The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-03-13

krs. In other wos3s there Il no virulence
that can hinder my text from coming
true. "A man that hath friends must show
himself friendly
II = my ambition to pro5ecs especially
upon the young thought wAicA may BE-
nignly shape their destiny for the here
and the hereafter. Bef5re you show yorr-
sell friendly you must b. fiisBdiy. | do
not recommend a drsmatized genisiity.
There r. such a thing as preterdiug 10 b.
en- rapport with Others. WREN We are tnelr
q re deEfrucfant and TAX eg8irSt them
and wish them calamity. Judas covered
co his trsSchsry b. a reS0uEdinz Kiss.
and caresses may - dem9nlscaL Better
the r1y1holoRlc8l Cerberus, the three
headed dog of hell barking at -, than
the wof IN sheep's cl0ihlpg. its brindlsd
hide covered 90 by deceptive wooi. ana
It's deathfUi howl csdenced into an inBo-
Manfred, whO after comm tting many
outraEez upon the people. seemed sudden
- 70 become fr endiy. and invited them
10 a banquet Af,er most OF the courses
o. food had been served he blew a horn,
which Vas In those times signal for the
servants TO bring on the dessert, but in
lhis case h was the signal for assass.ns
10 enter and stay the guests His pre-
tended fr4endlineas Was z cruel fraud, and
there are now people whose smile Is 4
falsehOOd
Charity l. Essential.
Before you begin to show yourself
friendly you must b. friendly. Get your
heart right with God and man. and this
grace VIII become easy. You may by
your own resolution get your nature into
a semblauce of this virtue. but the grace
% God can subhmeiy lift you into il.
Sailing on the river Thames two vessels
ran aground. The owners Of one got one
hundred horzes. and pulled on the ground
ed ship. and pf,ed II TO pieces. The
owners OF the other grounded vessel walt
ed tlll the tides came in, and easily foate1
the ship out OF all trouble. so We may
pull and haul al our grounded human na-
ture. end try 10 get II into better condi-
tlonY but there is nothing like the oceanic
tides Of Gods uplifting grace. II. when
under the fash Of the Holy Ghost. we
see our own fOibles and defects and de-
pravities. we will be very lenIent, and
very easy with others. We viii look into
their characters for things commenda-
tory. and not damnatory. IL you would
rub your own eye little more vigorously
YOU would find mote in IL, the extraction
Of which would keep you 30 busy you
would not have much time TO shoulder
yoJr broadax, and go forth 10 split up the
beam in your Es.ghbOr's eye. In Chris
tIan spirit keep on exploring the charac-
ters OF those you meet, and | en- sure
you will find something in them fit for
foundation of friendiiness.
You invite me TO come TO your country
seat and spend a few days. Thank youi
arrive about noon Of beautiful sum
mer day. What do you do? AS soon as I
A. Flzna ffaI
OF the great elms. You take me down 10
the artificial lake, the spotted trout float
ing In and out among the white pillars OF
the pond lilies. You take me to the stalls
and kennels where you keep your fine
stock. and here are the Durham cattle
and the Gordon settlers; and the high
stepping steeds, by paving and neighing.
the only language they can speak, asking
for harness or saddle, and short turn
down the road. Then we go back TO the
house. and you get me in the right light,
and show me the Kensetts and the Bier
stadts on The wall. and take me into The
mUsic-room and show me the bird cages.
the canaries in the bay-window answering
the robins in the treetOps. Thank you!
never enjoyed myself more in the same
length of time.
Look for Sirfues, Net Faults.
Now. why do We not do so with the
characters of others. and show the bloom
and the music and the bright fountains?
No We say, Come along, and let ne
show you that mans character. Here is
a green-scummed frog-pond. and there's a
filthy cellar and l guess under that hedge
there must be a black snake. Come. and
let us for an hour or two regale ourselves
with the nuisances.'
"Oh, my friends, better cover up the
faults and extol the virtues; and this
IA n lig cd of,
illness will become as easy as it is for a
syringa 10 food the air with sweetness, as
easy as 1t will be further on in the season
for a quail 10 whistle up from the grass
When we hear something bad about some
body whom We always supposed to be
good, take out your lead pencil and say.
Let me seei Before | accept that baleful
story against that mans character, / will
take off from it % per cent. for the habit
of exaggeration which belongs 10 the man
VINO first told the story; then l will take
off . per cent. for the additions which the
spirit Of gossip in every community has
put upon the original story; then / will
take off % per cent. from the fact that the
man may have been put into circum-
stances Of overpowering temptation. So
l have taken off 20 per cent. But | have
not heard his side OF the story at all, and
for that reason J take off the remaining
p per cent. Excuse me, sir, / don't be-
lieYe a word of it,
But here comes in a defective maxim.
so often quoted: Where there is so
much smoke there must be some fire
Look at ali the smoke for years around
JenneT, the introducer of yaccina tion; and
the smoke around Columbus, the discoy-
erer: and the smoke around Martin
Luther. and Savonarola, and Galilee and
Paul, and John, and tell me where was
the fire! That is one o. the satanic arts
To make smoke without fire Slander.
like lie world, may be made out of moth
ing. If the Christian. fair-minded, COM
mOn-sensical spirit in regard TO others
pTedOminated in the world we should
have the millennium in about six weeks,