms. You take mo
10 the artificial lake, the spotted front
iis IN az, ana out among the white pillars of
Hnu Niles. You take me 10 the stalls and
es "here you keep your fine stock, and
are the Durham cattle, and the Gordon
"a and aq the nigh stepping ste sds by paw.
iu helghlng, the only language they can
asAihg Tor harness or saddle, and
turn down the road. Then we 90 back
40 mousse and you get me in the right
hu snow me the Kensetts
Tue blerstadts on the wall.
SHT.e SAp nle INTO the music room, and show
ae bird cages, tho canaries In the bav
~" answering tho robins in the tree tops.
n you! never enjoyed myself more in
finis length of time. Now, why do we
~ that way in regard to tho characters
ana show the bloom and the music
ano orlght fountains? No. We saw
",ons and let me show you that mans
' Here is green scumned frog
anu anu there'sa a filthy cellar, and 1 guess
.nat hedge there must be black snake
~ anu i. ie; US for an hour or two regalo
's WIN the nuisances. Oh, my friends,
,,r pNer up the faults and extoi
li,hS and this habit once
ma =" OF universal friendliness will
lne Us easy as il is this mnrninr fo,. a.