The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-07-02

Z, ths limits and whacsed ana ~ - ,eIcr n
ar nnled and senselessiy ea.'sa ,,,t;l 4 Il A i
md answer sharp and surpresso.o 49, they do 4
arnnjrr that Under such process t,,ii,S b
wonI fv 80, 'u o,t Modoes ind Mama sanlpSs
nor ~ ~ ~ yo,ir influence upon tue nelsnoos
wi .,a in,rr, or the city OF your resioSn Ii
7 oil, suppose that you are u s s..h5 DO K
w.t. LInd OF RAYS do you snoet oi.,;ate :
Wv, use that splendid faculty 20 III Aha
;Ne world or to raukle ~ ! O' sIiBc man
.ar,,oos,otit college OF huuiorlsts lno 10
a sl les me laneh Is my benefaetos. uu
. ..nt tbonk ANYBODY to make me cTSt Il nv
10 ~ .t'a. ,ritho,it any assistanee. We a" "a
10 .HS'h ana have euough to cry aoout. -
biesa ali skillfu punsters. ail 'opat 1r,i,,is
al nropounders OF Ingenious I,itb nm
oil those who mirthfully surprliss,e9 us Hood
usual iuxtaposition OF WORDS. smith had a
onJ Charles Lamb aud Sidney Sh l,,,.ossors
d d;,,ns mission and so have Their suei d bov.
", Nee tinos. They stir into the ac.I Nc
las If life the saecharine. They HIM.
o,, of earthly existence which Is i,ata
staIe, efreryesce and bubble. In I9 They |
animositins. They foster Ionu!E29 II ,be DOR |
slaV f0llies and absurdities Wh. raac a. ~,
! r,nna Of all the pulpits cannon re''ou; r,ade
Thoy nave for examples Elijah, Wno 1"'gn
g.. - 40 Families when they cafieu ~ -
| a. ana II did not come, su2gestlne nc
their heather god had gone huntan5. nntbine
nfr ON a tourney, or was asleep an an,,ino
hut vociferation could wake MN, ~ Ha r.
DT.,, nioud for no is q god. Eithoi no ,,a
CRY a'o eH rtrsninc or peradyenture ne
a,A,,afh aud must be awaked." Ihey uI'
s,o'p p,,annIe In Christ who with healan.ai,
an Showed up the lying, hypoor,..,eo."ott
pbarisees by suggesting tim sucii p, u.i
, nnnnie IKE themselves needed no ,nipi ,,bv-
! rlnents, saving, '"rne whole neea ho' pA'
n 4ieian but they that are SICK. - ,,onr wit?
nut what use are you making " yone,"nn-
: T. ~ basrnirehed with profanity ana uhola', a.
asp Do YOU employ it In auluSeniiom' re
. h y;,nI defects for which the victims a. U
p nif resnonsbe? Arc your powers OF i1 y, :.
:, tory used to put religion in cohtenlpt,.. %oit
=, " bunch OF netlesome invectiVef 10 ,,tsfor'
:, tH.,inst soorn2 Is 1t fun at other lHl9,u,l
II o, u1i"1. 81 gIee nj their disappointment ahu
u dofoat2 Is Il bitterness put drop ny "loi
" 49, :, .,,nY Isit like the Squeezing " M
y. y. tacoisin al,sinthium into IL urauSu' &C.,
~ roadv nnngnnt2 Then you ore inc , sta
u gor;n,rood. Yours is the fun OF fa.tio
rs snake trying how well 1T eau sun s;.,v - cor
NO fnn of Il hawk trying now q0'0N'
ar atrike out the eye OF a dove. .,,o Won m
a. 1,lt viii change this and suppose you a.
p 1a Star Of Worldly Prosperity Ihen . Sll
~ nnvn ia 200 opportunity. You can euvo t '
VI tbnt artist BY buying his picture. -, ~
nj innroye the fields the stables, tls M an
hy Introducing higher style OF l4 bTias II
,as horse and COW and sheep. You uun In II,
10 len
~ 4 " "r,borIs You can advance arboricu''u.
W. ond nrr,st this dcathful iconociaSn OF -
no ' t.'Iari,.an forests You can put plttyIe
"a. s.',Inture into tho niche OF to- a.
