Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

bar Us from the good days" that we long to see; that t'mai fri.t=Ted away in trifiing pursuits CT vain Iegre-s is . species of robbery ce One whC dos nos deny His childTel rational pleasure, i but does expect to behold in tn m some
 results from his generosity and "a
 tience. and that he precious mcm9nts
 of a lifetime, far tC0 shcTt t0 acccm- plish all that we may properly desre, 1 be net inccnsiderately wasted, even i though they be not spent in ways that are harmful 10 ourselves and others.
 Refrain thy tCngus from eviP' is n needless advice in many 2 community
 which. from it's narrow limits, forc7s upon us the affairs Of cur neightOrs as the topic Of conversation. The intare7ts of these who live nearby easily gid from pleasant inquiries and g7n-al r2- marks into gossip and detractiO1, neVec failing if followed too eagerly to en- gender unlCvely dispcsitiCns 10th in these who tell and in those wlo listen. Ncr can Chr:2t's ccmmendation of NathanaeI as enc ''in whcm is no guile always be applied to people who m1k9 beast of plain speaking and Of mo- Ike 7p- ing back anything which they kn-w or believe to be true. It cannot b. said o1 one who does net refrain "h;s lips, th2t they speak no guile" Guilelessness Is freedom from deceit Is il fr2ed-m from deceit to circulate our neighb1r's faults? Or does nC,- tl3 legal adaga, "the greater the truth the er5 atsr the error." held good when an UncCrr-cted impression is put forth or accep ed upon the basis Cf an assertion not fully supported?
 Shun evil, do gccd, se-k peece and follow after it until you succeed in gaining it for yourself and promoting it among all men.
 With such a duty before US S the securing of eternal peace, Wilh t1e many opportunities we shall share for increasing the glCry Of GCd and the welfare of cur common humanity, who can say that the world, the church, the individual, are as gCcd as they be as long as inuumerab1e forms O human sin cry out fer corr T9ctiOn, as Ing as truth remains tc be krown or the jus tice, the goodness and the m7rcy of God are 10 be proclaimed?
 Or who can say that life is q blank and time a burden when a slignt ac- qt.aintance with the condition Cf soci- ety and the lives Of working people show violation cf primary laws desc cratjon of natural bonds and an array of evil that will easily affCrd salntly tasks for all who dream life away, if only they themselvcs be hoy and true?
 Both they who think the best and they whCi believe the worst O. the W-rid in which we are placed know, as 3 rula, little by actual contact C3 what takes place around CT below them; c herwis2 their opinions would be greatly nOdi- 1 fed A knowledge Of human na uHs t found in books will enable us to cppre- ciate hcw far from coDplG,e is the amelioraticn Of the world and arouse us to a sense of the obligation not only, ! but the privilege cf min 'srering to all who need -ur assistance for better liv- ing here and happiness hereafter.
 We may well begin the n=w ysar with the admoni.ion, Stir up ths gift Of God which is in thce," and fCllcW this up by a watchful and sympathetic interest in cur,fa!I IOw-men.
 Some persons are so devotional they have not one bit of true religion in