The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-10-04
mopo need Of accieties Tor proyontionti
of cruelty to animals, no moro need g Of

OF cruelty to animals no moro need of
protective sowing woman & ass ocia-s
tions, and 1t would dull every sword
untilait would not cut skin decp, and
unwilesi every va tteiIy Ill It could nc.
roll, and make gunpowdcr of no moro
use iii tho world except for rock blast
Ing or pyrotechnic celebration Kind
ness is Il spirit divinely implanted and
In answer to prayer, and then to bo
Bed,lously cultivated until 1t fills all
tho nature with II perfume richcrand
more pungent than mignonette, und,
M II you put tuft of that aroma tic
beauty bchind tho clock on tho mante
or In some corner where nobody coli
SEQ 1t, you find people walking about
your room looking this way and that,
and you ask them: What are you
looking for?" and they answer: where
is that hower2" So if ono has in his
soul this infinite sweetness Of fdisposi-
tion its perfume will whclm every
thing.
let us all pray FOR the spirit of kind
ncss. 1t will settle thousand qucs-
tions. 1t will change the phase OF cv-
crything. Ut will mellow through and
through our entire nature. It will
transform q lifetime. IT is not II feel
ing got up for occasions, but perennial.
That is the reason like pctunias bet
Ter than morning glorics. They look
very much alike, and il ] should put III
your hand u petunia and morning
glory you could hardly tell which is
tho pctunin and which the morning
glory. But the morning glory blooms
IL f.,,, J. y
for the day, while tho pctunia is in as
widespread a glow at 10 o'clock at
noon and six o'clock in the evening as
at sunrise. And this grace Of kind
ness is not spusmotic, it is not inter
mittent, is not for q little while, but
IL irrntliates the whole nature all
through and clear on till the sunset
of our earthly existence.
Kindness! am resolved to get il.
Are you resolved to got IL? Itdoes not
come by hnphaznrd, but through cul-
ture under the divine help. Ihistlcs
grow without culture. Rocky noun
tain sage grass grows without culture.
Mullen stalks grow without culture.
But that great rcd rose in the con
seryatory, its leaves packed on lcnyos,
deep dysd rs though it had been
obliged to fight for It's beauty md it
wcEs still rcekins wHi, che carnage OF
the bnttio, that rose needed TO be cu1-
turod, and through long years its
floral ancestors were cultured. OGod,
implant kindness in all our souls and
thcn give us grace to watch it, to en-
rioh it. to develop it'll
Still further, must speak Of kind
nosH Of word. When you meet any
ono, do you say pleasant thing or
an unplcasant3 DO you tell him of
On agreeable thing you have heard
about him or tho disagreea bio? When
he leaves You does ho feel better or
does ho feol worse2 Oh, the power
OF the tongue for tho production OF
happiness or miseryi One would think
from the way the tongue is Gagged in
we might take the hint that it has
dangerous power. First It Ia
chained to the back part Of tho
mouth by strong muscles. Then 1t is
surrounded by the teeth OF the lower
jaw, SO many ivory bars, and then
by the teeth Of the upper jaw, m orc
ivory bars. Then, outside of all, are
the two lips, with the power Of com
preston and arrest. And yet, not
wlthstanding these four imprison-
ments or limitations, how many take
no hint In regard to tho dangerous
power Of the tongue, and the results
arc laceration, scariflcation and
damnation.
On, soy the cordial thing! Say the
naeful thing. Say tho hos pitablo
thing Say tho helpful thing. Say
the Christlikc thing Say tho kind
thing I admit that it is easier for
sone tempcraments than for others.
Some arc born pessmists, and some
ere born optimists, and that demon
strates itself all through everything.
It Is cloudy morning. lou meet q
pesssmist, and you say "What wealth
or to-day?" Iie answers: "It's 90
ing to Storm" and umbrella under
arm ond waterproof coat show that
ho is honest in that utterance. On
the samo block, a minute sftar, you
meet an optimist, and you sayt "Yhat
do you think Of the commercial prog
pects7' and he says: GLORIOUS.
Crops not 30 good as usual, but for
eign demand will mako big pricos.
We arc going to have suoh an autumn
and winter Of prosperity as we have
never ssen." On your way back to
your store you meet pesslmist mer-
chant: What do yon think Of the
commercial prospccts2" you ask, and
he answers: "WcH, I don't know.
Wheat and corn crop blasted in Kan
sas and Missouri. and the grain
gamblers will get thoir fist In, and
the hay crop is short in some places,
and In tho southern part OF Wiscon-
sin they had a hailstorm, and our
business is rs dull rs 1t over was"
You will find the same difference in
Judgment OF character. A man Of
good reputation ie ossailed and
charged with some evil deed. at the
arst story tho pcssimist will believe
IN guilt. The papers said so, and
that's enough. Down with himln
The optimist will say: II don't be.
lieve q word Of It. don't think that
@ man TINT has boen as use full ana
seemingly honest for 20 years could
have got off track like that. There
are two sides to this story, and I will
wait to hear the other side before T
condemn him." My hcarer, if YOU
are by nature q pcssimist, make
special effort by the grace Of God to
extirpate the doIorous and the hyper
critical from your disposition. BE-
lieye nothing against anybody until
the wrong is established by at least
two witnesses Of integrity And, il
guilt be proved, find out tho cxteAuat.
ing circumstances, IL there are any.
Kindness! Let us, morning, noon and