The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-09-17

come other time Now. j want you
b kno'T that kindness IL royal flower,
and blessed bc God. tie King of mercy
and grace. that b. II divine gift and not
by purloiuing we iiay pluck tiIis royal
flower aud not wear il on the outside
Of our nature bu. wca, L Ia our soul
and wear il fsTrTrr - --tdiance and
aroma 10: more w''d.J,U for time
than wonderful lGs .ts...,y
PowEi. or TuE ToSGCK.
Still iur;iier, must speak Of kindness
of word When yon rIect any one do
you say pleasant hing or All unpleas-
ant2 Do you tell him Of agreeable thingf
you 1--we heard abort bin or the disa,
greeable2 When he leaves you does
be feel better or does he feel worsei
Oh, the power of the tongue for the
production Of happiness or misery
One would think from the way tho
tongue Is Gagged in we might take the
hint that it has a dangerous power.
First it is chained to the back part OF
the mouth by strong muscle. Then it
Is surrounded by the teeth of the lower
jaw, 50 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 compression and
arrest. And yet, Notwithstanding these
four imprisonments or limitations, how
many take no hint in regard to the dan
gerous power Of the tongue. and the re
suits are liberation. specification and
damnation.
There are those II they know u good
thing about you and a bad thing, will
mention the bad thing and act rs
though they had never heard tho good
thing. Now, there are two sides to
almost every ones character, and we
have tho choice of overhauling the
virtue or the vice. We can greet Paul
and the ships crew IA they come up
the beach of Malta with the words
What a sorry looking set you are!
How little Of navigation you must
know to run on these rocksl Didn't
you know better than to put out on
the Mediterranean this wintTy month
1t was not much Of ship anyhow, OF
it would not have gone to pieces SC
soon as that. Well, what do you want
We have hard enough work TO make q
living for ourselves without having
thrust on us two hundred and seventy.
six ragamufins.
Not so said the Maltese. I think
they said: Come in! Sit down By
the fire and warm yourselves. 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 a bandage
on your forehead, for that is ar
ugly cash you got from the floating
timbers, and here is man with q
broken arm. We will have q doctor
come to attend to this fracture" And
though for three months the kindnes.
went on, we have but little more thar
this brief record, "The barbarous PEG
pie showed us no little kindness"
Oh, shy the cordial thing! Say the
useful thingl Say the hospitable thing
Say the helpful thing Say the Chris
tian thingl Say the kind thing adj
| wit thot this Ia naSinr for coma tarnrAnr
aments than for others. Some are borr
pessimists, and some are born optimists
and that demonstrates itself all through
everything 1t is cloudy morning
You meet o pessimist and you say
What weather today" He answers
Its going to Storm" and umbrella
under arm and waterproof overcoa
show that he is honest in that utter
ance
On the same block, a minute after
you meet an optilnist, and you say
What weather today2" Good wealth
err; this is only fog and will soon scat
ter" The absence of umbrella and al
, sence of waterproof overcoat show it
an honest utterance. On your way a
noon to luncheon you meet an opt
mistic merchant, and you say, VIVA
do you think of the commercial pro:
;; pectsT and he says: GLORIOUS. Grea
crops must bring great business. w
, are going to have such an autumn an
winter of prosperity as we have neve
seem"
On your way back to your store 70
meet pessiInistic merchant VIVA
do you think of the commercial pro
pectsT you ask. And he answers
We'll, l don't know. So much graf
, will surfeit the country. Farmers hay
: more bushels but less prices, and I'll
grain gamblers will get their fist il
There is the Mckinley bill; and the ha
II crop is short in some places. and in tt
S southern part of Wisconsin they had
. hailstorm and our business is rs duh ;
it ever was"
n LOOK UPi LOOK UPl TRUST IN Col
a You will find the same difference
i Judgment of character. A man of goo
reputation is assailed and charged wit
some evil deed. At the first story Il
Il pessimist will believe in guilt. I'll
J papers said 50, and that's enough
y Down with him!' The optiInist wi
! say: Il don't believe word of it.
Z don't think that man that has bee
" rs useful and seemingly honest fl
twenty years could have got off tt
track like that. There arc two sides
this story, and viii wait to hear Il
other side before 1 condemn him."
My nearer, if you are by nature
- pessimist, make special effort by II
:, grace of Gcd to extirpate the doloro
- and the hypercritical from your disp
N sition. Believe nothing against an
"a body until the wrong is established
at least two witnesses Of integrity. Al
ID If guilt be proved, find out the extenu5
ir Ing circumstances if there are any.
And then commit to memory so th
IL you can quote for yourself and quo
as for others that exquisite thirteen
Oh chapter of First Corinthians about CHI:
OF ity that suffers long and is kind al
u hopeth oil things and endureth
a things. By pen, by voice, in pub
L. and in private, say all the good abo
az people you can think of, and if the
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