The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-01-13
sREsT in OTHERS
nage Portrays Two Kindo
of Busybodies.
az EVIL Speech of Some PeO-
byy We Mny Have n Ben-
n mt Interest in the Az
fairs of Others.
,ht. 1900, by Louis Klopsch.1
Washington,

..|A kbould interest ourselves in
i ,4s,$s of others for their benefit,
81 Etef for their damage. Text,
4 Sf &:15: "a busybody in other
8 uAtters."
,I.&.| nature is the same in all
III the second century of the
"a tkistence people had the same
2sistics as people in the nine
{ \ injury, the only difference be-
I'M. fhey had the characteristics
4. i3nrer time. 1t was 500 years
ao.ness or 500 years of meanness
IA IA goodness or meanness for
* S0 years. Well, Simon Peter,
..4t "A keen observer of what was
\ 6n around him, one day caught
( af \ man whose characteristics
! tAVere inspection and blatant
M tnl of the affairs belonging to
Ia P6r whom he had no RESPONSE
(. nfd with the hand once Drowned
lIardened by fishing tackle drew
noftfait for all subsequent ages:
in other mems matters"
III lfind of person has been a
I{Ie maker in every country since
World stood. Appointing himself
Ne Work of exploration and detec-
~ hoes forth mischief making.
eenttally begins by reporting the
|In.ff discovered. He is the adver-
d. Hoent of infirmities and domes-
IA Iiltfmony and occurrences that
fof him would never have come
rs bssblic eve or ear. He feels that
.stfet ought to be hauled out into
ana heralded. If he can get one
Df ii into the newspapers, that he
AZ he a noble achievement to
(. sYiBIs But he must not let it
\ Tia Whispers it to his neighbors,
tliHy n turn whisper it to their
hbxfk& until the whole town is
W ann agog. You can no more
b II 81 put it down than you can
& {Hii1S 1t is in the air and on the
& dHd afloat. Taken by itself it
as All little Importance, but after
|n3Fed people have handled it ard
hBs given it an additional twist
b60ines a story in size and shape
keIous. If it can be kept going,
I ,EMhile it will be large enough to
ltIA attention of the courts or the
bV<eries or conferences or associ-
lis. The most of the scandals
,41 IRE the work of the one whom
Il ia the text styles ga busybody in
Il mems matters"
fst notice that such mission is
{ undesirable, because we all re-
4 NlE the time we can get to take
0f bur own affairs. To carry orr
M Through the treacherous straits
hix life demands that we all the
IFeep our hand on the wheel of
tsFn craft. While, as l shall show
bff4re I get through, we all have
i&Ni0n of kindness to others, we
i. n0E time to waste in doing that
ia Al damaging to others.
Sereis our worldly calling which
4 baAlooked after or it will become
iiuFe. Who succeeds in anything
lo5if cor centratirg all his energies
i that one thing: All those who
to do many things go to pieces,
81 dill to health or their fortune.
7 ai pn until they pay ten cents on
d0llNi. or. pay their body into the
W Ne cannot manage the affairs
iihefs and keep our own affairs
|pffons. While we are inquiring
Ilftearious is the business Of an
n Merchant and finding out Row
x Nptes he has unpaid and how
{ hk will probably be wound up or
u 8iil assignment or hear the sher-
hammer smite his counter our
8ifairs are getting mixed up and
|lSReFed. While we are criticising
NeiShbor for his poor crops we
4sSiect;ng the fertilization Of our
Hflds or allowing the weeds to
Il cur own corn. While we are try
f9 extract the mote from our
hbpf's eye we fall under the
HE Df the beam in our own eye.
* men disturbed by the faults of
as Are themselves the depot at
u Whole trains of faults arrive
7I6h which whole trains of faults
The men who have succeeded
sHQlar things or religious things
tfsl you that they have no time
out the deficits of others.
sl|e way to their counting-room
Hlhy have heard that firm in
sAi'e line of business was in trou-
Ns'1 they said: Sorry, very sor-
bud they went in cEd sat doHn
fNiF table and opened the book
niahg full statement of their
rs p see if they were in peril Of
I eeught in a similar cyclone.
|Hders about town, with hands in
let's and hats set far back on the
1 Waiting TO hear baleful news, are
|teS now or will be failures. Chris
Iotn and women who go round
Hputh and looks full of interro-
% points to find how some other
'fn member is given to exaggera-
"a drinks too much or neglects
apme for greater outside attrac-
lave themselves So little grace
e'1 hearts that no one suspects
& any. In proportion as people
ecrated and holy and useful
lenient with others and dis
say: "Wait until we hear the
side of that matter. 1 cannot
that charge made against that
woman until we have some
testimony than that given by
candal mongers. I guess it is
is 1t that you can always find
Unions about anyone and those
fEI mons exactly opposite? 1 will
CH the reason. 1t is because there
|4p sides to every characteristic
zide and the worst side. A we'll
'sed man chiefly seeks the best