The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-06-01


friends We write npon the sand their
virtues upon the ,atlsls Of love and
memory
Here IL a bic Of sermon 10 few
lines; 1.-THE three lessons TINT are al
the better for knowing that cheerful
ness can change misfortune into love
and friends; tina, Ia ordering ones SELF
Alright. Que helps others to do the same
and that the power Of iiuling beauty
In tie humblest things makes home
happy and life lovely"
sas
have often said that | dld not be.
licye there was any theory that could
net seemingly be proved by some quo
tatiou from the Bible Every sect uses
It for a foundation TO prove the pariic.
ular theory that forms the creed Of the
Church. read an aneedute short
time ago IN which = hen-peuked has-
baud. who was obliged TO assist IN the
homework and wipe he dishes, under
took TO prove how very unscripinFal his
wife was, for the Bible was fond Of com.
intending ihe puud housewife On many
occasions, but did mol recommend SIM
| liar wolk for the husband She proved
that be had read only nna side Of the
question, for IN II King - 10, Ihcrv
7 ;hi- TtTsr; Il viii wipe Jerusalem
as a man wipe,h q dish, wiping Il and
turning u upside down" No my the.
nfy has received additional proof.
go
Now that the school entertainments
are drawing 10 close, there il one
thing tina, ought to be mentioned, o.
that Il may be guarded against 10 the
future. When people attend M enter
tainmcni Il Is presumed they do il be-
cause they want to hear what goes on
On the stage in front Of them, and not
to hear the gable 81 a lot Of young
lpcoplc who ought 10 know better. II
was ms misfortune on recent occasion
to vi just 10 front Of group Of young
people, who talked from start Ia finish
OF lhays Dtcrtainmcui They belong TO
nice families. aud Thought hos yer,
much shocked and gricvCj their moth
ct, would be at such conduct. Last
Wednesday night, the talking was SO
pronounced ut the concert that Mr..
Eiscnberg vas obliged TO mention II.
DO, my dear Young friends, II YOU are
so full of talk, stay at home and talk,
and not 20 10 an entertainment to
which people have paid an admission
fee, aud deprive them Of their due.
| picked up a copy cf the ST. Louis
Christian Advocate Of this week, aud
In an editorial With the heading "'Iu.
scruiablc" the editor deals With this
very subject, and gave two recent ia
stances In which BE- was the unhappy
victim. II Is not meauucss, It is only
thoughtlcssncss, aud i 80 easily rem
cdicd by The good breeding which con-
slider, the rights Of other,
sos
Ella Wheeler Wilcox gives us this
selection for the scrap book
n Is easy enough "a BE- pleasant
when litr flows ai1ng IKE saHE.
uatii he man worth while - tho one wiio
will smile
when everything E1cs dead wrong,
Fnr the test of the heart & trpable.
And Il always comes with the y,1rs,
And the smile that IS worth th' praises Of
earth
Is the subtle that shines thuuyl tears.
II Is easy enough 10 Ne prudent
when nothing tenipis you 10 stray,
whom without or within no yolceoi sin
f. Turing your Hnul away
hut Is only a negative virtue
Untli u q tried ny nrc,
And the life that Is worth the honor Of earth
Is the one that rsis,s desire.
By the cynic. the sad. the fallen,
Who had no strength for the strife.
Tho worlds highway Is cuHsbcrcd today,
They make up thu item Of ilfr.
Hat the virtue that oonuuers passion.
! ANA tue hNftNN iuNt uIhfe ~ q hAhiAts
u Is these that arc worth the homage OF
earth.
Fur We INA them hut once In a while.
Speaking Of scrap books. | am a
2 work ON another one. Several years
, ago. when was III for several months.
the thought came to me. | was a pes
simist Of the deepest tint, and nothing
seemed to ckecr nc. could not read
much, but when came across little
thing that made me laugh, OF even for
= get my burdens, held on 10 Il. Then
! began TO watch for laughs, aud
have saved quite number, as well as
some Of my fayonte little poems.
? have selected n special sized book, and
2 am now completing it, and | think Il
will be calculated to drive away any lit
Of the "blue devils" that eomcs TO us
, all at times. am calculating, also,
10 share il with my friends who arc III
: and need s little cheer, for laughter j.
said to be good medicine. and often IN
/ sickness II Is the mind aud not the body
that needs treatment.