The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-01-26

side; the badly-disposed seeks chiefly
the worst side. BE ours the desire TO
see the best side. for II is healthier for
MS to do so and stirs admiration. which
Is an elevated state, while the desire
10 find the worst side keeps one in
spirit of disquietude and disgust and
mean suspicion. and that is "a pulling
down of our own nature, disBgure-
ment OF our own character. | am
afraid the imperfections of Others will
kill us yet
The habit | deplore Is apt to show
itself in the visage. kindly man
who wishes every body well soon dem
onstrates his disposition in his looks
His features may fracture all the laws
Of handsome physiognomy, but God
puts into that mans eyes and In the
curve of his nostril and in the upper
and lower lip the signature of Divine
approval. And you see it at a glance,
as plainly as though 1t had been writ
ten all over his face in rose color:
This is one of my princes. He Is on
the way to the coronation. | bless him
now with all the benedictions that IN.
finity can afford. Look at him. Adj
mire him. Congratulate him."
On the other hand, II 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 he demonstrated In
his looks. However regular his fea-
lures, and though constructed accord
ing to the laws OF Kaspar Lavater, his
visage is sour. He may smile, but It
is a sour smile. There is q sheer In
the imitation OF the nostril. There Is a
mean curvature to the lip. There Is
bad look in the eye. The devil of
sarcasm and malevolence and suspi-
cion has taken possession Of him, and
you see It as plainly as though from
the hair line Of the forehead to the
lowest point in the round of his chin
IL were written: "Minel Minel |,
the demon of the pit, have soured his
visage with my curse. Look at himl
He chose diet OF carrion. He gloated
over the misdeeds of others. IL took
all my Internal engineery to make him
what he is-'a busybody in other mems
matters
The slanderer almost always at.
tempts TO escape the scandal he is re-
sponsible for. When in l74l John IVES
ley was preaching at Bristol and show
ing what reason he had to trust in the
Captain of His Salvation hearer cried
out: WHO was your captain when
you hanged yourself? know the man
who saw you when you were cut
down" John Wesley asked the audi
ence to make room and let the Sian
derer come TO the front, but when the
way was open the slanderer. instead
OF coming forward. fled the room. The
author or distributor of ISLANDERS never
wants TO face his work.
On the day OF Pentecost there were
people endowed with what was called
the gift of tongues" and they spake
for God in many languages. But there
are people in our time who seem to
have the gift OF evil tongues, and
there is no end TO their ubiquitous CAB
BILE. Every city, village and neighbor-
hood of the earth has had driven
through it these scavenger carts.
When anything Is said to you defam-
atory of the character OF others, imi-
tate Joseph John Quincy, OF England,
who. when a bad report was brought
to him concerning anybody, asked:
"Dost thou know any good thing to
| tell us concerning her2 Since there is
no good TO relate, would it not be
kinder to be silent on the evil? Char
| ity rejoiceth not in iniquity."
But there is a worthy and Christian
way of looking abroad upon others,
rot for the purpose of bringing them
10 disadvantage or advertising their
Weaknesses or putting in great prim-
err" or paragon" type their frailties,
but to offer help, sympathy and res
cue. That is Christlike, and he who
does so wins the applause of the high
heavens. Just look abroad for the peo-
pie who have made great mistakes and
put a big plaster of coincidence on
their decorations. Such people are
never sympathized with, although
they need an infnity of soace. Do
nestle mistakes. Social mistakes. 2c-
clesiastical mistakes. Political mis-.
| takes. The world has for such only
jocosity and gesture of deportation
There is an unoccupied field for you,
my brother. No one has been there.
Take your case of medicines and 60
there and ask them where they are
hurt and apply divine medicament.
There is a public man who has made
political mistake from which he will
never recover. At the next elections
he will be put back and put down in
to a place of disapproval from which
he will never rise. Just go to that
man and unroll the scroll of 100 splen.
| Gid Americans who, after occupying
high places of promotion, were rele,
gated to private life and public scorn
Show him in what glorious company
he has been placed by the anathema
Of the ballot box.
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