Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-03-02

see the best side, for it is healthier for
us to do so and stirs admiration, which
is an elevated state, while the desire
to find the worst side keeps one in a
spirit of disquietude and disgust and
mean suspicion, and that is pulling
down of our own nature, a dishgure-
ment of our own character. am
afraid the imperfections of Others will
kill us yet.
The habit deplore is apt TO show
itself in the visage. A kindly man
who wishes every body well soon dem
onstrates his disposition in his looks.
His features may fracture all the laws
of handsome physiognomy, but God
puts into that mans eyes and in the
curve of his nostril and in the upper
and lower lip the signature of Divine
approval. And you see it at glance,
as plainly as though it had been writ
ten all over his face in rose color:
This is one of my princes. He is on
the way to the coronation. ! bless him
now with all the benedictions that In
finity can afford. Look at him. Ad-
mire him. Congratulate him."
On the other hand, If one be cynical
about the character of others and
chiefly observant OF defects and glad
to find something wrong in character,
the fact is apt to be demonstrated In
his looks. However regular his fea-
lures, and though constructed accord
ing to the laws of Kaspar Lavater, his
visage is sour. He may smile, but 1t
is a sour smile. There is a sneer In
the imitation of the nostril. There Is a
mean curvature to the lip. There Is .
bad look in the eye. The devil OF
sarcasm and malevolence and suspi-
cion has taken possession of him. and
you see 1t as plainly as though from
the hair line of the forehead to the
lowest point in the round of his chin
it were written: Mine! Mine! L,
the demon of the pit, have soured his
visage with my curse. Look at him!
lie chose q diet of carrion. He gloated
over the misdeeds of others. 1t took
all my internal engineery to make him
what he is-'a busybcAy in other mems
matters"
The slanderer almost always at
tempts to escape the scandal he is re-
sponsible for When in lT4l John Yves
ley was preaching at Bristol and show
ing what reason he had to trust in the
Captain of His Salvation hearer cried
out: "Who was your captain when
you hanged yourself? know the man
who saw you when you were cut
down." John Wesley asked the audi
ence to make room and let the Sian
| derer come to the front. but when thu
way was open the slanderer. instent
of coming forward, fled the room. The
author or distributor of ISLANDERS never
wants to face his work.
On the day OF Pentecost there were
people endowed with what was called
the gift of tongues" and they spak'
for God in many languages. But there
are people in our time who seem tC
have the gift of evil tongues, ant
there is no end to their ubiquitous CAB
BILE. Every city, village and neighbor
hood of the earth has had driver
through it these scavenger carts
When anything is said to you defam
atory of the character of others, imi
tate Joseph John Quincy, of England
who, when bad report was brough
to him concerning anybody, asked
"Dost thou know any good thing Il
tell us concerning her? Since there II
no good to relate, would it not b,
kinder to be silent on the evil? Char
ity rejoiceth not in iniquity."
But there is worthy and Christian
way of looking abroad upon Others
rot for the purpose of bringing then
to disadvantage or advertising thei
weaknesses or putting in great prim
err" or paragon" type their frailties
but to offer help, sympathy and res
cue. That is Christlike, and he VIII
does so wins the applause of the higl
heavens. Just look abroad for the pee
pie who have made great mistakes an
put big plaster of coincidence o.
their decorations. Such people ar
never sympathized with, althoug
they need an infnity of solace. Dc
nestle mistakes. Social mistakes. Ec
clesiastical mistakes. Political mis-
takes. The world has for such onl
iocosity and gesture Of deploratior
There is an unoccupied field for yor
my brother. No one has been there
Take your case of medicines and G
there and ask them where they ar
hurt and apply divine medicament.
There is public man who has mad
n political mistake from which he wi
never recover. At the next election
be will be put back and put down il
to place of disapproval from whic
he will never rise. Just go to tha
man and unroll the scroll of 100 sper
lid Americans who, after occupyin
high places Of promotion, were rel,
gated to private life and public scorl
Show him in what glorious compan
he has been placed by the anathen
of the ballot box.
II you are rightly interested in oil
er mems matters, go to those who al
just starting in their occupations {
professions and give them boos
Those old physicians do not want yor
help, for they are surrounded wit
more patients than they can attend t.
but cheer those young doctors VIII
are counting out their first drops
patients who cannot afford TO pa,
Those old attorneys at the law war
no help from you, for they take r.
tainers only from the more prospe
GUS clients, but cheer those young a
torneys who have not had a brief {
: all lucrative. Those old merchar'
have their business so well establishe
that they feel independent Of bank
of all changes In tariffs. Of all panic
but cheer those young merchants VT