Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-25

CINcrNNATI aug, 2i=DF. Tqlmage, whc
is in this city, toby dAcoHrsed ont pogcl
which, If It had been usatlAas oSbefF3ivelwn,
Christ intended it to be used, would have
saved The church and tie world from in
finite discord and sorrow-tha power Of
Kindness. His text was, "a soft tongue
breaketh tlie bone lproy. xXy.l5)s Fol
loving 4the ser1auii &M E
IAXhcn. ySoioraen said ibis sIie5 drore d
whole volume Into one phrase. You, OF
course, will not be SO silly rs to take the
words Of the text, in n literal sense.~-phey
simply moan to set forth the fact that there
is tremendous power in kind word.
Although itr9ay seem tosba yery. insignil,
can't, its force Ii fh4aserijR ile ihlnf III Dit
able. Pungent4 md asl !. G0nsiIteIjiigsn ttars
ance: "A soft tongue breaketh the bone "
THE UsEs or KINDNESS.
If the weather were not so hot and had
time would show you kindness rs a means
of defense; kindness as means Of useful
ness; Kindness as a means OF domestic har-
mony; Kindness as best employed by gov
erhments for the tanning niid curing Of
criminals, and kindness rs best adapted
for the settling and adjusting Of later
national quarrels; but / shall call your at
tention only to tvocf tHese thoughts.
Andfrst Ispeak togou gof kindness as
aneahs Of defense. Almost every man in
the course of his life is set upon and as
saulted. Your motives arc misinterprcted
or your religious OF political principles are
bombarded. What to do under such cir
cumstances Is the question: iFhe first inn
pulse Of the natural heart says: strike
back. Give as much rs lac sent Trip him
into thedtch whfchhe dog foryotl feet.
Cash him with ns severe q wound rs that
which he inflicted on your soul. Shot for
shot. Sarcasm for sarcasm. Il An eye for
an eye A tooth for Il tooth" But the
better spirit in tho MANS soM rises up and
says, "You ought to reconsider that mat
tor You look up into the face of Christ
and shy, MY Master how oueht 4 to act
under those difficult CiruaimstlncesP And
Christ instantly answers, Bless thep that
curse you, and pray for them which de-
spitcfully use you y ''' t'''' ''t
Then the old nature rises up again and
says: "You had better not forgive him I'M
til first you have chastscd him You will
never get him in so tight a corner again.
You will never have such an opportunity
Of infioting the right kind OF punishment
upon him again. First chastise him and
then let him 60" No." snys the better
nature; hush, thou foul heart, Try the
soft tongue that breakcth the bone"
Have you ever in all your life known
acerbity autt .acrinartotrs dispute to settle
QUARREL Did they not always make
matters worse and worse and worse?
now A GREAT CHURCu QUARREL WAS SET
~ - tiled. ( 1'E ~ 49,
Many yeilA ago there was Acknowledged.
i'll the Presbyterian family. Ministers OF
Christ were Thought orthodox in proper
ton as they had measured lances with
other clergymen of the same denomna-
ton. The most outrageous personalities
were abroad. AS in the autumn u hunter
comes homo with d string Of game, part
ridges and wild ducks s!ung over his
shoulder, so there were many ministers
who came back from tho ecclesiastical
courts with long strings of doctors of di-
vinity whom they Ind shot with their
own rife. The division became wider, the
animosty greater, until after while some
good men resolved upon another tack
They began to explain away the tFiilll
cultcs; they basan TO forgive each others
faulta, and lo the great church quarrel
was settled, and tho now school presJy
terinn church ana tho old school prcsby
terrain church became one-the different
parts OF the Presbyterian order welded by
n hammer a little hammer n Christian
hammer that the Scripture calls "a soft
tongue" as Hk
You havc'a dispute with your nciefibor
Yop say 10 him, AfT',le~lise YOU" Here
plies, 81 can't bear the sight of YOU" You
say to him, "Nevcr enter my house again, "
lie says, az you como on my door sill I'll
kick you Of" You say to him, ON put
Il
taken, III put Syou doWuE. And sos the
contest RACES, and year after year you act
the un-Christian part. and he acts the un-
Christian part. After while the better
spirit soiacs you, and one dry you go over
TO the n2ishbar and say: "Giyo me your
hand. We have fought long enough. Time
is so short and eternity ia so near that we
cannot afford any Longer To quarrcl feet
you.havo wrongcd me very much, bnt let
us settle all now in one crcat hand shaE
ing, and be good friends for all the rest OF
our lives" You have risen to a higher
platform than that on which before ypU
stood. You win his admiration, aud Eou
got his apology. But II yuu have not con
quered him in that why at amy rate Yen
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,
THE SOFT ANSWER
"But," you say, "what Uro we to do
when ISLANDERS assault us and there come
acrimonious sayings all around about MS
and we are abused ana apat upon" Ny
reply IL: Do not go and attempt to chase
down the ISLANDERS. Lies are prolific, and
while you nrc killingQne fifty are BORN
All your demonstrations of INDIGNATION
only exhaust yourself You might MS we'll
on some summer night when the swarms
of insects are coming mp from The meadows
and disturbing you and disturbing your
family bring up some great swamp an
gel," like that which thun1crcl byor
Charlestom anil try 10 shoot them down
The gtulc IS toosmRll for hogan ~
But what, then, are you 60 do with the
abuses that como upon you in lifcf You
are to live thcm down! saw farmer 70
out TO get back u swarm OF bees Chat had
wandered off from the hive. As he moved
amid them they huzzod around his head,
and buzzcd around his hands, and hu2zcd
around his feet. If he had killed one Of
Thorn they would have stpng him todeath
Buthe moved in then amidst in perfect
pleility upiil he Ind capuIfcd The awarn
of wandering bees And so | have seen
men moving amid the annoyanccs, and
the veNatjnns, and the assaults of life in
such cplm Christian tkliberalion that all
the hu2ling around about their soul
amounted to nothing. They conquered
them, and above all they conquered them
solves "Oh, you say, that's a very good
thporv IN prpaCh ON "A hot lpv but IL won't