The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-01-26

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disposed man chiefly seeks the best
eide; the badly-disposed seeks chiefly
che worst side. Be ours the desire to
gee the best side, for it is healthier for
as 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, a disfgure-
ment of our own character. L am
afraid the imperfections of others will
Kill us yet.
The habit 1 deplore is apt to show
itself in the visage. A kindly man
who wishes everybody well soon dem
onstrates his disposition in his looks.
Lis features may fracture all the laws
of handsome physiognomy, but God
puts into that mans eyes and in the
curve of lis nostril and in the upper
and lower lip the signature of Divine
approval. And you see it at 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
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 locks. 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 sheer in
the initiation of the nostril. There is
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
it were written: mine! Mine! |,
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 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 nearer cried |
out: "Who was your captain when
you hanged yourself? l 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, 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 spalle
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 iniquitous gab-
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
nc good to relate, would it not be
kinder to be silent on the evil? Char
ity reioceth not in iniquity."
But there is 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 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-
cIesiastical mistakes. Political mis-
takes. The world has for such only
iocosity 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 public man who has made
a political mistake from which he will
never recover. At the next elections
be 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 SPLEEN
lid 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
IF the ballot box.
If you are rightly interested in 9TH
sr mems matters, go to those who are
lust starting in their occupations or
and give them a boost.