The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-11

LOT IlS ncdltn anu one Jay SAT sun
ming himself on the beach when he
saw something crawling up the beach,
wriggling toward him, and he was at
frighted. He thought it was a wild
beast or reptile, and he took his pis-
tol from his pocket. Then he saw it
was not a wild beast. It was man,
an immortal man, a man made in Gods
own image, and the poor wretch
crawled up to the feet of the invalid
and asked for strong drink, and the in
| valid took his wine flask from his
pocket and gave the poor wretch some
thing to drink, and then under the
stimulus he rose up and gave his his
tory. He had been a merchant in Glas-
gov, Scotland. He had gone down un-
der the power of strong drink until he
was SO reduced in poverty that he was
living in boat just off the beach.
| Why said the invalid, 81 knew a
| merchant in Glasgow once, a merchant
of such and such name" And the
poor wretch Strengthened himself and
said: II am that man. Let him
that thinketh he standeth take heed
lest he fall"
IA WI CSUICI was 81 civ lOuS Ol lHcOS-
eneS, the prince of wreStlerS. that he
| could not be consoled in any way;
| and after Theogenes died and a statue
was lifted to him in a public place
his envious antagonist went out every
night and wrestled with the statue,
until one night he threw it, and it
fell on him and crushed him to death.
So jealousy is not only absurd, but it
is killing to the body, and it is kill
ing to the soul. How seldom it is you
find one merchant speaking well of
merchant in the same line of business.
How seldom it is you hear a physician
speaking we'll of physician on the
same block. Oh, my friends, the world
is large enough for all of us. Let us
rejoice at the success of others.
Besides that. if we do not get as
much honor and as much attention as
others, we ought to congratulate our
selves on what we escape in the way
of assault. The French general riding
on horseback at the head of his troops
heard soldier complain and say: ut
is very easy for the general to command
us forward while he rides and we walk
PEELED the complaining soldier to get
on the horse. Coming through "a
vine, bullet from a sharpshooter
struck the rider, and he fell dead Then
the general said: "How much safer it
is to walk than to rider
Once more 1 have to. tell you that
this senior brother of my text stands
for the pouting Christians. While there
is so much congrat ula ton within doors,
the hero of my text stands outside,
the corners of his mouth drawn down,
looking as he felt-miserable., I AMI
glad his lugubrious physiognomy did
not spoil the festivity Within. HOW
many pouting Christians there are In
our day-Christians who do'net like the
music of the churches, Christians who
90 not like the hilarities of the young
pouting, pointing. pouting at society
pouting at the fashions, pouting at the
newspapers, pouting at the church.
pouting at the government, pouting at
High Heaven. Their spleen is too large,
their liver does not work, their diges
ton is broken down. There are two
cruets in the caster always sure to be
well upplied-vinegar and red peppert
Oh, come away from that mood. Stir
a little saccharin into your disposition.
While you avoid the dissoluteness of the
younger son, avoid also the Feasibility
and the petulance and the pouting
spirit of the elder son, and initiate the
father. who had embraces for the re-
turning prodigal and coaXing words
for the splentic malcontent..
All. the face of this pouting elder som
is put before us in order that we might
better see the radiant and forgiving
face of the Father. Contrasts are
| mighty. The artist, in sketching the
| field of Waterloo years after the battle,
put u dove in the mouth of the cannon.
Raphael, in one of his cartoons, beside
| the face of a wretch put the face of a
happy and innocent child And so the
sour face of this irascib,e and disguised
elder brother is brought cut in order
| that in the contrast we might better
understand the forgiving and radiant
| face of God. That is the meaning of it
that God is ready to take back any
| body that is sorry, to take him clear
back, to take him back forever and for
| ever and forever. to take him back with
d loving hug. to put a kiss on his parched
| lip. a ring on his bloated hand, an easy
/ shoe on his chafed foot, a garland on