The Globe-republican., 1902-01-16

vsaH ezIEar to- hu7Ed the locomotives for
all the railroads OF Russia and had for
tzIns after fortune roll in upon him.
Courtesy Is a mighty force in temporal
Things we'll as In spiritual things.
Let us start each year, each month.
each day, with the question, What can
do to. make others happy2 On our
way to- office or store or shop or rail
train let us be alert for heaven de-
soended opportunities
The time HaTzst come when the world
will acknowledge international cour-
tesy. Now courtesy between nations
Is chiefly made sH rhetorical greeting.
but as SOON as there Is difference of
interest their ministers pIenipotentiary
are called home, and the guns OF the
FORTS are put i'm position, and the army
and navy get ready Why not cour-
tesy between nations that will defer
to. each other and surrender a little
rather than have prolonged acrimony.
ending in great slaughter? Room for
all nations OF the earth and all styles
OF government What the world wants
lS less armament and more courtesy.
less at the spirit of destruction and
more OF the spirit of amity. This CEN
nury 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 hftched
60 the plow and the last warship be-
come q merchantman.
There is nothing worthy in the
thought that the earth will get too
crowded with population If vast null
Utudes are not destroyed by war
When our old world is full of inhabi-
tants, it will have fulfilled it's mission,
and 1t will be put aside like old
snip turned into navy yard and dis
mant1ed and the worlds Inhabitants
transferred to some other constela-
ha a 1Srnl 4, ,Ie,far
ed this coming international courtesy
when in the Bethlehem starlight they
chanted, Good will to men"
If others lack courtesy, that is no
reason why you should lack it. Re
spond to rudeness by utmost affabili-
ty- Because some one else is a boor
is no reason why you should be a boor.
So l applaud Christian courtesy.
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 much of it-yea, more
of 1t-left in your own heart and life
It is like the miracle of the 1oaves and
fishes. which, by being divided, were
multiplied until twelve baskets were
filled with the remnants. 1t is like a
torch, with which fifty lamps may be-
lighted and yet the torch remain as
bright as before it lighted the first
lamp.
But this grace will not come to it's
cOronaf until it reaches the heavenly
sphere. What a world that must be
| where se1fishness and jealousy and
| pride and ascerbites of temper have
| never entered and never will enter
No struggle for precedence. No rival
ry between cherubim and seraphin
| 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 ban
| quet. No rivalry of robe or coronet.
| No racing of chariots. No throne look
| ing askance upon other thrones but
| all the inha bitants perfectly happy and
/ rejoicing in the perfect happiness
of others If never get to any other
| delightful place. I want to get to that
/ place. What realm to live in for
| ever. All worshiping the same God,
| all saved by the same Christ all ex-
| periencing the same emotions, all
| ascending the same heights of love
| and exultation, all celebrating the vic
| tories. Courtesy there easy, because
| there will be no faults to overlook no
| apologies to make, mistakes to cor
| rect, no disagreea b1eness to overcome.
| come not detraction or a subterfuge-
| a perfect soul in a perfect heaven. In
| that realm, world without end, 1t will
! never be necessary to repeat the
words of my text. words that now
| need oft repetition, BE courteous"