Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-10-05

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rntii il would not cut skin deep, end '
every battery till IL could not ]
roll. and make gunpowder Of no more
use in the world except for rock blast
ing or pyrotechnie celebration Kind
ness is a spirit divinely implanted aud
In answer 10 prayer, and then TO be
sedulously cultivated until IL fills all 4
the nature with perfume richer and
more pungent than mignonette, and
as IL YOU put tuft of that aromatic
beauty behind the clock on the mantei
or i'm some corner where nobody can
see il. 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 hovver?" 80 IL one has in his
soul this infinite sweetness of DISPOSE
tion its perfume viii whelm every
thing.
Let us ali pray for the spirit of kind
ness. IL viii settle thousand ques-
lions. Il will change the phase Of ev-
ervthing. II will mellow through and
through our entire nature. IL viii
transform a lifetime. II is not a feel
ing got up for occasions. but perennial.
That is the reason like petunias bet
ter than morning glories. They look
very much alike. and IL should put in
your hand petunia and a morning
glory YOU could hardly tell which is
the petunia and which the morning
glory. But The morning glory blooms
only a few hours and then shuts up
for the day. while the petunia is in as
widespread a glow at ~ o'clock at
noon and six o'clock in the evening as
az sunrise. And this grace Of kind
ness is not spasmodic. il is not inter
mittent, is not for little while. but
Il irradistes the whole nature all
through and clear on till the sunset
OF our earthly existence.
Kindnessl I am resolved 10 get IL.
Are you resolved to get it? II doesn not
come by haphazard. but through cul-
ture under the divine help. Thistles
grow without culture. Rocky noun
tain sage grass grows without culture.
Mullen ssalks grow without culture.
But that great red rose in the con-
servatory. its leaves packed on leaves,
deep dyed as though il had been
: obliged 20 fight for it's beauty and IL
- were stin reeking with the carnage OF
r the battle. that rose needed 90 be cul-
, tured. and through long years its
. floral ancestors were cultured. OGod,
, implant Kindness in all our souls and
: then give rs grace TO watch il. 20 en-
: rich il, 10 Develop III
e Stin further. I must speak OF kind
y ness OF word. When YOU meet any
n one, do you say a pleasant thing OF
2 an unpleasant Do You tell him OF
n an agreeable thing you have hearC
q about him or the disagreeable? WheI
r. he leaves YOU does he feel better O.
e docs he feel worse? Oh. the powe
q OF the tongue for the production o
e happiness or misery One would thinl
Is. from the way the tongue is Gagged Il
v we might take the hint that il Ia
6 dangerous power. First il
y chained 20 the back part OF IN
IL mouth by strong muscles. Then ii
IL surrounded 10y the teeth Of the lowe
"a Jaw. so many ivory bars, and the
TO by the teeth Of the upper jaw, NOR
= ivory bars. Then. outside Of all, al
d. the two lips, with the power of con
preston and arrest. And yet, no
at withstanding these four imprisol
as ments or Limitations, how many tai
GO no hint in regard TO the dangeroI
n power OF the tongue. and the resul
"a are liberation, searifoation al
I'd, damnation.
OF Oh. say the cordial thing, Say Il
OF useful thing. say the hos pitah
tn. thing. Say the helpful thing s.
eL the Chrjstlike thing. Say the XII
IN thing. / admit that il is easier Z
q" some tempera ments than for othe
no Some are born pessimists. and sol
IL are born 0ptimists. and that demo
get strates itself all through eyerythiI
Sh II il a cloudy morning. You meet
20 pessimist. and you say: what wea'
lhu er to-day2" He answers: It's
eni ing TO storm" and umbrella unC
ma arm and waterproof coat show n
ere he is honest in that utterance.
OF the same block. n minute after. y
80 meet an optimist. and you say: WI
ar do YOU think OF the commercial pr
hu- pectsF and he says: -Glorio
Crops not so good as usual, but
ma. eign demand viii make big pris
iai We are going TO have such an autu
and winter Of prosperity as we b
"oo never seen" On your way back
your store you meet a pessimist II
chant: what do you think of
commercial prospects?' you ask,
OF he answers: well. ! don't kn
Wheat and corn. crop blasted in X
sas and Missouri, and the 81
@I' gamblers will get their fist in,
the hay crop is short in some pia
81 and IN the southern part Of Wise
sin they had a hailstorm, and
business is as dull as IL ever W
You will find the same difference
Judgment of character. 4 man
good reputation is assailed
charged with some evil deed. At
'S first story the pessimist viii bel
=" IN quilt. s'The papers said so,