Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-09-17


for Others. Some are born pesslulisss' 1nu
some are born optimists. and that demon
strates all through everything IL Is
a cloudy morning You meet a pessimist
and YOU say, What weather today! ne
answers. ats going TO storm. ana UNI
brella under arm and waterproof over
coat show that he is honest in that utter
ance ON the same block, minute after,
Won meet an optimist, and you say. nat
weather todaysp Good weather; this IS
only a fog and will soon scatter Inc
absence of umbrella and absence OF water
proof oyercoat show il is an honest utter
anee.
On your way at noon TO luncheon you
meet an optimistic merchant and you say,
what do you think OF the commereiai
nrosneetsy', and he SAYS: GLORIOUS Great
crops must brfng great business. we are
GOING 10 have such an autumn and winter
of prosperity as we have never seen. On
vonr way hack TO your store you meet
Dessimistic merchant. what do you think
OF the commercial prospects" you ask
And he answers: "Well, don't know. Sc
n,uch grain will surfeit the country Farm
ers have more bushels but less prices, and
the grain gamblers will get their fist In.
There is the Mckinley bill. and the hay
crop is short in some places, and Ia the
southern part Of Wisconsin they had a
hailstorm. and our business is as dull as II
ever was" You will find the same differ
ence in judgment of character. A man Of
good reputation is assailed and charged
with some evil iced. AT the first story the
pessimist will believe in guilt. THE papers
said so, and that's enough. Down Win
himw
oPTuiIsT AND PEssIMIsT.
The optimist will say: Il don't believe G
word Of IT, | don't think that man tnai
has been as useful and seemingly honest
for twenty years could have got on the
track like that There are two sides TO this
story. and / will wait 10 hear the other
side before | condemn him" Ny hearert
If YOU are BY nature a pesslmist, make a
special effort by the grace Of God 70 extir
nate the dolorous and the hypercrtieal
from your disposition. Believe nothing
against anybody until the wrong Is estab
lished by al least two witnesses Of integ.
rity. And II guilt be proved, find ont the
extenuating circumstances II there are
any.
And then commit 10 memory so that yof
can quote for yourself and quote for oihe-;
that exquisite thirteenth chapter OF Firi
Corinthians about charity that suffers
long and is kind. and hopeth all thing
and endureth all things. BY pen, by voice,
in public aud IN private. say all the good
about people you can think Of. and II there
be nothing good, then tighten the chain OF
muscle on the back end Of your tongue,
and keep the ivory bars OF teeth on tbs
lower Jaw and the ivory bars Of teeth on the
upper Jaw locked and the gate of your lips
tightly closed and your tongue shut up.
What place Brooklyn would be TO live
IN. and all the other cities and neighbOr-
hoods to live in, II charity dominated
What II all the young and old gossipers
were dead The Lord hasten their funeraisl
What II tittle-tartle and whispering were
out OF fashionl What IL in ciphering out
the value OF other peoples character, In
our moral arithmetic, we stuck to addition
instead of subtraction Kindnessi Let US
morning noon and night pray for IL until
we get il. When you can speak a good
word for some one speak IL. II you can
conscientiOasiy give letter OF commenda'
ton, give il. Watch for opportunities for
doing good City years after you are dead.
All my life has been affected by the let.
ter of introduction that the Rev. Dr. Van
Vranken, Of New Brunswick Theological
seminary, wrote for me, boy under him,
when was seeking a settlement in which
to preach the Gospel The letter gave me
my first pulpit. DR. Van Vranken has
been dead more than thirty years, yet :
feel the touch Of that magnificent old pro
fessor Strange sensation was IL when
received a kind message from Rev. Thomas
Guard, Of Baltimore, the great Methodist
orator six weeks after his death. BY way
of the eternal woFldi Oh, no, by way OF
this world. | did not meet the friend C
whom he gave the message until nearly
two months after Thomas Guard had as
cended So you can start word about
some one that viii be on its travels and
vigorous long after the funeral psalm has
been sung at your obsequies. Kindness
Why. IL fifty men all aglOw with it should
walk through the lost world. methinks
they would almost abolish perdition.
TOUCHING ANECDOTE or ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Furthermore, there is kindness OF action.
That is what Joseph showed to his out
rageous brothers That Is what David
showed to Mephibosheth for his father
Jonathan's sake. That is what Onesiphor.
us showed to Paul in the Roman peniten-
tiary. That is what William Cowper
recognized when he said he would not
trust a man who would with his foot need
lessly crush a worm. That is what our
assassinated President Lincoln demon.
strated when his private secretary found
him in the Capitol grounds trying to get a
bird back to the nest from which il had
fallen. and which quality the illustrious
man exhibited years before, when having
with some lawyers in the carriage on the
way to court passed on the road swine
fast in the mire. after awhile cried to his
horses, "Hor' and said to the gentlemen,
/ Il must 90 back and help that hog out OF
/ the mire." And he did 60 back and put
on solid ground that most uninterestinn
| quadruped.
That was the spirit that was manifested
by my departed friend, Honorable Alexan
! der II. Stephens, of Georgia land lovelieI
man never exchanged earth for heavenl
when at Washington. A senator's wifi
who told my wife Of the circumstances
said to him. "AIr. Stephens come and ses
my dead canary bird And he answered
NO, could not look at the poor thinl
without crying That is the spirit thai
/ Grant showed when at the surrender al