Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-03

flower. and blessed be God, the hing OF
| Mercy and Grace. that by DIVINE GIT
| and not bv purloining we may pluck TINS
! roval flower and not wear it on the outside
| nj ON. nature. but wear it in our soul and
! wear it forever. its radiance and aroma
! NOT more wonderful for time than wonder
/ full for eternity.
an optimistic merchant, and you say;
What do you think of the commercial
Crons not so good as usual. but foreign
demand will make big prices. We are
| eairg to have such an autumn and winter
nro.Deritv as we have never seen.
On your wav back to your store You
meet A nessimistic merchant: What 90
Won think Ct the commercial prospects"
vou ask and ne answers: "WelI. 7 don't
| know. Wheat and corn crop blasted IN
| Kansas and Missouri and the grain gam
| b1cr. win =. heir fist in. and the hay
/ c-op is short in some places and in the
southern part Of Wisconsin they had y
haiistorm. end our business Is as dull as
IL ever wa.
You will find the same difference in
Judgment Of character. A man Of good
reputation Is assaied and charged with
some evil deed. At the first story the
po..imist viii believe in guilt. The papers
said 50. md that's enough. Down with
him. The optimist viii say: Il don't
believe a word OF 1t. [ don think that 4
man that has been az useful and seemingly
honest for twenty wears could have got of
tract. like that. There are two sides to
this story. and / will wait to hear the
other side before I condemn him
Ny hearer. If you are by nature pes
gimist. make a special effort by the grace
Of God to extirpatc the dolorous and the
hypercrtical from your disposition, Be
lieve nothing against anybody until the
wrong Is established.
When you can speak a good word for
some one. speak it. If YOU can consclen-
tiousiy give letter OF recommendation,
give it. Watch for opportunities for
doing good fifty years after YOU are dead
All my life has been affected by the letter
Of introduction that the Rev. DR.. Van
Nrauken OF New Brunswick Theological
seminary, wrote for me, boy under him,
when | was seeking a settlement III which
10 preach the gospel That letter gave me
NY first pulpit Dr. Van Vranken has
cen dead more than thirty years, yet l
II the touch Of that magnificent old pro
-or. Strange sensation was 1t when L
~eired kind message from Rev. Thomas
ard. of Baltimore, the great Methodist
,~ator. SIX weeks after his death. BY way
the eternal world? Oh, no; by way of
us world. I did not meet the friend to
hon he gave the message until nearly
80 months after Thomas Guard had as
- ~ ~ oo,, s+a,4 ,rord about some one
.r'..t I,;';iI he on its travels and vigorous
long after the funeral psalm has been sung
at your obsequies Kindness. Why, if
fifty men all aglow with it should walk
',.nIid almost abolish nerdition,
IS,lr ial'oro thera is i;ndnlUs If ,c.
"a !i'Lat - WHAT Tosanh Moved "a hi.
outrageous brothers. That is what David
showed to Mephibosheth for his father
.Ionathan's sake. That is what Onesiphe-
,,,. sboT.ed 10 Paul in the Roman paniten-
,i.r,, That is What William CowDer rec
o..-,iyad ytScn no said he would not trust
= ,,ar, who would with his foot needlessly
nr,,5h . worm That is what orr assassi-
na+oJ President Lincoln demonstrated
bo,1 H.; ,,r;,rotc eocra+arv found hin, in
tha ranitof grounds irving to Get bird
Tarl, to The nest from which it had fallen
and which quality the ilIustrious man ex-
hibiied some wears before when. having,
With some LAWYERS. in the carriage on the
wav to court passed on the road sW inc
fast in the mire. and after while cried
70 his horses. .'Ho!' and said to the gen.
tIcmen. Il must 90 back and help that
hoa orf of the mire' And he did 90 back
and mt on solid Ground that most unin-
terestino nuadruped.
S,Inn6Sa all this assembIagc and all to
whom these words shall come by printers
ink should resolve to make kindness an
oyerarching. undertaking and all perVad
inc principle Of their life and then carry
ont the resolution. why. in six months the
whole earth would feel it, People would
cav. What IS the matter? It seems to
me- thai the world is getting to be bet
fer niace to live in. Whv, life, after all,
;s wnrth Iiying Why. there IS Shvlock,
NV neiahhor has withdrawn his lawsuit
80 fnroeIooI1ra aoainet that man and be-
VI C lol ~ ho 7r1Ii.b s;nl|ne1s ~ his fam-
ii, he i; i noio to have the house for one
NY nc re 49, Tbara i an old LAWYER in
nat vo 1iS LAWYERS Office. and do YOU
low Il["S 'U CThaa he has cone in there for?
W.. ,o =, hn,ninn 10 fv nm = case which
is TOO bio for the Young man 70 handle,
- ~ "i ,i;to La;,.od at3orne11 - hnn+inm
al" ,.sT mI.''e enisions a}d n3a;nm ont
~ p'eNi0u . o f r. CIV. uat
Drlel lor me noE 70 S oa INV ~, +ba mi.
strange 'n M n"a l"nem p1ore aro heh;no
Pr "llu al Ia: o,u NM III +ha "a dor'