The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-25

III Is not 8 feeling got mp tor occasions
but perennial That 3 the reason 1 IKE
petunias better than morning glofea 4
They look very much alike and Il Hhonla |
out In your hand a pctuuia and Q morning !
alory YOU could hardly tell which was the /
pet1nia and which the morning glory, but /
the morning glory blooms only few hours /
and then shuts up for the day, while the |
petunia is in as widespread a glow az ~ |
O'clock al noon and o'clock I'm the even
ing AS at sunrise. And this grace OF kind
mess IA not spasmodic, lt is not lnteimiG
tent. It IL not for o little while but II lf,
radiates the whole nature all through ana
clear on till the sunset OF our earthiy eA'
Kindness / am resolved to get i
/ Are you resolved 10 ret il? tt does not
come bv haphazard. but through culture
under divine helm. Thistles grow without
/ culture. Rocky Mountain sage grass grows
without culture Mullen stalks grow
without culture. But that great red rose
in the conservatory, ita leaves packed on
leaves. deem dyed as though It had oeen
Obliged 10 fight for It's beauty and u were
shll reeking with the carnage OF the oattle;
that rose needed 70 be cultured anu
through LONG years It's floral ancestors
were cultured o God, imDlant kindness
in an our souls. and then give us grace TO
watch IT, 10 enrich il. to develop It!
The King az Prussia had presented 70
him nv the Empress Of Russia the root OF
\ rare flower, and it was nut in the royal
Gardens on on island. and the head gar
dener, Herr Hntleman. was told 70 Watch
n And one dav IL put forth itE. glory.
Three DAYS Of every week the people were
admitted to these gardens, and young
man. probably not realizing what wrong
thing he was doing. plucked TINS mower
ord mt II in his buttonhole and the gar
dener arrested him as he was crossing az
the ferry and asked the king to throw
omen no more his gardens to the pubic.
The king replied: "Shall ! deny to the
! thousands of GOOD pconle Of my country
the privilege of seeing this garden because
one visitor has done wrong? No; let tneH,
come and see the beautiful grounos: Anu
when the gardener wished 10 give Wy
I King the name of the offender who hao
! taken the royal flower he said: NO; my
I memory is very tenacious. and 40 no
: want ia have in my mind the name OF th6
: offender lest it should hinder me grating
{ him a favor some other time" Now,
4 want Won to know that kindness Is a roya
. flower. and. blessed be God, the King y
!. Mercy and Grace. that by divine gli
v and NOT bv purloining we NAV pluck TN
4 roval flower and not wear it on the outsd
4 of our nature, but wear 1t in our soul AM
r. wear it forever, its radiance and arom
!. not more wonderful for time than wonder
e full for eternity.
\ an ontimistic merchant. and you say
II "Vbat do you think Of the commercl'
"a rrosnects?" and he says: GLORIOUS
,e Crops not 90 good as usual, but toreig
a demand will make big prices. we al
"A going to have such an autumn and wlntt
,e prosperity as we have never seen.
Of On your wav back to your store yC
j. meet a nessimistic merchant. What
n. You think of the commercial prospects
q. Won ask. And he answers: wen, don
re I,now Wheat and corn crop blasted
"a. Kansas and Missouri. and the grain gar
h HERS will get their fist in. and the n
n crop is short in some places and IN u
al southern part of Wisconsin they had
NV hailstorm, and our business IS as dull
ta. You viii find the same difference
m. Judgment of character. man OF go
ed reputation is assaled ana chargeu Va
,us some evil deed. At the first story I
nessimist will believe in guilt. The pape
Iii. said so, and that's enough. Down WI
on bim" The optimist will say: Il dol
-v. believe a word of it. I don't think that
IN. man that has been as useful and seeming
ms. honest for twenty years could have got
,ou track like that. There are two SIDES
Of this story, and I will wait to hear
) a other side before I condemn him.
of Ny hearer, If you are by nature p
the s;nist, make special effort by the gri
I'M of God to extirpate the dolorous anu
GU hypercritical from your disposition,
mi. leye nothing against anybody until
all wrong is established.
it's When you can speak good word
as some one, speak it. II you can co9seI
the tiously give letter of recommendatl
ave give it. Watch FOR opportunities
Of doing good fifty years after you are df
nds All my life has been affected by the lel
title of introduction that the rev, III
ind Seminary, wrote for me, boy under I
lere when was seeking q settlement IN WI
all to preach the gospel. That letter gave
it; NV first pulpit DR.. Van Vranken
mot been dead more than thirty years, "
the feel the touch of that magnificent olQ
you, lessor. Strange sensation was IL Mhe
ON received kind message from KEY; mo
1ial- Guard, of Baltimore, the great Me 1ll
her. orator, six weeks after his death by
e or Of the eternal world? Oh, no; by wa
ap- This world. / did not meet the frienc
lites whom he gave the message until ne
ehu- two months after Thomas Guard had
ind cended.
,hild So YOU can start word about some
WE'LL that will be on its travels and Vlgo
long after the funeral psalm has been
you at your obsequies. Kindness! Wh!
, for ffty men all aglow with it should
more through the lost world methinks
asso- would almost abolish perdition!
word Furthermore, there is kindness, OF
un- ton. That is what Joseph showed Z
roll outrageous brothers. That Is what
ie in showed to Mephlbosheth 1or ms ~
: py- Jonathan's sake. That IS WhaC o mes
some tiary. That is what William Gowper