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Mea ming of FriendshiD.

What friendship means 10 men and wo-
men in time Of joy and trouble and how
that binding Of others TO ourselves and
our interests can be brought about or
prevented, was the subject OF DR. Tai
images discourse TO the people of the
country. He took for his text Proverbs.
Xvii:24, "A man that hath friends must
shcw himself friendly" DR.. Talmage
SAID;
About the sacred and divine art OF
making and keeping frierds | speak,
subject on which never heard of any one
preaching-and yet God thought il Of
enough Importance to put IL in the middle
OF the Bible, these writings of Solomon
bounded on one side by the popular
Psalms of David and on the other by the
writings OF Isaiah, the greatest of the
prophets. 1t seems all a matter of hap
hazard how many friends We have. or
whether We have any friends at all but
there is nothing accidental about il. There
Is a law which governs the accretion and
dispersion of friendships. They did not
Just happen so any more than the tides
just happen 10 rise and fall or the sun
Just happens 10 rise or set. Ii is a sci
enee, an art. a GOd-given regulation.
Tell me how friendly you are 10 others
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are 10 you. do not say YOU will not have
enemies; Indeed the best way 10 get ar
dent friends Is 10 have ardent enemies. il
you get their enmity in doing the right
thing. Good men and women will always
have enemies because their goodness Is
q perpetual rebuke 10 eVll. but this antas-
onism of foes will make more intense The
love OF your tdherents Your friends will
sather closer around you because OF the
attacks or your assailants. The more
your enemies abuse YOU the better yoUr
coadJutors viii think Of you.
The best friends We haVe ever had an
peGred AT some Junctufe when We W.ra
especially eomoa rded There have been
times IN yeur life when Iniusr assauir
multiplied your friends. as near as won
could calculate, abOuu nifty a minute You
are Bound 10 some people by many cords
that neither time nor eternity can break
and ! Will warrant thai many OF thcSs
cords were twisted by hards maIevoIapr
Human nature was shipwrecked 4bout
hIty-nlne centuries ago. the CAPTAIN OF
that craft one Adam, and his first rnate
rum ing the famous cargo aground on =
snag IN the river Hiddekrl. but there was
az least one good trat OF human nature
that waded safely ashore f~Om that shin
wreck. ana that Is the disposition 10 take
ne part OF those unfairly dealt with
When u Is thoroughly demonstrated that
some one IS being prosecuted although
AZ the start slgnderous tongues wrre
busy enough. defenders finally gather
around az ,hick as honey bees on a trel-
IFS or bruised honeysuckle.
Hypocrisy Makes No Friends,
TT when set upon by the furies. Won
can have grace enough 10 keep your
mouth shut, aud preserve your equlpoise
and let others night your battles. you viii
md yourself after awhile with a whole
Gordon OF allies Had not the world give,
10 Christ on His arrival az Palestine a
very cold shoulder, there would nor have
been one-haf as many angels chanting
glory out OF tie hymn books Of the sk,-
bound Ia black liGs OF midnight. Had n
not been for the heavy and Jagged ana
tortuous cross. Christ would net have
been the admired and loved Of more Deo-
pie than any being who ever touched
foot on either The eastern or western
hemisphere. Instead. therefore. Of giving
up In despair because you have enemies
rejoice IN the fact that they rally for YOU
the most helpful aad enthusiasts admir-