The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-18
What a mighty means of useful

ness Is COute |
hr;nos IN many a dead failure, while
before those who possess it in large
~ouantity all the doors OF opportu-
n;tv are open. You can tell what ur-
anity does not come from study OF
hooks of etiquette, although such
hooks have their use, but o q
mind full of thoughtfulness for 9TH
ers and a heart in sympathy with h
conditions of others. If those condi-
tions be prosperous, a gladness o
the success, or if the condltions Do
depressing, a sorrow for the unfavor-
able circumstances. All, this world
needs lighting upl To those OF us
who are prosperous it is no credit
that we live in a state OF good cheer'
but in the lives of 90 out OF 100 there
is a pathetic side, a taking of, a DEL
icit, an anxiety, a trouble. by .
genial look, by a kind word, by help
| full action, we may lift a little OF the
burden and partly clear the way Tor
| the stumbling foot. Oh, what a glori-
GUS art it is to say the right word
in the right way at the right timel
How reprehensible the behavior OF
| those who pride themselves on the
opposite quality and have a genius
for saying disagreeable things, using
sarcasm and retort not for lawful
purposes, but to sting and humiliate
! and hurt! Didn't I take him DOWN.
"Didn't I make him wince?" Didn't
I give it to him?'' That is the spirit
of the devil, while the opposite is the
spirit Of Christ.
The time must come when the world
will acknowledge international cour-
tesy. Now courtesy between nations
is chiefly made of rhetorical greeting,
but as soon as there is a difference OF
interest their ministers plenipotentiary
are called home, and the guns of the
forts are put in position. and the army
and navy get ready. Why not a cour-
tesy between nations that will defer
to each other and surrender a little
rather than have prolonged scrimony,
ending in great slaughter? Room for
all nations of the earth and all styles
of government. What the world wants
is less armament and more courtesy,
less of the spirit of destruction and
more Of the spirit of amity. This CEN
fury has opened with too many armies
in the field and too many men-of-war
on the ocean. Before the century closes
may the last cavalry horse be hitched
to the pillow and the last warship be.
come a merchantmen.
There is nothing worthy in the
thought that the earth will get toe
crowded with population If vast multi
tudes are not destroyed by war. When
our old world is full of inhabitants
IL will have fulfilled its mission, and II
will be put aside like an old ship turned
into a navy yard and dismantled and
the worlds inhabitants transferred tS
some other constellation. The angel'
in the song celebrated this coming in
ternational courtesy when in the Beth
lehem starlight they chanted: "Goot
win to men,"
If others lack courtesy that is nj
reason why you should lack it. Re
spond to rudeness by utmost affabili
ty. Because some one else is a boo
is no reason why you should be a boor
But how few show urbanity when bad
ly treated Human nature says: "Al
eve for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, re
tort for retort, Islander for Islander
m~altreatment for maltreatment." Blu
> there have been those you and l hav
known who amid assault and carica
+, ture and injustice have maintained tn
loveliness of blossom week in spring
e time. Nothing but Divine grace in tn
heart can keep such equilibrium. Tha
. is not human nature until it is tran!
. formed by supernal influences. To pu
d it on the lowest ground you cannot u,
ford to be revengeful and malignan'
Hatred and high indignation are stage
Of unhealth. They enlarge the spleen
they weaken the nerves; they attac
s the brain. Rage in a nan is one for,
n of apoplexy. Every time you get ma
4 you damage your body and mind an
soul, and you have not such a surpl,
of vigor and energy that you can a
h ford to sacrifice them.
{? So l applaud Christian courtesy.
# would put it upon the throne of ever
II heart in all the world. The beauty
it is that you may eN2end it to Other
and have just as much of it-yea, mol
4 of it-left in your W heart and lit
70 It is like the miracle of the loaves ar
L fishes, which, by being divided. wei
. multiplied until ~ baskets We
. llled with the remnants. 1t is like
torch, with which so lamps may
e lighted and yet the torch remain
~ bright as before it lighted the fir
lamp.
&c But this grace will not come to j
~coronal until it reaches the heaven
sphere. What a world that must
- where s~elfshness and jealousy al
pride and acerbities of temper ha
never entered and never will ente
=, No struggle for precedence. No rivi
:. nv between cherubim and seraphil
y No ambition as to who shall have T.
y front seats in the temple of God al
y the Lamb. No controversy about 4
~ place the guest may take at the ba
- auet. No rivalry of robe or coron,
VI ~ No racing of chariots. No throne loo