The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-01-26

itself in the visage. A kindly man
vino wishes everybody well soon dem
onstrates his disposition in his looks.
His features may fracture all .he laws
of handsome physiognomy, but Gcu
puts into that mans eyes and in the
curve of his nostril and in the upper
ard lowe lip the signature of Divine
approval. And you see it at a glance,
as plainly as though it had been writ
ten all ever his face in rose color:
This is one of ny 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-
1nire 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 locks. However regular his fea-
lures. and though constructed accord
ing to the laws of kaspar Lavater. his
is a sour smile. There is a sneer in
the initiation of the n~ostril. There is a
mean curvature to the lip. There IS a
bad look in the eye. The devil of
sarcasm and maIevolence and suspi-
zion has taken possession Of him. II
YOU see it 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 Nine. |,
the demon of the pit, have sOured his
viSage with my curse. Look at him..
He chose a diet of carrion. He glOated
over the misdeeds Of others. 1t took
all my Internal engineery to make him
what he is-'a busybcdy in other mems
matterS."
The s~IanGerer almost always at
ter3pts to escape the scandal he is re-
Sponsible for. When in 1141 JOhn Yves
lev was preaching at Bristol and show
ing what reason he had to trust in the
Captain of His Salvation a nearer cried
OUT: "WhO was your captain when
0 hanged yourself? | know the man
who saw YOU when 0 We're cut
down." John Wesley asked the audi
ence to make room and let the SLAM
derer come to the front. but when the
way was open the 3landerer, instead
, of coming forward. fed the room The
dlInof or distributor OL SidlIttiS never
wants to face his work.
On the day of Pentecost there were
people endowed with what was called
the eft Cf tongues" and they Srake
for God in many languages. But there
are people in Il time who seem to
have she gift of evil tongues. and
there is 20 end to their ubiquitous CAB
bic. Every city, village and neighbour
hood of the earth has had driven
through it these scavenger carts.
When "Gything is said to YOU defam-
at0ry Of the character of others. imi-
tate Joseph John Gurney. Of England,
who, when a bad report was brought
to him concerning anybody. asked:
"DO>t thou know any good thing to
tell US concerning her? Since there Is
ne good t relate. would it not be
kinder to be silent on the evil? Char
ity rcjoiccth not in ~iniquity."
But there is a worthy and Christian
way OF locking abroad upon others,
rot for the purpose Of bringing them
30 Disadvantage or advertising their
Weaknesses or putting in great prim-
pr" or ~"puragOn" type their frailticS,
but to offer help. sympathy and res
cue. That is ChriStlike. ard he who
does SC wins the applause of the high
heavens. Just look abroad for the PEG
pie who have made great mistakes and
put a big plaster of coincidence on
their l1ce"otionS. Such people are
never Sy:nDathized with. although
they need an :~nfinity OF solace. Do
nestle mistakes. Social mistakes. Er-
! clesiasticaI mistakes. Political mis-,
takes. The world has for such only
ioco>ity and gesture of deportation
There is All ~uuOcuupicd field for YOU
my brother. No one has been there
there and ask them whore they are
hurt and apply di"iEe meGicament.
There is q public man who has made
= political mistake from which he vii
never recover. At the next elections
he will be put back and put down in
10 4 place Of disapproval from which
he Will never rise. just 90 to tha
man ard unroll the scroll of 100 SPLEEN
cid Americans who, after occupying
high places of promotion. were rele
gated 10 private life and public scorn
Show him in what glorious company
lie has been placed by the anathem;
of the ballot box.
Go to that literary man who is starv
ing with a brilliant pen in his RICH
hand. his literary position lost. hi
books unstable, and tell him Of til,
mightiest Of the past and the pres
ent who suffered from nOnapprccia
ton. Show the discouraged autho.
whose manuscript the publishing
house will not take hat among tn,
rejected manuscripts of the publishing
HOUSES for awhile were "Paradis,
Lost" and Jane Eyre" and Thack
eray's "NaEity Fair" and "Nestiges o
Creation," and "Uncle Toms Cabin
and that Shakespeare was compare
lively unknown in England until Ger
many acclaimed its appreciation of tn,
greatest of dramatistS. Unroll hefor
tLat discouraged public man the car
toOns in the time of Andrew jackson
and Abraham Lincoln and James C
Blaine. and show all the miSinter
pretCd and pursued the fact that the
have it no worse than many who hav
preceded them and that in most case
it is jealousy at success that has cause,
the assault.
Hear it, The more YOU 90 to busy
ing yourselves with other mems mat
ters the better. if YOU have design o
offering relief. Search out the quar-