The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-03-01
INTEREST IN OTHERS
n. rainage Portrays Two Kinds
of Busybodies
cir NJ Evil speech of Some PeO-
-,.-Hoy We May Have a Hem
.x.,ent Interest ini the AZ
fairs Of Others.
,ronvrieht, 1900, by Louis Klopsch.l
Washington

sropyright, 1900, by Louis kiopscn.I
Washington
!, this discourse DIR. Talmage shows
: x.w we should interest ourselves in
~ affairs of others for their benefit,
=. - never for their damage. Text,
p.ter AIS: ~ busybody in other
,,en's matters
Human nature is the same in all
.ers In the second century OF the
sorld'. existence people had the same
characteristics as people in the nine
zenith century, the only difference be-
,rg that they had the characteristics
a. a. . longer time. 1t was 500 years
z goodness or 500 years of meanness
instead Of goodness or meanness for
q Or so years. Well, Simon Peter,
.,ho Was a keen observer of what was
s.o;ne on around him, one day caught
s;eht Of man whose characteristics
xerc severe inspection and blatant
criticism Of the affairs belonging to
,,opIe for whom he had no responsi-
blity. and with the hand once Drowned
I'd hardened by fishing tackle drew
s,his portrait for all subsequent ages:
a busybody in other mems matters" !"
That kind of person has been a
trouble maker in every country since
;he world stood. Appointing himself
q the work OF exploration and detec-
tion, he goes forth mischief making.
EHe generally begins by reporting the
infelicity discovered. He is the adver-
Using agent of infirmities and domes-
tic inharmony and occurrences that
hut for him would never have come
10 the public eye or ear. He feels that
IL secret ought to be hauled out into
lisht and heralded. If he can get one
line of it into the newspapers, that he
feels to be a noble achievement to
start with. But he must not let it
3icp. He whispers it to his neighbors,
md they in turn whisper it to their
sa;ghb6rs, until the whole town is
abuzx and agog. You can no more
sztrh it or put it down than you can
] malsria. 1t is in the air ard on the
wing ard afloat. Taken b., itself It
1eems Of little Importance, but after
8 hundred people have handled it ard
eaeh has given it an additional twist
II becomes story in size and shape
soarvelous. If it can be kept going,
after awhile it will be large enough to
seall the attention of the courts or the
presbyteries or conferences or associ-
atoms. The most of the scandals
abroad are the work of the one whom
Pcter in the text styles "a busybody N
ether mems Matters
First, notice that such a mission is
mast undesirable, because we all re-
cure aE the time we can get to take
gre OF cur own affairs. To carry orr-
seives through the treacherous straits
M this life demands that we all the
TIT keep our hand on the wheel of
sur own craft. While, as / shall show
syos before | get through, we all have
Z mission Of kindness to others, we
aase no time to waste in doing that
Naich Is damaging to others.
ihere is our worldly calling which
!. Mast be looked after or it will become
: iaiiure. Who succeeds in anything
Natnout ccncentrating all his energies
son that one thing? All those who
q te do many things go to pieces,
ssssser as to health or their fortune.
ICY g on until they pay ten cents on
~ aoiiar or pay their body into the
sse We cannot manage the affairs
g oshers and keep our own affairs
tsusperous. While we are inquiring
1o1 precarious is the business of an
HnsF merchant and finding out how
ny notes he has unpaid and how
seoh ne will probably be wound up or
8. sae en- assignment or hear the sher-
- hammer smite his counter our
ss"a anairs are getting mixed up and
esfserec. While we are criticising
" neighbor for his poor crops we
y heelecting the fertilization of our
S. I !. heids or allowing the weeds to
8 's'1e cur own corn. While we are try
% extract the mote from our
noors eye we fall under the
H OF the beam in our own eve.
sn q men disturbed by the faults of
ss 49,. gre themselves the depot at
whole trains of faults arrive
s ,ss afom which whole trains of faults
The men who have succeeded
IN s. siar things or religious things
s ~ .su You that they have no time
aeating out the deficits of Others.
way to their counting-room
hay have heard that a firm in
81 aslne line Of business was in trou-
g 3 sla @ they said:. "Sorry, very sor-
&. oas they went in :rd sat dor =
as1r table md opened the book
ning full statement of their
g see it they were in peril IT
sughf IN a similar cyclone.
s abaut town, with hands in
snd hats set far back on the
lung to hear baleful news, arc
nov or win be failures. Chris
! - and women who go round
8 eth and looks full of inte-ra-
Foants to find how some other
sember is given TO exaggera-