Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-01-26

see the best side. for it is healthier for
us to do so and stirs admiration, which
IS an elevated state. while the desire
to find the worst side keeps one in a
spirit of disquietude and disgust and
mean suspicion. and that is pulling
down of our own nature. disfgure-
nents of our own character. I am
afraid the imperfections of others Will
kill US yet.
The habit ! deplore is apt to show
itself in the visage. A 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 it 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. Ad-
mire 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 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 1t
is a sour smile. There is a sneer in
the infia ton of the nostril. There is a
mean curvature to the lip. There is
bad look in the eye. The devil of
sarcasm and malevoience 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
it were written: mine! Mine! L,
the demon of the pit, have soured bis
visage with my curse. Look at himi
He chose diet of carrion. He gloated
over the misdeeds of others. 1t 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 1741 John Wes-
ley 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
you hanged yourself? I know the man
who saw you when you were 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 slanderer, instead
of coming forward, fed the room. The
author or distributor of ISLANDERS never
warts 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 her? 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
| to disadvantage or advertising their
weaknesses or putting in great prim-
| er" 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 big plaster of coincidence on
| their decorations. Such people are
never sympathized with, although
they need an infnity of solace. Do
nestle mistakes. Social mistakes. Ec-
| 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 GO
| 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
be will be put back and put down in
| ~ d P1dSC u Visa PPlO 'oi A1OAAi "hiSu
he will never rise. just 60 to that
man and unro11 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.
] If you are rightly interested in 9TH
er mems matters. go to those who are
just starting in their occupations or
/ professions and give them a boost.
Those old physicians do not want your
help. for they are surrounded with
| more patients than they can attend to,