The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-09-18

N"S" w '"h VII sicSo rochsl nun
you know better than to put out on
the Mediterranean this wintry MONTH
1t was not much of ship anyhow, OF
1t would not have gone to pieces SO
soon as that, Well, what do you want
We have hard enough work to make a
living for ourselves without having
thrust on us two hundred and seventy
six ragamulllns,
Not so said the Maltese. l think
they said: Come inl Sit down by
the fire and warm yoursclvesl 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 bandage
on your forehead, for that is an
ugly cash you got from the floating
timbers, and here Is man with q
broken arm. We will have a 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.
Oh, say the cordial thingl Say the
useful thingl Say the hospitable thing!
Say the helpful thing Say the Chris
tian thing Say the kind thingl ad-
init that this is easier for some temper
aments than for others Some are born
pessimists, and some are born optiInists,
and that demonstrates itself all through
everything. It is a cloudy morning.
You meet pessimist and you say,
What weather todayT He answers,
tits going to Storm" and umbrella
Under arm and waterproof overcoat
show that he Is honest in that utter.
ance.
On the same block, minute after,
you meet an optinist, and you say;
what weather today2" "Good wealth
er; this Is only a fog and will soon scat
ter" The absence OF umbrella and alb
sence of waterproof overcoat show 1t is
an honest utterance. On your way at
noon to luncheon you meet an opti-
mistic merchant, and you say, "What
do you think of the commercial pros
pects2" and he says: Glorious. Great
crops must bring great business. We
are going to have such an autumn and
winter OF prosperity as we have never
SEEM"
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;
"Well, l don't know. So much grain
will surfeit the country Farmers 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 in the
southern part of Wisconsin they had q
hailstorm and our business is as dull as
1t ever was"
LOOK UP! LOOK UP TRUST IN GoDl
You will find the same difference in
judgment of character Aman of good
reputation is assailed and charged with
some evil deed. At the first story the
pessimist will believe in guilt '"The
papers said SO, and that's enough.
Down with him" The optimist will
say: II don't believe word of II. l
don't think that a man that has been
as useful and seemingly honest for
twenty years could have got off the
track like that. There are two sides to
this story, and will wait to hear the
other side before l condemn him"
My nearer, If you are by nature q
pessimist, make special effort by the
grace of God to extirpate the dolorous
and the hypercritical from your dispo-
sition. Believe nothing against any
body until the wrong is established by
at least two witnesses of integrity. And
If guilt be proved, find out the extenuat-
ing circumstances if there are any.
And then commit to memory so that
you can quote for yourself and quote
for Others that exquisite thirteenth
chapter Of First Corinthians about char
ity that suffers long and is kind and
hopeth all things and endureth all
things. By pen, by voice, in public
and in private, say all the good about
people you can think of, and if 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 the 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 tc
live in, and all the other cities and
neighborhoods to live in. if charity
dominated What if QA the young and
old gossipers were dead. The LORD
hasten their funeralsl What if little
tattle and whispering were out of fash
ion What If in ciphering out the value
of other peoples character in our mora
arithmetic we stuck to addition instead
of subtraction Kindness Let us
morning, noon and night, pray for il
until we get it. When you can speak {
good word for some one, speak it. l.
you can conscientiously give letter o
commentator, give it. Watch for OPP
portunities for doing good fifty year
after you are dead.
All my life has been affected by tn,
letter of introduction that the Rev. DIR
Van Vranken, of New Brunswick The
illogical seminary, wrote for me, DO,
under him, when was seeking set
Element in which to preach the Gospel
The letter gave me my first pulpit, DR.
Van Vranken has been dead more thai
thirty years, yet feel the touch of tia
magnificent old professor. Strang
sensation was ii when | received kin,
message from Rev Thomas Guard, o
Baltimore, the great Methodist orator
six weeks after his death By way o
the eternal world Oh, no, by way o
this world
did not meet the friend to WHOM
he gave the message until nearly tw
months after Thomas Guard had as
cended. So you can start word abou
some one that will be on its travels am
r IL I.