Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-10
EXTOL THE VIRTUES.
AND COVER THE FAULTS, SAYS REV.
DR.. TAlMAGE.

The Man That Hath Friends Must Show
Himself Friendly-Five Sermons In Ev-
cry Healthy Handmade.
Copyright. 1893. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE obtain.
ing OF good friends, which most look
upon as q matter Of happy accident, DR..
Talmage in this sermon shows to be q
matter Of intelligent selection; text,
Proverbs xviii, "a, IA man that hath
friends must show himself friendly"
About the sacred and divine art of
making and keeping friends speak-a
subject on which l never heard of any
one preaching-and yet God thought 1t
Of enough Importance to put 1t in the
middle of the Bible, these writings Of
Solomon, bounded on one side by the
popular psalms of David and on the
other by the writings Of Isaiah, the
greatest of the prophets. It seems all a
matter of haphazard how many friends
we have or whether we have any friends
ut all, but there ia nothing accidental
nbout it. There is law which governs
the accretion and dispersion Of friend
ships. They did not lust happen So
any more than the tides just happen to
rise or fall, or the sun just happens to
rise or set. 1t is science, an art, a
God given regulation.
Tell me how friendly you are to 9th
ers, and will tell you how friendly
others are to you. do not say you
will not have enemies. Indeed, the best
way to get ardent friends is to have ar.
dent enemies if you get their enmity In
doing the right thing. Good men and
women will always have enemies, be-
cause their goodness is perpetual re-
buke to evil, but this antagonism Of
foes will make more intense the love Of
your adherents. Your friends will gath
er closer around you because of the at
tacks of your assailants. The more your
enemies abuse you the better your coad-
tutors will think of you.
Unjust Assault Multiplies Friends.
The best friends we have ever had ap-
peared at some juncture when we were
especially bonn barded. There have been
times in my life when unjust assault
multiplied my friends, as near as l
could calculate, about 80 minute.
You are bound to some people by many
cords that neither time nor eternity can
break, and will warrant that many Of
those cords were twisted by hands ma
levolent Human nature was shipwreck-
ed about 80 centuries ago, the captain
of that craft, one Adam, and his first
mate running the famous cargo aground
on snag in the river Hiddekel, but
there was at least one good trait of hu-
man nature that waded safely ashore
from that shipwreck, and that is the
disposition to take the part of those un-
fairly dealt with When 1t is thorough
ly demonstrated that some one is being
persecuted, although at the start Sian.
derous tongues were busy enough, de-
Tenders finally gather around as thick
as honeybees on trellis OF bruised
honeysucklc.
If, when set upon by the furies, you
can have grace enough to keep your
mouth shut md preserve your equipoise
and let others fight your battles, you
will find yourself after awhile with a
whole Gordon Of allies. Had not the
world given to Christ on his arrival al
Palestine very cold shoulder. there
would not have been one-haf as many
angels chanting glory out of the hymn.
books Of the sky, bound in black lids Of
midnight. Had itnot been for the heavy
and jagged and tortuous cross. Christ
would not have been the admired and
loved of more people than any being
who ever touched foot on either the
eastern or western hemisphere. Instead
therefore, Of giving up in despair be
cause YOU have enemies, rejoice IN thu
fact that they rally for you the mos
helpful and enthustiastio admirers. Ii
other words, there is no virulence tina
can hinder my text from coming true
IA man that hath friends must show
himself friendly"
1t is my ambition to project especial
" upon the young a thought whicf
may benignly shape their destiny To-
the here and the hereafter. Before yo'
show yourself friendly you must b
friendly. l do not recommend dram
atized eeniality There is such thin
AZ pretending to be Ell rapport with 9th
ers when we are their dire destructant
and talk against them and wish then
calamity. Judas covered up his treach
ery by a resounding kiss, and caresse
may be demoniacal. Better the mytno
logical Cerberus, the three headed DO
of hell, barking at us, than the VOL
in sheep's clothing, its brindled ma
covered up by deceptive wool ana IL
beautiful howl cadenced into an lnnc
cent bleating. Disraeli writes OF Lor
Manfred, who after committing man
ontrages upon the people, seemed sue
> denly to become friendly and invite
F. them to q banquet. After most OF tn
courses of food had been served he ble'
a horn which was in those times sle
: lal for the servants TO bring on the de
,ert. but in this case 1t was the slgn'
ror assassins to enter and Stay Gu
puests. His pretended friendliness WI
, a cruel fraud. and there are now peop
. whose smile is falsehood.
One Must BE Friendly.
o Before you begin to show yourse
:; friendly you must be friendly oel w.
v heart right with God aud man, and tn
grace will become easy. You may
!. vour own resolution get your natu'
d into a semblance of this virtue, but u
!. nrace Of God can sublimely lift you II
/. to it. Sailing on tho river Thames w
r. vessels ran aground. Tho owners ol % =,