The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-16

try, have there been so many noble and
splendid and Christian men in high places
in this country as now. You could go into
the Presidents Cabinet or the United
States Senate or the House of Representa-
tives in this city and find plenty Of men
capable of holding an old fashioned Metho-
dist prayer meeting. plenty of Senators
and Representatives and Cabinet officers
to start the tune and lSneel with the pen
tents at the altar. In all these places
there are men who could, without looking
at the book, recite the sublime words, as
did Gladstone during vacation at HawaI.
den. "I believe in God. the Father Al
mighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and
in Jesus Christ" and from the Senate and
House of Representatives and the Presi-
dental Cabinet aud from the surrounding
Offices and committee rooms, if they could
hear, would come many voices responding
"Amen and amen!"
Christian courtesy ] especially commend
to those who have subordinates. Almost
every person has some one under him. How
do YOU treat that clerk that servant, that
assistant, that employee Do you accost
him in brusque terms and roughly command
him TO do that which you might kindly
ask him to do? The first words that the
Duke Of Wellington uttered were, III YOU
please" That conqueror an what was in
some respects the greatest bnttle ever
fought in his last hours. asked Oy his SER
want il he would take some tea, replied,
ali you please" his last words an expires.
sion of courtesy. Beautiful characteristic
in any class. The day laborers in Sweden,
passing each other. take off their hats in
reverence. There is no excuse for boorish-
ness in anv circle As complete q gentle
man as ever lived was the man who was
unhorsed on the road to Damascus and be-
headed on the road to Ostia--Paul, the
apostle 7 know that he might be so char
acterized by the way he apologized to Ana
MAS, the high priest. / know it from the
way he complimented Felix as n judge.
and from the wav he oreets the king, u
thank myself, King Agrippa, because ]
shall answer for myself this day before
thee touching all the things whereof | am
accused of the Jews, esnecially because ]
know thee to be expert in all customs and
questions which are among the jews" l
know that Paul was a gentleman from the
way he oDened his sermon on Mars hill,
not insulting his audience. as King ,lames's
translation implies, but saving. "Ne men
of Athens. / perceive that in all things ye
are very devout" | know he was a gen
tleman from the fact that when he with
others of n shipwreck, on the Island OF
Melita visited the governor o' the island
he was most impressed with the courtesy
shown them and reported that visit IN
these words: "Jn the same quarters were
possessions of the chief man OF the island,
whose name was Publius who received us
and lodged us three dsys courteously."'
And then see those words of advice which
he gives: Bear We one anothers burdens"
"In honor preferring one another" Hon
or all men"
What a mighty means of usefulness is
courtesyl The lack of it brings to many
dead failure. while before those who pos.
sesS it in large quantity all the doors ot
opportunity are open. You can tell that
urbanity does not come from study OF
books of etiquette. although such books
have their use, but from a mind full OF
thoughtfulness for Others and heart in
sympathy with the conditions of others.
If those conditions be prosperous, a
| gladness for the success, or if the condi-
! tions be depressing, a sorrow for the un-
favorable circumstances. All, this world
needs lighting up!
To those Of us who are prosperous 1t IS
| no credit that we are in state oi good
| cheer. but in the lives of ninety-nine out
| Of a hundred there is a pathetic side, a
| taking off. a deficit. an anxiety trouble.
\ BY genial look. by kind word, by a
| helpful action, we may lift a little of the
! burden and partly clear the way for the
! stumbling foot. Oh. what glorious art
It is to say the right word in the right
way at the right timel
| If others lack courtesy. that is no rea-
son why YOU should lack it: Respond to
| rudeness by utmost affability. Because
some one else is a boor is no reason why
you should be a boor But how few show
nrbanity when badly treated! Human ma
| ture says: "An eve for an eye tooth for
4 tooth. retort for retort. slander for SLAM
! der, maltreatment for maltreatmeut" But
| there have been those YOU and / have
| known who amid assault and caricature
and injustice have maintained the lowell
ness of blossom week in springtime. Moth
| ing but divine grace in the heart can keep
such equilibrium. That is not human ma,
| ture until it is Transformed by supernal
influences. To put it on the lowest ground
| you cannot afford to be revengeful and
| malignant,
Hatred and high indignation are stages
of unhealth. They enlarge the spleen;
they weaken the nerves; they attack the
! brain Rage in a man is one form OF apo
| plexy Every time YOU get mad You dam
! age your body and mind and soul, and YOU
! have not such a surplus OF vigor and en-
ergy that you can afford to sacrifice them,
So ] applaud Christian courtesy. l
would put it upon the throne OF every
heart in all the world The beauty of it
is that you may extend it to others and
! have just as much of it-yea, more OF it
| left in your own heart and life.
| 1t is like the miracle of the lOaves and
fishes, which, by being divided, were mul.
| tiplied until twelve baskets We're filed
| with the remnants. 1t is like torch,
with which fifty lamps many be lighted
| and vet the torch remain as bright as be-
| fore it lighted the first lamp.
J But this grace will not come to its coro'
| nal until it reaches the heavenly sphere.
| What world that must be where selfish
ness and jealousy and pride and acerbities
| of temper have never entered and never
will enter! No struggle for precedence.
| No rivalry between cherubim and sera-
| phim. No ambition as to who shall have
| the front seats in the temple of God and
| the Lamb. No controversy about the place
| the guest may take at the banquet. No
rivalry OF robe or coronet No racing OF
| chariots. No throne looking askanee upon
J other thrones but all the inhabitants per-
| fectly happy and rejoicing in the perfect
happiness of others. If | never get to any
other delightful place | want to get to that
! place What realm to live in forever!
| All worshiping the same God. all saved by
! the same Christ, all experiencing the same
| emotions, all ascending the same heights
! of love and exultation, all celebrating the
| victories Courtesy there easy, because
! there will be no faults TO overlook, no
! apologies to make, no mistakes to correct,
! no disagreeableness to overcome, no wrongs
to right. In all the ages to come not a
detraction or a subterfuge, A perfect soul
| in a perfect heaven. In that realm, world
without end it will never be necessary. to
| repeat the words OF my text, words that
now need oft repetition, BE courteous"
Copyright, 1902, L. Klopseh.l