Telegram-herald., 1890-08-25

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whole volG1as into ons pArase. lou, of
ecurse. NIL not be 50 silly IS % take 1e
yrcr1s ~ the taxi n a literal selse. 1hey
sinisly mean TO se5 Gorth the fast tast tleTe
Is a tremendous poweg Ia a kiRd ~otA
AlfhoEgA is NAV SesEa ~ be vssY iaslSl-l-
eant. Is force IS inassriosble aid limit
ale pungsnt and Al ooDqueFiaz utter
aHee. a solt tongue breaks1A - Ooae-
THz UsEs OF KIEDaEss
II the aesgkeg wese LoI 80 hot AZ had
time WcaA show yoa kihdness = naeans
of defense, kindness as a nles.as q useful
ness. kindness "a means Of defa eslso A2f-
nony, kindness - best employei oy gov
erumsnts FOR the tanning and caring of
Grim nais, ard kindness Is best adopted
for the settling and adjusting of inter
nati0eal qaarrels; but shall call YOUR at
tentioa only % two of these thoughts.
And frst | speak 10 you OK Kindness IS
+ means Of defense. Almost every man IN
+ she course OF bis life i set upon and as
saulted. Your motives are misinterpreted,
or yonr religious or political principles are
bom3ar3ed. What 10 do under such cir
I cumstsnces is the question. The lrst i'm
I paiss Of the natural heart says; strike
( back. Give aS much IS be sent. Trip him
( into the ditch which he dug for your feet.
I Cash him with as severe wound as that
which he inflicted on YOUR soul Shot for
/ shot. Sarcasm for sarcasm. An eye for
/ an eve. A tooth for a tooth. But The
I better spirit in the mans soul rises up and
/ says, you ought - reconsider that mat
ter" You look up into the face OF Christ
I and say, "My Master, how ought | 10 at
under these difficult circumstances" And
/ Christ instantly answers. Bless them that
/ curse you, and pray for them which de-
/ spitefnlly use YOU"
Then the old nature rises MP again and
saws: You had better not forgive him un-
/ I'll frs: Won have chastised him. You viii
| never get him in 50 tight corner again.
/ Y0u will never have such an opportunity
Of inhicting the right kind Of punishment
upon him again. First chastise him and
/ then let him go" NO" says the better
nature; hush, thou foul heart. Try the
! soft tongue that breaketh the bone"
! Have you ever in all your life known
scerbity aud acrimonious dispute to settle
& quarrel? Did they not always make
matters worse and worse and worse7
HOW GREAT CHURCH QUARREL WAS SET
TIED.
Many Yeas ago there was great quarro,
in the Presbyterian family. Ministers OF
Christ were thought orthodox in proper
ton as they had measured lances with
other clergymen of the same denoIaina-
ton. The most outrageous personalities
were abroad. As in the autumn hunter
comes home with a string of game, part
ridges and wild ducks slung over his
shoulder, so there we-e many ministers
who came back from the ecclesiastical
courts with long strings OF doctors Of di-
vinity whom they had shot with their
owa rife. The division became wider, the
animosity greater, until after a while some
good men resolved upon another tack.
They began 10 explain away the diff
culties; they began TO forgive each others
faults. and 10! the great church quarrel
was settled, and the new school Presoy
terian church AID the old school presby-
terian church became one-the different
parts Of the Presbyterian order welded by
i hammer, little hammer, a Christian
hammer, that the ScripaTe calls "a soft
bongue."
You have dispute with your neighbor.
You say 70 him, Il despise YOU He re-
plies, Il can't bear the sight of yor." You
say TO him. Never enter nay house again. :"
lie says. IF you com. ca my door sill I'll
kick you off, You say 70 him, "I'll put
you down" He says to you, You are mis-
taken. III put you down" And so the
contest RACES, and year after year you act
The un-Christian part, and he acts the un-
Christian part. After n while the better
spirit seizes you. aud one day you 50 over
20 the ncighbor and say: "Givo me your
hand. We have fought long enough. Time
IS 50 short and eternity is so near that we
cannot afford any longer to quarrel. feel
you have wronged me very much, but let
Us settle all now in one great hand shak-
ing, aad be good friends FOR al the rest Of
our lives" You have risen 70 a higher
platform than that on which before you
stood You win bis admiration, and you
get his apology Bat II You have not con-
luerod him in that way at any rate You
have won the applause OF your own con-
science, the high estimation of good men.
and the honor Of your Lord, who died for
his armed enemies.
.IHE SOFT ANswEE.
"Bat," yoa say. what ere wo 70 do
when SANDERS assault "a and there come
acrimonious sayings all around about Us
and we are abused and spat uponi' Ny
reply is Do not 60 and attempt 70 chase
down the ISLANDERS. Lies src prolific. and
while vou are killing one Gfty are born.
All your demonstrations Of Indignation
only exhaust yourself I0u might az well
On some summer night when the swsrms
= Insects are coming up from tho meadows
and disturbing you and disturbing your
family bring up some great swamp an
zol." ike that which thundored over
Charleston. and try 30 shoot hem down.
The game = too small Tor tne gun.
But what. thsp. ara you - d7 With The
sh7fses that come uDoa ~8u in LIES Iou
sro t. i've them down, saw q farmeT %
1ut 70 ~ back a swarm of bees that had
vsndetsd of from the hive As BE moved
suid hem hey burzed arou1d his heal.
AMI buzzed around his hands and bBzzed
scound his fest. IL be had kiiei one Il
them hev woud have stunr hiln 20 desth.
But he moved IN their midst l1 re~fcct
pIlciL.eT until be bad capt nresl the swarm
y wandering bees. And a. 7 have s4ea
men moving amii the aunoYsgoes. and
sile vexstions sad the assaults % l'a ia
s1ch cal-n. Christisn dsiibersfion that all
she bazTinE around about their soul
amounted - nothins They concuerai
thern. and shove az they conqeerei then-
selves. '0h. vcu So. that very good