The Globe-republican., 1902-01-16
TAIsIAGE's SERMON.
THE sExuTY oFcHRlsTfAN COURT
ESY POINTED OUT.
Discourse Preaease1 from the Words of
Peter. BE Courteous'.-The Value of
Prafse-Gixin= - ThouEhtfulness for
Others a Spirit to Re Cultivated.

Prafse-G Giving - ThouEhtfulness for
Others a Spirit BE Cultivated
Copyright 1902 by Louis kIopsch. N I'd
Washington Jan. I'm this dis
course DR. Talmage urges thoughtful
ReSs Cor others and shows how such
bena&.1ant spirit may be fostereds
text Peter H. s, BE courteous,
In an age when bluntness has been
canonized virtue it may be use
8ai to extol one of the most beautiful
nf all the royal family of graces-
courtesy 1t is graciousness, Difference
to the wishes of others, good manners,
AHA hiIty- willingness to deny our
selves somewhat for the advantage of
others, urhanity- Mark you, it can
not be put on or dramatized sue
eessfully for a long while We may
he full Of bows and genuf1ections, and
smiles and complimentary phrase, and
have nothing of genuine courtesy
either in our makeup or in our de-
meanor. A backwoodsman who never
saw a drawing room dancing mas
ter or caterer or fold of drapery
may with his big soul and hard hand
and awkward sa1utat1on exercise the
grace, while one born under richest
upholstery and educated in foreign
schools, and bothered to know which
of ten garments he will take from
royal wardrobe, may be barren of
the spirit of courtesy the great Sa-
hara desert is of green meadows and
tossing fountains.
Now, you know as we'll I do that
some of the most undesirable people
have been seeming incarnatlons of
courtesy. In our early American his
tory there arose a man of wonderful
talent, an impersonation Of all that
can charm drawing rooms and cu1ti-
waited circles. He became vice presi-
dent of the United States and within
one vote of being president Men
threw away their fortunes to help him
In his political aspirations and to
forward him in conspiracy to over
throw the government of the United
States. he trying to do in America
what Napoleon at that very time was
trying to do in Europe-establish a
throne for himself. But he was i'm
moral and corrupt He was the SER
pent that wound it's way into many a
domestic paradise. He shot to death
one of the greatest OF Americans
Alexander Hamilton. The world found
out long before he left it that the Of
fender I speak of was an embodiment
of dissoluteness and base ambition He
was the best illustration that I
know of of the fact that a man may
have the appearance of courtesy while
within he is all wrong.
Absalom, a Bible character, was a
| specimen of a man of polish outside
/ ed all who came near him. But, oh.
| what heart he had, full of treachery
| and unfilia1 spirit and basenessi He
was bad as he was alluring and
| charming
I like what John Wesley said to a
| man when their carriages met on the
| road The ruff1an, knowing Mr. Wes-
| 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, ct never turn out for FOOLS and
| Mr.. Wesley said, .tI always do"
| like the reproof which a Chinaman in
| San Francisco gave an American. The
American pushed him off the side
| walk until he fell into the mud. The
| Chinaman on rising began to brush off
| the mud and said to the American:
| You Christian; me heather. Good
| by" 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 rs he in?' said the
| stranger. The officer 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 il
| our homes.
Let us all cultivate this grace ol
| Christian courtesy by indu1ging in the
| habit of praise instead of the habit OF
| blame There are evils in the wor1e
| that we must denounce, and there ars
| men and women who ought to be
| chastised, but never let us allow the
| opportunity of applauding good deeds
| pass unimproved- The old theory was
| that you must never praise people les
| we make them vain No danger O.
| that Before any of us get through
| with life we will have enough NEAR
| and ignoble and depreciating and 1y-
| ing things said about to keep Us
| humble God approvingly recognize.
| a system of rewards as well as of pun
| ishments-
| When you hear good sermon stor
| after the benediction and tell the pas
| tor, though you never saw him before
| that day, Your sermon did me good
When a mechanic does a good p:ecs
of work tell him it is well done. Wher
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