Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18

put it in mis- buttonhole, and the gar
leler arreste him as be was crossing at the
ferry, and ASKED tins king to throw opsn no
more his gardens to ths pubic. the king
fepi.d: ''ohall I de1y tbs th1usln1s OF
good people Of MY country tbs privilege OF
sesing this garden because one vlSit5v has
lone wrongg No, let them CO ne an SD the
beautiful grounds"
Aud when the gar lensr wished to give thu
king the name of thu offender who had taken
the royal flower, he SAID, mo, my memory
S very tenacious an | do not want to have
in my mini tn name OF the offender, lest it
should hinler ma granting him favor some
other time" Now, | want you to know
that Kindness is royal DOVER and
blessal be God, the King OF
mercy AMI grace, that by divine gilt and
Tot by purioining, we may plucS this royal
flower and not weIr il On the outsiis Of our
hature; but wear 1t on our soul dnd wear il
forever, its radiance an aroma not more
wonderful for time than wonderful for eter-
nifty
Still further, | must sp,ak OF kin lnsss OF
word. When you meet anyone do you say
apleasant thing o. an unpleasant Do you
tell him of agreeable things you have heard
about him, OF the disagrssable1 When hs
leaves you does ne feel better or dos he fesl
worseg Oh, ths power OF the tonyu for tls
/ pro1u otio1 OF happiness or misery Ole
would think fro II t1s way ths tongue is
cagei in We might take the hint that it has
dangerous power. First it is
chained to the back OF this mouth by
stron, muscles Then it is s1rroul lei bY
The teeth Of ths lower jaw, 81 many ivory
/ oars, AMI then by the teet1 OF the upper
| Jaw, more ivory bars. Then outside OK all
/ are the two lips with the power of compress
sion and arrest, aud yet notwithstanding
[ these four imprisonnients or limitations, how
many take no hint in regard TO the danger
GUS power OF the tongue, AMI the results and
liberation, sterilization and damnation.
/ There are those il they know goo thing
about you and a bad thing, will mention the
/ bad thing an I act IS though they hal never
heard the good thing. Now there are two
sides to almost everyone's character, and We
have the choice of overhauling the virtue or
the vice. We can greet Paul and the ships
crew as they come up the beach OF Malta with
the words: what 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 OH the Mediterranean
this wintry month"; IL was not much OF
ship anyhow, or it would not have gona TO
pieces so soon as that, WE'LL what do you
wantY We have hard enough WORK 70 make
q living for ourselves without having thrust
on us two hundred and seventy-six raga-
mullins"
/ Not so, said the Maltese. l think they
said; "Coms inl Sit down by the fire and
warm yourselves Cad that you all gos
nff with your lives. Make yourselves at
home. You are welcome TO all We have
until some ship comes in sight and you res
sumo your voyage, Here, lei ME put d
bandage on your forehead, for that is an
ugly cash you got from the floating tim
bers and here is a man with broken arm.
We will have a doctor come to attend to th;
fracture" And though for three months
the kindness went on, we have but little
more than this brief record, Tine baroarou'
people shovel Us no little kindness"
On say the cordial tlinyl Say t1s useful
thing Say the hospitable thing! Say the
helpful thing Say tle Chr,stlike thing!
Say the kind think ] admit that this Is
easier for some te npe-anents than for 9th
crs. Some are BORN pessimists and some
are born optins;s, AMI t1at demonstrates
itself all through everything. 1t Is
q cloudy morning. You meet a pessimist
AMI you saw. What weather o-layY' He
answers, ITS going TO storm, AMI UNI
brella under arm AMI waterproof over
coat show tlat he is honest in that utter
auca On the same block, minute after,
you meet an optimst and you say, WHAT
weather today Cool weather. TINS Is
only a fog and will soon scatter" The
absence of umbrella an ab;elce OF water
proof overcoat show it is an honest utter
ancc.
On your way at noon u llncneon you
meat an optimistic merchant and you say,
What do you think OF the commercial
prospsctsY and he says: "GlOriols. Great
crops must bring great business. We are
going TO have such an autumn and winter
OF prosp srltJ as We have never seem" On
your way back 10 Your store you meet
pessimistic merchant. What do you think
Of the commercial prospects, you ask. AMI
he answers: "Well, / don't know. Sc
much grain VIII surleit the country. Farm
ers have more bushels but less pr.ces, an
the grain gamblers will get th-ir fist in
There is the Mckinley bill, AMI the hay
crop is short in some places, and in the
southern part Of Wisconsin they hal hail
storm, and orr business is as dull rs it ever
was" You will find the same difference in
judgment OF character. A man Of COOL
reputation is asSae1 AMI charged with some
evil deed. At the first story the peSsimiSt
will believe in guilt "The oaoerS said So
ami that's enough Down with him.
The optimist will say: Il don't believe
word of it, don't think a man that has
been as useful and seemingly honest for
twenty years could have got OF the trace
like that. There are two sides TO this story,
and | will wait to hear the other side before
condemn him" Ny hearer, if you are by
nature peSsimisr. make special effort by
the grace Of Col to exjirpate the dolorous
aud the hypercritical from your disposition.
Believe nothing against anybody until the
wrong is established by at Least two wit
nesses of integrity. An if guilt b. proved,
fnl out the extenultiny circumstances II
there are any.
And then commit to memory 50 that You
can quote for yourself ald quote for Others
that exquisite thirteenth chapter OF First
Corinthians about Clarity that suffers
long and is kind. and hopeth all things AMI
eniureth all things. BY pen, b. voice, in
public and in private, says all the good about
people you can think Of and If there be
nothing good, then tighten the CHAIN OF
muscle on the back en1 OF your tongue, and
keep the ivory bars o. teeth on the lower jaw
and the ivory bars OF teeth on the upper jaw
loc'Sei ami tho gate Of your lips tightly
close and your tongue shu5 up.
What place Brooklyn would be to liveiu,
AMI al the other cities ana neighborhoods to
live in, il charity doninatadl What If ali
the young and old gossipers were dea1l The
Lord hasten their funerals What if title
tattle and whispering were out OF fashion!
What If in cipering out the value OF other
peoples character, in our moral arithmetic
we stuck to addition instead of satisfaction!
Kinlnessl Let us morning, noon and night
pray for it until we get it. When you can
speak goo word for some one speak it. II
you can cons,i ntiously give letter of COM
mendation. give it. Watch for opportuni-
ties for doing cool fifty years after you are
deal.
All my life has bsea AT ,cto by tho letter
OF intro luctioa that the Rev. D.. Van Vran-
ken. Of New Brunswick Theological Semi
nary, wrote for me, boy under him, when
| was seeking a settlement in which to
preach the G )spel. The letter gave me my
first pulpit. DR.. Van Vranken has been
lead more than thirty years, yet | feel the
touch OF that magnificent old professor.
Strange sen ton was il wisn r.
csived kind message from Rev. Tnom1'
Guard, OF Baltimore, tn, grs1t Metho1isS
orator, six weeks after his death. By way
o the eternal worll Oh, No. by way OK
this world l did not meet the frieni to
whom he gave the message until nearly two
months after Thomas Guard had ascen led.
So you can start word about some one t1at
will be on its travels and vigorous long after
the funeral psalm has been sung az your
obsequies. Kin inessl Why, Ii hfty men
all aglow with it should walk throu yh the
lost world, methinks they would almost |
abolish psrditon.
Furthermore, there is kin iness OF action.