The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-14

L have taken vengeance upOt -
that ever did me me wrong oy uolus iiln
a Lindnpss In most OF such cases have
talready succeeded, but there are d rev
maIicnapts that | am yet pursulus' ahu
shall NOT be content until / have IN some
wise ,helped them or benented them oil
blassed Them Let US all pray Toi
This spirit Of kindness IL VIII eeI,
tie thousand questions IL VIII
change the phase Of everything III VIII
mellow through and through our ehlir 1'
ra+ura Il viii transform lifetime. IL
- feeling gotten up for occasions, but
,sr,,njal. That il the reason ike petunlas
ferter than morning glories. They look
80 much alike. and if | should put in your
hand "A patunia and morning glory you
could hardly tell which IS the petunia and
which the morning glory; but the morning
Glory blooms only a few hours aud then
( shuts I'D for the day, while the petunia Is In
as widespread glow at Il O'Clock at noon
and & o'clock in the evening as at sunrise.
And this grace of kindness is not spasmodic,
is not Intermittent. is not for little while.
Int il irradiates the whole nature, all
through and clear on TIL the sunset OF
our earthly existence. Kindness! l am
resolved to get it. Are you resolved to get
it, 1t does not come hap-hazard, but
through culture under the divine help.
Thistles grow without culture. Rocky
mountain sage grass grows without culture.
Mullen stalks grow without cultIre. But
that great red rose in the conservatory, its
leaves packed on leaves, deep-dyed as
though it had been obliged to fight for its
beauty and it were still reeking with the
carnage of the battle that rose needed to
be cultured, and through long years its
floral ances' ors were cultured. o, God.
implant kindness in all our souls, and then
give US grace to watch it. to enrich it. to
develop 1T
The King of Prussia had presented to
him by the Empress of Russia the root Of a
rare flower, and it was put 10 the royal
gardens on an island, aud the head
gardener, Herr Fintelmann, was told to
watch it. And one day it put forth its
glory. Three days of every week the people
were admitted to these gardens, and young
man, probably not realizing what a wrong
thing he was doing, p,ucked this flower and
put 1t in bis button-hole, and the gardener
arrested him as be was crossing ct the
ferry, and asked he king to throw open no
more his gardens to the public. The king
replied, "Snall deny TO the thousands OF
good people Of my country the privilege of
seeing this garden because one visitor
has done wrong No, let them come
and see the beautiful grounds" And when
the gardener wished to give the king the
royal flower, he said mo, my memory is
very tenacious, and do not want to have
in my mind the name of the offender, lest
it should hinder me granting him favor
some other time" Now, / want you 10
know that kindness is a royal flower, and,
blessed be God, the king of mercy and
grace, that by a divine gift and not by pur-
Joining, we may pluck this royal flower and
not wear it on the outside of our nature,
but wear it in our soul, and wear 1t for
ever, its radiance and aroma not more wOn-
derful for time than wonderful for eternity.
Still further, l must speak of kindness of
word When you meet any one do you say
a pleasant thing or an unpleasant! Do you
tell him of agreeable things you have
heard about him or the disagreeable? When
be leaves you, does he feel better or does he
feel worse! O,s the power Of the tongue
for the production of happiness or misery?
One would think from the way the tongue
is Gagged in we might take the hint that it
has dangerous power. First It is
chained to the back part of the mouth by a
strong muscle. Then it is surrounded by
the teeth of the lower jaw, so many ivory
bars, and then by the teeth of the upper
jaw, more ivory bars. Then outside of
all are the two lips with the power of
and arrest. And yet, notwith-
standing these four imprisonments or limi-
.ations. how many take no hint in regard
20 the dangerous power of the tongue, and
The results are laceration. scarificatlon, and
lamnation. There are those if they know
! good thing about you and bad thing,
will mention the bad thing and act as
hough they had never heard the good
hing. Now, there are two sides to almost
very ones character. and we have the
hoice Of overhaulipg the virtue or the vice.
10 ha chi ria as
hey come up the beach of Malta, with the
words, "N hat a sorry looking set you
rel How little of navigation you must
lnow to run on these rocksl Didn't you
know better than to put out on the Medl-
errauean this wintry month"; 1t was not
much of a ship anyhow, or 1t would not
lave gone to pieces 80 soon as that. Well,
What do you want9 We have hard enough
work to make living for ourselves, without
having thrust on us two hundred and sew
ragamuffins." Not so said the
Maltese. think they said: Come I'M Sit
lown by the fire aud warm yourselves!
Had that you all got off with your lives
Make yourselves at home You are welcome
% all we have until some ship comes in sight
ind YOU resume your voyage. Here, let me
1ut bandnge on your forehead, for that is
In ugly cash you got from the floating tins
oers, and here is man with a broken arm.
We will have a doctor come to attend to
his fracture" And though for three
months the kindness went on, we have but
little more than this brief record: "The
barbarous people showed us no little kind
ness"
o, say the cordial thing Say the useful
thinGl Say the hospitable thing Say the
helpful thing Say the Chrisulike thing
Say the kind thing | admit that this is
easier for some temperaments than for 9TH
ers Some are born pessimists and some
are born optimists, and that demonstrates
itself all through everything. Ii is u cloudy
morning, You meet a pessimist aud you
say: what weather to-day" He an
swers, ats going to Storm" and umbrella
under arm and a waterproof overcoat show
that he is honest in that utterance. On the
same block, a minute after, you meet ar
optimist and you say: "What weather to-
dayp "Good weather; this is only a fog
and will soon scatter" The absence of UNI.
brella and absence of waterproof over
coat show it Is an honest utterance. Or
your way at noon to luncheon you meet AT
optimistic merchant, and you say: "Whai
do you think Of the commercial prospects,
and he says, GLORIOUS. Great crops mus
bring great business. We are going to have
such an autumn aud winter of prosperity a!
we have never SEEM" On your way bach
to your store you meet pessimistic mer'
chant "Wbas do yon think of the com
mercial prospects," you ask. And he "a
swers' "Well, l don't know. So muct
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 10 some places, and in the
southern part of Wisconsin they had hal
storm. and our business is as duh as it ever
was" You will find the same difference il
judgment of character. A man of gooC
reputation is Gssalled and charged with