The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-01-27
INTEREST IN OTHERS
DR.. Talmage Portrays Two Kinds
of Busy bodies.
The Gsift Of Evn speech OF some Peo-
pie--How We May Ha,e ~ Zen
eyOIeBt Interest IN the Al
fnirs OF Others.
ICopyr.ghi. 1900. by Louis Klopsch !
washtnu;UD Ian 2

how we should interest ourselves in
the affairs of Others for their benefit
but never for their damage. Text
! Peter. 4:13: "A busybody in other
mems matters"
Human nature Is the same in all
ages. In the second century of the
worlds existence people had the same
characteristics as people in the nine.
teenth century, the only difference be-
ing that they had the characteristi lies
for a longer time. II was 500 years
OF goodness or 500 years of mcanncss
instead of goodness or meanness for
40 or so years. Wen, Simon Peter,
who was n keen observer of what was
going on around him, one day caught
sight CT man whose characteristics
were severe inspection and blatant
criticism Of the affairs belonging to
people for whom he had no resr,orlsi-
bility, and wit the hand once Drowned
and hardened by fishing tackle drew
this portrait for all subsequent ages:
"a busybody in other mems matters"
That kind OF person has been a
trooble maker in every country since
the world stood. Appointing himself
TO the work Of exploration and detec-
ton, he goes forth mischief making
He generally begins by reporting the
infelicity discovered. lie is the aGver-
Using agent of infrmities and domes-
tic inharmony and occurrences that
but for him would never have come
TO the PUBLIC eye or ear. He feels that
che secret ought to be hauled out into
light and heralded. If he can get one
line Of il into the newspapers, that he
feels 10 be n noble achievement TO
start with. But be must not let IL
stop. He whispers il TO his ncighbors,
and they in turn whisper il TO their
ne;ghEors, until the whole town is
a-buzZ and agog. You can no more
catch il or put il down than you can
a mal3ria. II is in the air and on the
wing ard ahoat. Taken by itself II
seems Of little importance. but after
hundred people have handled il ard
each has given IL an additional twist
ii becomes story in size and shape
marvellous. If it can be kept going,
after awhile il will be large enough 10
call 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
Peter in the text styles "a husyboGy in
other mems matters"
First, notice that such n mission is
most undesirable, because we al re-
qure al the time we can get TO take
~; r..
selves through the treacherous straits
OF this life demands that we all the
time keep our hand on the wheel Of
Cur own craft. While. us | shall show
you before ! get through, we all have
mission of kindness TO others, we
have no time TO waste in doing that
which is damaging 10 others.
There is our worldly calling which
must be looked after or il will become
failure. Who succeeds in anything
without concentrating all his energies
upon that one thing? All those who
try TO do many things go to pieces,
either as TO health or their fortune.
They go on until they pay ten cents on
the dollar or pay their body INTO the
-
of Others and keep our own affairs
prosperous. While we are IrQuiring
low prccarious is the business Of an
other merchant and finding ant how
many notes he has unpaid aud how
soon he will probably be wound up or
make an assignment or hear - he sher-
ifr's hammer smte his cOuIFcr our
own affairs are getting miH,d up and
endangered. While we are rr.ticising
our ncighbor Sor his poor rlops we
are ncgleCtiug the fertilization Of our
own fields or allowing the weeds to
choke cur own corn. While - are try
ing to extract the mote tom our
neighbors eye we fail ~ Ger the
weight Of the beam i'm our ..Nn eye.
Those men disturbed by I'll, ults Of
others are themselves the .,poL at
which whole trains Of tat IrEMc
aud from which whole train. # AmilS
start. Thevmen who have t,rcccded
III secular things or rcjo, d, things
will tell you that they hay no time
for hunting out the deficits VI others.
On the way to their cou Dng-room
tney may have heard that Grin in
the same line of business IS IN trou-
tie, ard they said: "SUrrt very Sor-
ry," bu, they went in iLG q dosn
at their table and opcwcu lie book
containing full statcrcI Of their
affairs to see II they were peril Of
being caught In similar g.. One.
GadGcrs about town. VIA sands in
pockets and hats set far b...K on the
head, waiting TO hear balciu Hcws. arc
failures now or will he fallu F. Chris
tian men and women wh; 20 round
with mouth and looks full rtprro-
cation points TO find how me other
church member is given tu."Naggcra.
ton or drinks too much %. ucglects
his home for greater outs Ne Gttrac-
tons have themselves so l. ne grace
IN their hearts that no Ole suspects
they have any. In proportiC, rs people
are consccratcd and sholy id useful
they are lenicnt with uthcr and dis
posed TO say: Wait until "" hear the
other side Of that matter cannot
believe that charge made against that
man or woman until we have some
better testimony than that given by
these scandal mongers guess II Is