ID academy, You can end}p~ ,dt pubic sac ,
,ss can stocking a thouSn college. You fld
sin winter frost. YdY bare feet from the no
is- can pun u YIN build "a church You nsl
d! iorei;,h @gstonary of Christ on that OF
the A rye. You ean help rnnsom world. 9
g,tFi4 n
II me how much good James Lehox or u TIT
Gorge Peabody or II P@ter Cooper or cs!
lillian L. Dodge did while living, or is TOT
,inl, now that be- is dead? There Is not tsS
ty. town or neighborhood that has not nd
orous specim ms o consscratei wealth.; ian
But suppose YOU grind tho face Of tho ili'
,ot Suppose when mans wages are duo aul
III maze him wait for them because he can Oh
It help himself. Suppose that. b cause his i.0
mjy is sick and he has had extra expenses. |
should politely ask you to RAISE his wages in
r this year aud You roughly tell him ii no lr
ants n better pIace to so and get 1t. sup Ike
lsA by your mInHer YOU act as though ne ~ 2
ctt nothing AMI YOU were everything. sup )u
)se YOU are selfish and overbearnG and ar nal
,gaut. Your first name ought 10 be Attia Pur
A YOUR asst name Attla, because you are rod
le star Wormwoo3. and you have imblttered lle
le-thira if not three thirds of the waters res
lat roll pat your emolovos and operatives al
nd dependents and associates. ana the long Gil
ne OF carriages which the undertaken orders I'll
II your funeral, in order to make the occa- wi
on respectable. will be- filled with twice Is iii
AMY dry fearless eyes Us there arc persons co
,cupYrG them. les
There is an erroneous idea abroad that de
lere are only Il few ganiuseS. There are OF
liIions OF them-that is. men and women ea
no have especial adaptation and quicknes5 hH
Dr GONE one thing. 1t may be great: it may lIl
e snail. the circle may be like the circum- mi
yrenee of the earth OF no larger than II thin an
le. Thore are thousands of geniuSes, an en-
\ some one thing you are star. what bt
ind of Il star are you? You will be in this a;
rorid but Il few minutes. AS compared with til
ternity the stay OF the longest life on earth Sc
not more than Il minute. What are we We
ding with that minute? Are we mbittcrins ru
ne domestic or social or political fountains, ca
r are we like Moses who, when the lSra9liteS w
A the wilderness complained that the waters in
t Lake Marah We're bitter and they could be
ot drink them, cut off the branch OF n GER tn
ain tree and threw that branch into the W
,ater and it became sweet aud sakoi the m
hirst Of the suffering host? Ara we with u h;
ranch of the Tree of Life sweetening all the hi
rackish fountains that we can touch? tIl
Dear Lord, send us all out on that mission. e
Ill around US imbittered lives-ilabit Tia
cred by prosecution imbittered by hyper -.
riticism, imbittered by poverty IN al
1tltEcu ny PAM lulbillcItd W ipIiSti-'' III
by sin. Why not go forth and or
weeten them by smile, by inspiring words, al
" benefactions, by hearty counsel, by prayer ii
y eospeiized behavior? Let US remember St
hat if we are NORWOOD TO others we are III
to ourselves, and our life will be M
litter and our eternity btterer. The gospel II,
# Jesus Christ is the only sweetening power
hat is sufficient. 1t sweetens the disposj-
ion. 1t sweetens the manners |. sweeteus
ife. 1t sWeetens mysterious provdences
sWeetens Affections. 1t sWeetenS death t.
t sweetens everything. l have heard peo-
lie asked in social company III you could
lave three wishes gratiied what would your
hree wishes be?' If 1 could have three 81
wishes met tEis morning. tell you what &
hey would be: l. More of the grace of God VI
/. More of the grace of God. 3. More OF tho O.
race of God. In the dooryard OF my 81
'rother John, missionary in Annoy, China u
here was tree called the emperor tree, the Ill
wo characteristics of which are that 1t al
Ways grows higher than its surround 10
ngs, and its leaves take the form OF III
rown. If this emperor tree be planted III
~ a rosebush, it grows n little higher 81
han the bush and spreads out above it u d
rown. If it be planted by the side Of an Il
,ther tree it grows a little higher than that N
rec and spreads above it u crown. Would as
Tod that this religion of Christ, more Won OF
iprYul empprOr free nniOht ovprqbndom all | 90