The Iola register., 1902-01-17

before those VINO possess III IN large |
quantity all the doors of opportu-
nifty are open. You can tell what ur-
banity does not come from study of
books of etiquette, although such
books have their use, but from q
mind full of thoughtfulness for 9TH
ers and heart in sympathy with the
conditions of others. If those condi-
tions be prosperous, a gladness for
the success, or if the conditions be
depressing, sorrow for the unfavor-
able circumstances. All, this world
needs lighting up! To those of us
who are prosperous 1t is no credit
that we live in state of good cheer,
but in the lives of 90 out of 100 there
is pathetic side, n taking off, def
icit, an anxiety, n trouble. By a
genial look, by a kind word, by help
full action, we may lift little of the
burden and partly clear the way for
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 hurtl Didn't take him DOWN."
didn't l make him wince?" Didn't
] 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 g,
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 n 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
Is less armament and more courtesy,
less Of the spirit of destruction and
more Of the spirit of amity. This CEN
tury 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 plow and the last warship be-
come a merchantman.
There is nothing worthy in the
thought that the earth will get too
crowded with population If vast multi
tudes are not destroyed by war. When
our old world is full of inhabitants,
It will have fulfilled its mission, and it
will be put aside like an old ship turned
into navy yard and dismantled and
the worlds inhabitants transferred to
some other constellation. The angels
in the song celebrated this coming in
ternational courtesy when in the Beth
lehem 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
But how few show urbanity when bad.
w treated! Human nature says: IAN
eye for an eye, a tooth for tooth, re-
, tort for retort, slander for SANDER
maltreatment for maltreatment." But
: tntTt nave bttu lhbSt NpA anu 1 navy
known who amid assault and carica
; ture and injustice have maintained the
loveliness of blossom week in spring
time. Nothing but Divine grace in the
heart can keep such equilibrium. Thai
is not human nature until it is trans
, formed by supernal influences. To pu
it on the lowest ground you cannot af
ford to be revengeful and malignant
Hatred and high Indignation are stages
of unhealth. They enlarge the spleen
= they weaken the nerves; they attacl
S the brain. Rage in man is one form
Il of apoplexy. Every time you get mac
t YOU damage your body and mind anC
= soul, and you have not such surplu
= of vigor and energy that you can af
b ford to sacrifice them.
? So I applaud Christian courtesy.
I would put il upon the throne of ever,
Il heart in all the world. The beauty o
S it is that you may extend it TO other
e and have just as much of it-yea, NOR
d of it-left in your own heart and life
e It is like the miracle of the loaves ant
S fishes, which, by being divided, wer
z. multiplied until 12 baskets wer
5, filed with the remnants. 1t is like
g torch, with which so lamps may b
n lighted and yet the torch remain a
r bright as before it lighted the frs
l. lamp.
S But this grace will not come to it
e coronal until il reaches the heavenl
n sphere. What a world that must b
e. where selfshness and jealousy an
r pride and acerbities of temper hav
d never entered and never will enter
W No struggle for precedence. No riva
d ry between cherubim and seraphin
v No ambition as to who shall have tn
v front seats in the temple of God an
II the Lamb. No controversy about tn
e place the guest may take at the bar
If ouet. No rivalry of robe or corone
v No racing of chariots, No throne lool