Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-01-13

Ing lazarettos, attired in vermilion ana
gold. Perdition hanging out the ban
nCrs of heaven. AS far as possible are
they removed from all genuine cour.
tesy.
Heart Courtesy.
like what John Wesley said to a
man when their carriages met on the
road. The ruffian, knowing Mr.. Yves
ley and disliking him. did not turn out
but kept the middle of the road Mr.
Wesley cheerfully gave the man all the
road. himself riding into the ditch. AS
they passed each other the ruffian said
81 never turn out for FOOLS" and Mr.
Wesley said, II always do" l like the
reprOOf which Chinaman in San
Francisco gave an American. The
until he fell into the mud. The China.
man on rising began to brush off the
mud and said to the American: you
Christian; me heather. GOodby." A
stranger entered a church in one of
the cities and was allowed to stand a
long while, although there was plenty
of room. No one offered a seat. The
stranger after awhile said to one of
the brethren, what church is this?'
The answer was, "Christ's church, sir
SIS he imp said the stranger. The of
ficer of the church understood what
was meant and gave him a seat. We
want more courtesy in the churches,
more courtesy in places of business,
more courtesy in our homes.
But heart courtesy must precede
hand and head and foot courtesy. Gull
tivation of it should begin in the ia
Tiers house. You often notice that
brothers and sisters are often gruff
and snappy and say things and do
things that they would not have the
outside world know about. Rough
things are sometimes said in house
holds which ought never to be said at
all - teasing and recriminatiOn and
faultfinding and harsh criticisms, which
will have their echo thirty and forty
: and fifty years afterward. In the sleet
driven by that east wind no sweet
flowers Of kindness and geniality will
picking at each other, and those chill
dren will be found picking at each
other, and far down the road of life
will be seen the same disposition to
pick at others. Better than this habit
of picking at children, which 50 many
parents indulge in, would be one good,
healthy application of the rod. Better
a shower that lasts a few minutes
than the cold drizzle of many days.
We never get over our first home, how
ever many homes we may have after
ward.
Cultivate Christian Grace.
Let us all cultivate this grace of
Christian courtesy by indulging in the
habit Of praise instead of the habit of
blame. There are evils in the world
that we must denOunce, and there are
men and women who ought to be chas-
tised, but never let us allow the op-
pOrtunity Of applauding good deeds
pass unimproved. The old theory was
that you must never praise people lest
we make them vain. No danger of
! that. Before any of us get through
with life we will have enough mean
| and ignoble and depreciating and ly-
/ ing things said about us to keep us
humble. God approvingly recognizes
q system of rewards as we'll as of pun
| ishments.
When you hear q good sermon, stop
after the benedictiOn and tell the pas
tor, though you never saw him before
! that day. your sermon did me good"
! When mechanic does good piece of
i work, tell him it is well done. When
physician brings you out of peril
Gus illness. stop him in the street and
say. Doctor. you saved my life.'
When you hear of business man in
some heavy stress of financial weather
helping Trailer craft into the harbor
go into his counting room and say, 81
hear you have been helping your fel
low business man to outride the tenn
pest of panic, and l came in to thanb
you for the good advice you gave anG
to let you know that all good citizens
appreciate what you have been doing
Go down the street tomorrow anC
thank somebody. There are hundreds
of people who never get thanked at all
Plenty of severe criticism, plenty OF
faultfinding, plenty of misinterpreta
ton. plenty of depreciation, but as tC
gratitude-that is a market in which
the supply does not equal the demand
In the cultivation of this habit Of
Christian courtesy let us abstain from
joining in the work of defamation
Every little while society takes aftel
man, and it must have a victim. Il
you had a roll of all the public men Of
this generation or of any generation
who have been denounced and despoil
ed of their good name, it would take
you a long while to call the roll. 1t il
bad streak in human nature tina
there are so many who prefer to be
lieve evil instead of good concernin.
any one under discussion. If a goo,
motive and bad motive have beel
possible in the case in hand, one maj