The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-09-27

thousands Of good peonle Of nv country
the privilege OF seeing this garden because
one visitor has done wrong, No; let them
come and see the beautiful grounds" And
when the gardener wished 20 give the
king the name of the offender who had
taken the royal flower he said No. my
memory - very tenacious, and l do not
want % have IN my mind the name of the
offender. lest 10 should hinder me granting
HIM a favor some other time" Now. I
want YOU % know that kindness Is 4 royal
flower. and. blessed he God, the King Of
Mercy and Grace. that hy divine gift
and not by purloning we may pluck th,.
roval flower and not wear It on the outside
of our nature. but wear II m our soul and
wear 10 forever, ITS radiance and aroma
not more wonderful for time than wonder.
tul for eternity
Still further. I must speak of kindness
OF word. When YOU meet any one. do YOU
saw pleasant thing or an unpleaSanty
DO YOU tell hum Of agreeable things YOU
have heard about hum or the dlsagreeahley
When he leaves YOU. does he feel better
or does lac feel worseP Oh, the nower of
the tongue for the production of happiness
or misery One would think from the way
the tongue Is Gagged in we might take the
hint that II has a dangerous power First.
u Is chained Ia the back part of the mouth
hv strong muscle. Then u Is surrounded
hv the teeth of the lower Jaw. so many
ivory bars. and then by the teeth OF the
upper Jaw. more ivory bars. Then. out
SIDE of all. are the two lips, with the pow.
er OF compression aud arrest. And vet,
Notwithstanding these -four imprsoumcnts
or limitations. how many take no hint IN
regard 20 the dangerous power of the
tongue, and the results are liberation.
sCarlCation and damnatlon' There are
those II they know a good thlac about YOU
and a bad thing will mention the bad
thing and act 90 thouch thev had never
heard the good thing Now, there are two
sides to almost every ones character. and
We have the choice Of OVERLAPPING the var.
tue or the vice We can greet Paul and the
sh,Ds crew as thev come I'm the beach OF
MaIta with the words What a sorry
looking set YOU are How little OF navi
CATION vow must know to run on these
ROCKS, Didn't YOU know better than to
put out in the Mediterranean this winter
moath2 IL was not so much of a ship,
anyhow. or 10 would not have gone TO
pieces as soon as that Well. what do YOU
want? We have hard enough work TO
make n living for ourselves without hav.
ing thrust on rs 276 rlgrmuhns.' Not
50 said the Maltese | think they SAID
Come in Sit down nv the fire and
warm yourselves Glad that YOU all got
of with vour lives Make yourselves at
home. You are welcome 10 all we have
until some shIp comes m sight and you
Resume your voyage.
On your wav back to your store you
meet n nessimistic merchant. What do
YOU think of the commercial nrosnectsy'
YOU ask. Ard he answers We'll. ! don't
know Wheat and corn crop blasted IN
Kansas and Missouri and the grain gam
blers viii get their FIST IN. and the hay
crop Is short IN some places and m the
southern part of Wisconsin they had a
hailstoTm. and our business is as dull as
It ever was
You will find the same difference in
Judgment OF character. A man of good
reputation is assailed and charged with
some evil deed Al the first story the
pessmist will believe In guilt. The papers
said so, and that's enough. Down with
him. The optmIst will say. II don't
believe a word OF A. ! don't think that a
man that has been as useful and seemingly
honest for twenty years could have GOT off
track like that. There are two sides 10
this story, and ! will wait 90 hear the
other side before | condemn him"
Ny hearer. If YOU are by nature a pes
simlst. make a special effort by the grace
OF God to eXurpatc the do.orons and the
hyperCritical from your disposition. Be
lieve nothing against anybody until the
wrong Is established.
When you can speak a good word for
some one sreak IT. II you can conscen-
tously give letter Of recommendation,
give It Watch for opportunities for
dong good fifty years after you are dead.
All my life has been affected 10y the letter
OF introduction that the Rev. DIR. Van
Nrankcn. OF New Brunswick Theological
Seminary, wrote for me, a boy under hun,
when | was seeking a settlement ~ which
TO preach the gospel. That letter gave me
my first pulpit. DIR. Van Nranken has
been dead more than thirty years. yet j
feel the touch of that magnificent old pro-
1 1
received n kind mes ssUge from Rev. Thomas
Guard OF Baltm the great Methodist
orator six weeks after his death BY way
of the eternal world2 oh no, bv way OF
.hs world. | did not meet the irleBIe<o
whom ne gave Che message until neariy
two months after Thomas Guard had as
cended
80 you can stars 4 word about some one
that will be on its travels aud vigorous
long after the funeral psalm has been sung
at your oDscqules. Kindness Why, II
fifty mea lll aglow with ~ should walk
through the lost world nethlnks they
would almost abolish perdIton,
Furthermore, there ~ kindness OF ac-
ton That - what Joseph showed TO his
OutraspOua brothers That ~ what David
showed % Mephbosheth for hls father
Jonathan'- sake That Is what Onesiphe-
rus showed % Paul IN the Roman pcnlten-
tiary. That Is what William Cowper rec.
a man who would with his foot ncedlessly
crush a worm. That - what our assassl.
mated President LincO.n demonstrated
when MS private secretary found him IN
the capitol grounds trying 70 get bird
back TO the nest from which II had fallen
and which quality the ilius;uOus man cx-
hibited some years before when, having,
with some lawy err, iu the carriage on the
way 10 court passed on the road a swine
fast ln the miTe, and after while crcd
20 his horses "Ho" and said 10 the gen
Uemcn. Il must 20 back and neip that
hog out of the mire" And he dad go back
and pat on solid ground that most unin'
teresting quddruped.
Suppose all this lssembage and all 10
whom these words shall come by printers
INK should resolve % make kindness an
Overarching. uudergirdng and al pcrvad
ing principle OF their life and then carry
out the resolution, why, IN dix months the
whole earth would kel u. People would
say. What - the matter, u seems 70
me that Lhe world - getting 20 be bet.
ter place % live ln Why, life after all,
- worth living. Wig, there - Shyiock,
my neighbor. has withdrawn his lawsuit
OF foreclosure against that man. and be
cause be has 20 much sickness m his lam
lly he h going 10 have the house for one
year rent free There " an old lawyer IN
that young lawyers office. and do you
know what be has gone m there for
Why, lac ~ helping 90 fix up case which
h TOO big for the young man - handle,
and Lhc white haired attorney - hunting
up previous decisions and making out q
bric. fos the boy DO you know that a
strange thing hss taken place M the pul'
pit. and sll the Old ministers are helping
The ysung ministers. sad al the Old doc.