The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-02

use IN the WOflQ except !OI IoCh "i'S'
Ing or pyrotechnic celebration. hln0-
ness is 4 spirit divinely implanted and
in answer to PRAYER, and then to DC
sedulouslv cultivated until 1t mis- al
the nature with 4 perfume richer aH''
more purgent Than mignone''e' ano'
as il Won put a tuft Of that aroma TIC
hrar-v behind the clock on the ranbei
mr. in some corner where nobody can
see it. You find people walking aoo"S
your room looking this way ana That,
ard vow ask them: What are you
looking for??" "anHthey answer: Where
j. thai fower?" So if one has in his
soul this infinite sweetness OF dlspos!-
ton its perfume viii whelm every
thing.
Let us air pray Tor the spirit Of kind
ness. 1t will settle thousand ques-
tions. It will change the phase Of ev-
erything. 1t will mellow through and
through our entire nature It will
transform q lifetime. 1t is not feel
ing got up for occasions, but perennial.
That is the reason I like petuuias bet
ter than morning glories. They look
very much alike. and if should put i'll
your hand petunia and morning
glory you could hardly tell which IS
the petunia and which the morning
glory. But the morning glory blooms
only few hours and then shuts up
for the day, while the petunia is II as
widespread a glow at I2 o'clock at
noon and six o'clock in the evening as
at sunrise. And this grace OF kind
ness is not spasnodic. it is not inter
mittent, is not for little while, but
it irradiates the whole nature all
through and clear on till the sunset
of our earthly existence.
Kindness! I am resolved to get it.
Are you resolved to getit: 1t does not
come by haphazard, but through cpl-
ture under the divine help. Thistles
grow without culture. Rocky noun
tain sage grass grows without culture.
Mullen stalks grow without culture.
But that great red rose in the cen
servatory, it's leaves packed on Leaves,
deep dyed as though it had been
obliged to fight for its beauty and it
We're still reeking wish the carnage ef
the battle, that rose needed to be cul-
tured, and through long years its
floral ancestors were cultured. OGod.
iuplant kindness in all our souls and
then give US grace to watch it, to en-
rich it. to develop it!
Still further, must speak of kind
ness Of word. When you meet any
eoe, DO you say a pleasant thing or
sn unpleasant? Do you tell him Of
an agreeable thing you have heard
about him or the disagreeable? When
be leaves you does he feel better or
does he feel worse? Oh, the power
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 it has
q dangerous power. First it is
chained to the back part Of tAe
mouth by strong muscles. Then it is
surrounded by the teeth of the lower
jaw, so many ivory bars, and then
by the teeth of the upper jaw, more
ivory bars. Then, outside Of all, are
the two lips, with the power Of COM
preston and arrest. And yet, not
withstanding these four impriso1-
ments or limitations, how many take
no hint in regard to the dangerous
power OF the tongue. and the results
are laceration, scarihcation and
damnatioa.
Oh, say the cordial thing! Say the
u aD5ul th;Rg. Say the bospitable
thing. Say the helpful thing. Say
the Christlike thing. Say the kind
thing. I admit that it is easier for
some tenperaments than for others.
Some are born pessimists, and some
are born optiRlists, and that demon
strates itself all through everything.
It is a cloudy morning. You meet a
pessinist, and you say: What wealth
er to-day?" He answers: Its 60
ing to storm" and umbrella under
arm and waterproof coat show that
he is honest in that uttera1ce. On
she same block, a minute after, you
neet an optinist, and you say: What
do you think of the commercial pros
peccs?" and he says: GLORIOUS.
Crops not so good as usual, but for
-eign demand will make big prices.
We are going to have such an autumn
and winter OF prosperity as we have
never seen" c. your way back to
your store you meet pessimist mer-
chant: What do you think OF the
commercial prospects," you ask, and
he answers: well, 7 don't know.
Wheat and corn crop blasted in Kan
sas and Missouri, and the grain
gamblers will get their fist in, and
the nay crop is short in some places,
and in the southern part Of Wiscon-
sin they had q hsilstorn, 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 assaled and
charged with some evil deed. At the
first story the pessinist will believe
in guilt. The papers said so, and
that's enough. Down with hiIn!"
The optimist will say: II don't be-
Eeve a. word of it. I don't think that
a man that has been as useful and
seemingly honest for 20 years could
have got off track 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 a pessinist, make a
special effort by the grace of God to
extirpate the dolorous and the hyper
critical from your disposition. Be
lieve nothing against anybody until
the wrong is established by at least
two witnesses Of integrity. And, if
guilt be proved, ind out the eXtenuat-
ing circums tances, if there are any.
Kindness. Let US, m.rning, noon and
night, pray for it until we GET it.
When you can speak a good word
Cor some one, speak it. If you can
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