The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-08

for rain. and the rain comes. Then The
Mohammedans met together TO account
for this. and they resolved that God was
so well pleased with their prayers he kept
the drought on 50 as 10 keep them pray
ing; but that the Christians began to
pray, and the Lord was so DISCUS : Win
their prayers that He sent rain right away
so He would not hear any more Of their
supplicatiOns. on, this aCcuTsed spirit OF
envy and jealousy Let Us stemp II out
from all our hearts.
"A wrestler was 50 enviOus Of Theog-
enes, the prince OF wrssJleTs, thft re
could not be cOnsOled in any way; aud
after TheOgenes died and statue was
lifted TO him in a public place. his tuVl-
Gus antagonist went out every nLSht ara
wrestled with the statue until one night
he threw 1t, and il fell on nim ana
crushed him TO death SO jealousy l. not
only absurd. but il is killing 10 the to0y
and il Is killing TO the soul. How SeIGGm
it is you find one merchant speaking wei
of a merchant in the same line Of baSi-
ness How seldom il iS you hear %
physician speaking well of physician on
the same block.
Others Good Fortune Hurts No One.
"Oh, my friends. the world is large enough
for all OF US. Let US rejoice at the success
of others. The next best thing to owning
a garden ourselves is TO look over the
best thing TO riding in a fine equipage IS
TO stand on the street and admire the
prancing span. The next best thing 10
having a banquet given to ourselves is
having a banquet given to our roiiS7l
brother that has come home TO his
fathers house.
Besides that, If we do not get as much
honor and as much attention as others.
We ought to congratulate ourselves On
what we escape in the way Of assault
The French general riding on horseback
at the head of his troops heard a soldier
complain and say, 1t is very easy for the
general to command US forward while he
rides and we walk. Then the general
dismounted, and compelled the complain
ing soldier to get on the horse. Coming
through ravine, bullet from sharp
shooter struck the rider and he fell dead,
Then the general said, How much safer
ii is to walk than To ride"
once more have 10 tell YOU that this
senior brother Of my text stands for the
pOuting Christian. While there is so
much congratulation within doors, the
hero of my text stands outside. the cor
ners of his mouth drawn down looking as
| he felt-miSera bic. | am glad his lugu-
briouS phySiOgn0my did not spoil the feS-
tivity within. How many pOuting Chris
tians there are in our day-Christians who
DO not like the music Of the churches,
Christians who do not like the hilaTitieS
of the yOung-pOuting, pOUting, pOuting at
society, pOuting at the fashions. pOutinS
ct the newspapers, pouting at the church,
poUting at the government pOuting at
high heaven Their spleen is too large
their liver does not work, their digestion
! is broken down. There are TWO Cruets in
their castor always sure to be well sup
plinI-VInpOqT and red nRnnpTf oh come
away from that mood Stir a little sac
charine into your disposition. While you
avoid the dissOluteness of the younger
son. avoid also the irascibility and the
petulance and the poutinS spirit of the
elder son, and initiate the father. who
had embraces for the returning prodigal
| and CoaXing words for the splenetiC NAL
content.