The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-09-17

but the grace OF God can sublimeIy
lift you into it II, when under the
flashes OF the Holy Ghost, we see our
own foibles and defects aud depravi-
tea we will be very lenient and very
easy with others We will look into
their characters for things commenda-
tory and not damnstory. II you
would rub your own eye a little more
vigorously you would find a mote in 1t,
the extraction Of which would keep
you so busy you would not have much
time 10 shoulder your broad-ax and 90
fourth TO split up the beam in your
neighbours eye. In a Christian spirit
keep on exploring the characters of
those you meet and an sur you will
End something in them fit for q
foundation OF friendlinesA This Is
the way the world talks: l put my
name on the back Of q mans note, and
/ had 70 pay II, and ! will never again
put my name on the back of any mans
note. / gave a beggar ten cents, and
in Eve minutes after / sa him enter
ing q liquor store TO spend It / will
never again give q cent TO a beggar.
/ helped that young man start in bust
ness. and 10, after awhile, he came and
opened q store almost next door 10 me,
and stole my customers / will never
again help q young man 70 start in
business. trusted in what my neigh
Dor promised TO do, and he broke his
word. and the Psalmist was right be-
fore he corrected himself, for 'all men
arc liars" So men become suspi-
cious and saturnine, and selfish,
and at every additional wrong done
them they put another layer on the
wall Of their exclusiveness, and another
bolt TO the door that shuts them out
from sympathy with the world. They
get cheated out OF a 81, 900, or misin-
terpreted, or disappointed, or betrayed,
and higher goes the wall, and faster
goes another bolt not realizing that
while they lock others out they lock
themselves In; and some day they wake
up 10 find themselves imprisoned for
q ~dRstardly habit No friends "a
others, sothers no friends TO them.
There's an island half way between
England, Scotland and Ireland, called
the Isle Of Man, and the seas dash
against all sides OF II, and l am told
there is no more lovely place than tina,
Isle OF Man; but when q man becomes
insular In his disposition, and cuts
himself off from the mainland Of the
worlds sympathies, he 10 despicable,
and all around him Is an Atlantic
ocean Of selhshnesA Behold that Isle
Of Man.
Now, supposing that you have, By
4 divine regeneration, got right 10
ward God and humanity, and yot
started out To practice my text "a
man that hath friends must show
himself friendly" Fulfill this By al
forms Of appropriate salutation. Havl
you noticed that the head Is so polset
that the easiest thing on earth is I,
give a nod OF recognitIon2 To swim,
) the head from side 10 side, as when /
} is wagged In derision, is Immature
and unpleasant; 10 throw II back in
Vites vertigo; but TO drop the chin II
greeting Is accompanied with so littl
eIertion that all day long. and ever,
day, you might practice II without tn
least ssmblance Of fatigue. 80, also
the structure Of the hand indicate
Misunderstanding; the knuokles not mad
so that the fingers can turn out, bu
80 made that the fingers can turn In
as In claspiug hands; and the thum'
d!-ided from and set hloof from tn
. fingers, so that, while the fingers talk
! your neighbours hand on one side, tn
. thumb takes II on the other, an
. pressed together, all the faculties q
Z the hand give emphasis TO the saluti
tion. Five sermons in every health
! hand urge us TO hand-shaking.
: We want something like that spirI
Of sacrifice for others which was see
in the English channel. where, In III
? storm, q boat containing three me
was upset, and all three were In III
! water struggling for their lives.
boat came 70 their relief, and a rop
was thrown 10 one Of them, and he r,
: fused TO take It. saying: First ding
: TO Tom: he is Just ready TO go dow
+ ! can last some time longer" A mn
like that, be he sailor or landsman,
4 he In upper ranks Of society or low,
4 ranks, will always have plenty {
n friends What is true MAYNARD
u true 0odwArd. We must be III
friends Of God II we want Him to |
}, ! onE friend, We CANNOT treat chrii