El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-19

port from school tell him 80. IT Annie
makes up the beds we'll, kiss her and
tell her what fine housekeeper she
will make. Her heart will sinx for s.
week on your sympathy. Whom do
you most love? Think minute. Are
they not those who sympathize most
with you and make you do your best!
Two girls start'out In life: One says
IN he dieniaed,: proud g o,hs will sa les
I'm be my own dear self. I'll cultivate
a natural reserve but | will sympathize
with people" The one is never liked,
the other is liked by all who know her.
You remem Der the little fellow who
hurt his finger, and with eyes wet with
tears he rushed into his fathers study
saying (holding up his hurt hngerl
"Look. papa, how 1 hurt my fnRer?'
swell Sonny, "said the busy father. Il
could not help it," The little fellow
papa. you might have said, Oh" Oh
sweet sympathy! Manly sympathy!
Wifely sympathy! Motherly sympathy!
Neighborly sympathy
Now Paul in this chapter is trying
| to show how God will enter human life
and transform .humap nature till the
so soul Cod Gia DO He the sh psrseo' that nis
the Christ life begotten in the soul
will cause to spring up naturally and
spon taneously, right conduct, and one
result will be beautiful sympathy for
| those that rejoice and weep.
Experience is q hard school. You
often hear it said, HE will learn only
by experience" But some experiences
are SO hard, so soul crushing. 1t is
no. at all necessary that we have these
hard experiences in order to learn. Ii
our sympathies are deep enough, this
will suffice. If we can say: IF this
| were my grief, my misfortune. my
wife. my child, my. suffering, 1--WE can
learn much. How often in my ministry
have heard people say to me when 1
wife or precious babe, "Ah, you can
not feel the anguish we feel. If you
had q babe, q wife to die then you
would feel the keenness of the blade"
True, brother, but not all true.
Whether can sympathize with you
even to tears and heartsches depends
not SO much in my having the same
experience as upon the depth of my
sympathies. / do not have to be
drunkard or q drunkard's wife to feel
the anguish of that home. But can i
say, "Oh, If had to pass through that
grief. that remorse, that humiliation"
A burglar once said to DR.. Conwell,
''My mother taught me TO steal all my
life. My parents said 1t was wrong
only when 1 was caught. Now they
are sending me to prison for twenty
one years" Then turning to DR..
Conwell he said. doctor, you would
be in prison if you we're brought up as
I have BEEN" Can you not sympashize
with that poor fellow: Oh
to look upon them as our brothers!
Oh to have heart large enough 10
enter into their experiences. A little
girl was once carrying baby boy who
was very heavy. Her back bent under
the burden. ''Is baby not heavy? 'said
gentleman, mo sir, she replied, "he
is my little brother" Loves burdens
are always light.
rejoice" You cannot be happy except
you are happy in Others Joy. If some
one gets prettier hat Easter than you
or prettier gown, do not say, Nasty
old thing" Rejoice with them that
do rejoice" See little girl with her
new Christmas doll. Oh how she
loves it! See her little mother
you happy? "Rejoice with them that
do rejoice Oh how it would make
this world CLEAN; Heavens very light
would come in on every side If we
would live in that spirit See bride
and groom how divinely they love each
other. Your hearts are touched and
your whole life seems to be covered
| VIII d ublO u JOY Do you Suher lu1
their happiness. Do not be Jealous or
envious. This is sure way to be I'M
happy. Rob no one of any healthful
joy. "Rejoice with them that do re-
joice".
1 preach the sweet, calm joyous
religion of Jesus Christ. He came to
set Joy bells ringing in every heart.
How full of sympathy is the Bible.
How many millions run to it as an ark
a fortress. and there apply the heal
ing balm. David weeping over b.
SALON has moved many hearts. The
good Samaritan has been showered
with ten thousand benedictions. There
are moments in which the angels song
at Bethlehem or the seraphic chorus
before the rainbow circled throne are
not half SO dear to us as the tears that
Jesus shed at Lazarus grave.
Loving God, all men forgiving,
Helping weaker souls to stand;
This is what makes life worth living,
Makes it noble. makes it grand"
Two Pointed Questions Answered.
What is the use of making a better
article than your competitor If you
cannot get a better price for it?
Ans.-As there is no difference in
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