The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-09-16

heard the good thing. Now there
are two sides to almost everyone'n
character, and we have the choice of
ovcrhayling the virtue or the vice. We
can greet Paul and the ships crew ~
they come up the beach Of Malta, with
the wordA what sorry looking sei
you are How little Of navigation yoq
must know TO run on these roci<sl
Didn't you know better than to put out
on the Mediterranean this wintry
month"; It was not much Of ship any
how; or II would not have gone 70 pieces
so soon as that Well, what do you want?
We have hard enough work. TO make .
living for ourselves, without having
thrust on us two hundred and seventy
six ragamuffins. Not so said the Nal
tese. think they said; Come inl Sit
down by the fire and warm yourselfl
Glad that you all got off with your
lives. Make yourselves at home. You
are welcome to all we have until some
ship comes in sight and you resume
your voyage. Here, let me put band
age on your forehead, for that is an
ugly cash you got from the floating
timbers, and here is man with .
broken arm. We win have doctor
come TO attend to this fracture" And
though for three months the kindness
went on, we have but little more than
this brief record: "The barbarous peo-
pie showed us no little kindness"
Oil say the cordial thingl Say the
useful thingl Say the hospitable thing!
Say the helpful thingl Say the Christ
like thingl Say the kind thingl adj
NIT that this Is easier for some tempera-
ments than for others. Some are born
pessimists, and some are born optimists,
and that demonstrated itself all through
everything. 1t is cloudy morning.
You meet a pessimist and you say,
"What weather to-day?' He answers,
"It's going to storm" and umbrella un-
der arm and a waterproof oyercoat
show that he Is honest In that utterance.
On the same block, a minute after, you
meet an optimist, and you say: What
weather to-day?" "Good weather; this
is only fog and will soon scatter"
The absence Of umbrella and absence
OF waterproof overcoat show 1t Is
an honest utterauce. On your way at
noon to luncheon you meet an optim-
istic merchant and you say. What do
you think of the commercial prospects?'
and he says, Glorious. Great crops
must bring great business. We are
going 10 have such an autumn and
winter of prosperity as we have never
seen" On your way back to your store
you meet pessimistic merchant What
do you think of the commercial pros
pects?" you ask. And he answers:
swell, l don't know. So much grain
will surfeit the country. Farmers viii
have more bushels but less price, and
the grain gamblers win get their fist In.
There is the Mckinley bill; and the hay
crop is short In some places, and in the
southern part Of Wisconsin they had a
hail storm and our business Is as dull
as Il ever was" You will find the
same difference in Judgment Of char
acter. A man Of good reputation is as
sailed and charged with some evil deed.
At the first story the pessimist viii
believe in guilt. "The papers said so
and that's enough. Down with NM
The optimist VIII say; don't oeieve
a word OF IT, dont tnink tnae man
that has been as useful ana seemingly
honest Tor twenty years eoulu nave go'
of the track like that There are twe
sides to this story ana i'wii wall tc
hear the other side before condemn
him." My nearer, II you are py nature
a pessimist, make special enort pJ
the grace OF God 70 extirpate the dolor
GUS and hypercritical from your dispo
sition. Believe nothing against any
body until the wrong Is established By
at least two witnesses OF integrity
And II guilt be proven find out the ex
tenuating circumstances II there arr
any. And then commit to memory s'
thaty You can quote for yourself and quot
for others that exquisite thirteenth
chapter OF First Corinthians about char
ity that suffers long and Is kind, ans
hopeth all things, and endureth al
things BY pen, by voice, in public ant
in private, say all all the good abou
people that you can think OF, and !
there be nothing good, then tighten thu
chain Of muscles on the back end o
your tongue, and keep the ivory bars o
teeth on the lower jaw, and the ivor,
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