Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-03-02
INTEREST IN OTHERS
Dr.. Talmage Portrays Two Kinds
Of Busybodies
rhe Gift Of EVIL speech OF Some PeO-
pi--How We May Have "a lem
evolent interest In the Az
fairs OF Stnsrs.
copyright. 1890. by Louis Klopsch.l

Washing
In this discourse DR.. Talmage shows
bow we should interest ourselves in
the affairs of others for their benefit,
but never for their damage. Text,
Peter. 4:15: "A busybody in other
mems matters"
Human nature is the same In all
ages. In the second century of the
worlds existence people had the same
characteristics as people in the nine
tenth century, the only difference be-
ing that they had the characteristics
for longer time. 1t was 500 years
of goodness or 400 years of meanness
instead of goodness or meanness for
40 or so years. Wen, Simon Peter,
who was keen observer of what was
going on around him, one day caught
sight of a man whose characteristics
were severe inspection and blatant
criticism of the affairs belonging to
people for whom he had no RESPONSE.
bility, and with the hand once Drowned
and hardened by fishing tackle drew
this portrait for all subsequent ages:
"A busybody in other mems matters"
That kind of person has been a
trouble maker in every country since
the world stood. Appointing himself
TO the work of exploration and detec.
ton, he goes forth mischief making.
he generally begins by reporting the
infelicity discovered. He is the adver-
Using agent of intirmit:es and domes-
tic inharmony and occurrences that
but for him would never have come
TO the public eye or ear. He feels that
The secret ought to be hauled out into
light and heralded. If he can get one
line of il into the newspapers, That he
| feels to be a noble achievement TO
stop. He whispers it to his neighbors,
and they in turn whisper il to their
neighGors, until the whole town is
a-buzZ and agog. You can no more
catch it or put it down than you can
q malaria. 1t is in the air and on the
wing ard ahoat. Taken by itself II
seems of little importance, but after
hundred people have handled it and
each has given It an additional twist
II becomes story in size and shape
marvellous. If ii can be kept going
after awhile il will bc large enough 10
call the attention of the courts or the
presbyteries or conferences or associ'
atoms. The most of the scandals
| 4 Al. A.. - ho rh1,
Peter in the text styles "a busybody in
other mems matters"
First, notice that such a mission Is
most undesirable, because we all re-
quire al! the time we can get to take
care of our own affairs. TO carry orr
selves through the treacherous straits
of this life demands that we all the
time keep our hand on the wheel OF
you before ! get through, we all have
mission of kindness TO others. we
have no time to waste in doing thai
which is damaging to others.
There is our worldly calling which
must be looked after or it will become
failure. Who succeeds in anything
without concentrating all his energlc!
upon that one thing? All those who
try to do many things go to pieces
either as to health or their fortune
| They 60 on until they pay ten cents Of
the dollar or pay their body into thu
grave. We cannot manage the affairs
i Of others and keep our own affairs
prosperous. While we are inquirint
low precarious is the business Of an
| other merchant and finding out how
many notes he has unpaid and how
soon he will probably be wound up o
q make an assignment or hear the sher
ifs hammer smite his counter on
2 own affairs are getting mixed up ant
. endangered. While we are criticism.
our neighbor for his poor crops W
I are neglecting the fertilization of on
own fields or allowing the weeds Il
choke cur own corn. While we are try
ing to extract the mote from on
neighbours eye we fall under tn
weight of the beam in our own eye
Those men disturbed by the faults o
others are themselves the depot a
which whole trains OF faults arriv
and from which whole trains of fault
start. The men who have succeeds
III secular things or religious thing
: will tell you that they have no tim
: for hunting out the deficits Of Others
! On the way to their counting-roor
j. they may have heard that a firm /
the same line of business was in tror
0 tie, ard they said: sorry, very sol
ry," bu, they went in end sat dos
j at their table and opened the boo
I containing full statement of thei
Affairs to see If they were in peril c
being caught in a similar cyclone.
: Gadders about town, with hands !
! pockets and hats set far back on tn
head, waiting to hear baleful news, ar
y failures now or will be failures. Chris
r tan men and women who 60 roun
e with mouth and looks full of interrt
cation points to find how some othe
church member is given to exaggert
! ton or drinks too much or neglect
u his home for greater outside attra'
Il tiops have themselves SO little grac
: In their hearts that no one suspect
!, they have any. In proportion rs Poop
o are consecrated and holy and usefl
, they are lenient with others and di
4 posed 10 say: wait until we hear til
& other side OF that matter. cannc
believe that charge made against thu
man or woman until we have SON
|. better testimony than that given b
:. these scandal mongers. guess il
a q lie"
p How is 1t that you can always fin
r two opinions about anyone and tho'
d two opinions exactly opposite? wi