The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-02-03
Judge Not.

~ mamma ~ CrleQ JACK, running
into the sitting-room where his moth.
er was sewing, Sidney is breaking q
Commandment, he is-"ThoY shalt
not steal,' l,'-and 1 should think he'd be
ashamed of himself"
"Why, jack" said his mother in
surprise. what can you mean?"
HE is. truly. mamma" said Jack
hopping about on one foot. and seem.
ing rather to enjoy the fact. 81 saw
him getting sugar out Of the sugar
bowl, and you know you told us moi
to-"
oh" said mamma, in a tone of re-
lief, "that's it, is it? Come here
Jack :" and taking her little boys
hand she drew him to her side. ''DC
you think it such O dreadful thing to
break Commandment dear ?"
"Why yes, mamma of course" an.
swered Jack, aslonished that his
mother should ask such a question.
"You would not do it?"
"No, indeed. mamma"
"Then you think you are very much
better than Sidney?" -.
Jack hung his head at that question,
but did not say no.
"Now, Jack, l want you to see how
mistaken you are; you think you
would not break O Commandment,
but because you are so able to believe
evil of you brother, you are really
breakinga commandment which says,
Thou shalt not bear false witness.
Do you know what that means Jack?''
"Yes, mamma, you said it meant
saying what was not true about any
one but Sidney was stealing, for /
saw him."
"He was taking sugar, Jack, but are
you sure he was stealing?"
"Yes," answered Jack, land now
s'pose he's going away to eat it,"
At that moment the door opened
and Sidney came into the room, his
bright, manly little face not looki.g
at all as though he was ashamed OF
himself. ....
Here is the sugar for Dicky. NAM
ma," he said. slipping the lump be-
tween the wires of the cage, land here
is letter for you. saw the postman
coming and waited minute for him."
"Thank you, dear" said mamma,
smiling at him: and then she turned
and looked at Jack.-Sunbeam.
THE PRAYING INsTINCT.-Captain
Galton says that the praying instinct
is only like the bleat of q sheep well
if it be as much as that it will not be
without some effect while the Lord is
our Shepherd. I should shrink from
the responsibility of praying, if
thought that by the law of prayer
God placed his omnipotence at my dis
posal, allowed to be manipulated by
my will but it is a great comfort to
feel invited to tell God about every
thing that affects me, and to ask him
what things seem to me 10 be good
things, feeling sure tnat he will in
answer give what things seem to him
to be good for me. At any rate, [ am
conscious Of obtaining in this way,
fresh and full, the supIemely good gift
of the holy Spirit.-Dr. Charles Sail
ford.
PRAcTIcAL.-According to the
philosophers everything has two uses,
a lower and q higher. Some very
common people find this out for them.
selves, so far, at least, as the practical
application of it is concerned.
The daughter Of the rector of a par
ish in East Observation-Disclosures
taught the choir boys new tune at q
Monday evenings rehearsal, to be
sung on the following Sunday. Sum
day morning came.
"Well, Johnny" said Miss Y, II
hope you haven't forgotten the new
tune, for we depend much on you"
NAV, mum not bit. I've been q
skeering the crows with it all the
week"
That tune would do good service for
some choirs in this regoin.
A blue rose is among the impossible
tiles. There is a law governing the
coloring of flowers which is simply
this The three colors, red, blue and
yellow, never appear in the same spe-
cies of flowers any two may exist,
but never the third. Thus we have
the red and yellow roses, but no blue !;
red and blue verbenas.but no yellow );
and blue in the various members OF
the viola family (as pansies,. for in
stance). but no red ; red and yellow
gladiolia, but no blue, and so
on.