The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-02-14

this habit Of picking az children, which
40 many parents indulge in. would be one
good, healthy application Of the rod. Bet.
tor 4 shower that lasts few minutes than
the cold drzzle of many days We never
get over our first home, however many
houses we may have afterward
Let ms an cultivate the grace Of Chris.
tan courtesy by indulFing IN the habit oil
nraise instead of the habit of blame. There
are evils IN the world that we must de-
nounce. and there are men and women
who ought TO be chastised, but never, let
us allow the opportunity oil applauulhB
good deeds pass unimproved'
There are two sides TO every mans char
aeter-a good side and an evil side. Inc
GOOD see only the good and the evil only
the evil and the probability y that a me.
dunn opinion Is the right opinion. MOST
of the people whom j know are doing
about as well az they can under the CIR
cumstances When / see people VINO are /
worse than / am. / conclude that II ! had
| the same bad influences around me an my /
/ life that they have had / would probably /
/ have been worse than they now are. Ihe |
/ work Of reform Is the most important |
/ work hut many Of the reiormers, dwell
/ ING on one evil, see nothing but evil, anu
/ thew Get so used TO anathema they forget
the usefulness once in awhile OF Deneulc-
ton. They get so accustomed to eXeor-
iating public men that they do not reahze
| that never since John Hancock IN boldest
chirography signed the Declaration OF In,
| dependence, never since Columbus picked
mn the floating land flowers that showed
him he was coming near some new eouh
try. have there been so many noble ana
splendid and Christian men IN high places
in this country as now. Nou could 60 INTO
the Presidents Cabinet or the United
States Senate or the House of Representa-
! and find pInntV OF men
capable Of holding an old fashioned Metho-
dist prayer meeting, plenty OF Senators
and Representatives and Cabinet officers
10 start the tune and kneel 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 hawaT
! den. Il believe in God, the father al
mighty. Maker of heaven and earth anu
| N Jesus Christ" and from the Senate anu
House Of Representatives and the Presl-
: dental Cabinet and from the surrounding
Offices and committee rooms, II they eouiu
} hear. would come many voices responding
: "Amen and amen!"
{ Christian courtesy I especially commend
D to those who have subordnates: Almost
= every person has some one under him. how
h do YOU treat that clerk, that servant, that
{ assistant. that employe? Do you aceost
I him in brnsuue terms and roughly command
r him to do that which you might kindly
r ash, him to do? The first words that the
a Duke Of Wellington uttered were, II you
d please" That conqueror in what was IN
J. some respects the greatest battle. ever
n FOUGHT in his last hours, asked by his SER
want if he would take some tea replied
e "If YOU please" his last words an expires
n sion Of courtesy. Beautiful characteristic
= in anv class. The day laborers in Sweden
n passing each other, take off their hats y
# reverence. There is no excuse for boorlsh
d ness in any circle. AS complete a gentle
" man as ever lived was the man who was
le endorsed on the road to Damascus and be
# headed on the road to Ostia-Paul, INT
h. apostle. I know that he might be so char
g. acterized by the way he apologized to Ana
is Mas, the high priest. I know it from tn
S. wav he complimented Felix as judge
lie and from the way he greets the king, {"
" thank myself, King Agrippa, because
al shall answer for myself this day betor
n thee touching all the things whereof | an
of accused of the Jews, especially because
in know thee to be expert in all customs ant
ne questions which are among the Jews"
q know that Paul was a gentleman from Tn
al way he opened his sermon on Mars hi
at not insulting his audience, as King James
T. translation implies but saying "Ye me
VI of Athens perceive that in all thlngs y
n are very devout." I know he was ger
ne tleman from the fact that when he wit
an Others of a. shiDwreck, on the Island
M M Meita visited the governor OF the islam
dC he was most impressed with the courtes
We shown them and reported that visit !
nc these words: "In the same quarters wer
possessions of the chief man of the islant
ca whose name was Publius, who received I
ot,, and lodged us three days courteously
no And then see those words Of advice whic
as he gives: Bear We one another's burdens;
,de ''In honor preferring one another" 'Hol
w or all men"
ar What mighty means of usefulness
ull courtesy! The lack of it brings to many
Sc dead failure, while before those who pc
hs sess it in large quantity all the doors,
opportunity are open. You can tell thi
us urbanity does not come from study
gGI books Of etiquette, although such bool
oItt have their use, but from mind full
LhI thouRhtfulness for others and heart
mt sympathy with the conditions of others.
"a If those conditions be prosperous,
,ne gladness for the success, or il the conc
~ tions be depressing, a sorrow for the u
SO favorable circumstances. All, this wor
~ ~ needs lighting up
ul- To those of us who are prosperous it
III IN no credit that We are in state OF go
IN cheer but in the lives of ninetv-nine o
nu of hundred there is pathetic side,
els taking off deficit, an anxiety, troub
&c Bv a genial look, by a kind word, by
helpful action, we may lift little OF t
la 5 burden and partly clear the way for t
az stumbling foot OBJ what glorious q
as it is to say the right word in the rig
,il', wav at the right time
NY If others lack courtesy that is no II
ing son why you should lack it. Respond
per e rudeness by utmost affability. Becar
avs SUI SUM om be bonr PIT how few sh,
IAN yet.!t,. -, H. Az, '+rao+odi Human
ne nc ture says: "An eye for an eye. tooth
AK n tooth. retort for retort SANDER for sis
la1i der. maltreatment for matreatmeut." /
ano there have been those you and | ha
me known who amid assault and caricatl
fed and Injustice have maintained the low