St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22

the brethren: "What church is this
The answer was: "Christ's church, sir.
"Is He in?" said the stranger. The O.
ficer of the church understood VIVA
was meant and gave him a seat. W
!, want more courtesy in the churche!
more courtesy in places of bushes!
more courtesy in our homes.
What curse of cynics and pessi
mists af1icts our time, aff1icts all time
, There are those who praise no one un
til he is dead. Now that he is clea
) underground and heavy stone is o.
5 top of him there is no possibility of hi
ever coming up again as rival. Som,
of the epitaphs on tombstones are s.
fulsome that on resurrection day
man rising may, if he reads the cpl
taph, for the moment think he got int,
another, and if you find yourself il
circles disposed to SANDER and abus,
be for the time as dumb as the sphinx
which, though only a few yards ava,
from the overshadowing pyramid O.
Egypt, has not with its lips of stone
spoken one word in thousandsof years
There are two sides to every mans
character - good side and an evil
side. The good see only the good
and the evil only the evil, and the
probability is that only a medium
opinion is the right opinion. Most
of the people whom I know are do
ing about as well as they can under
| ho oir CT
pie who are worse than I am, I con-
clude that if had the same bad in
fiuences around me all my life that
they have had would proba bly, have
been worse than they now are. The
work of reform is the most impor-
tant work, but many OF the reform
ers, dwelling on one evil, see nothing
but evil, and they get so used to an
athena they forget the usefulness
once in awhile of benediction. They
get so accustomed to excoriating
public men that they do not realize
that never since John Hancock in
/ boldest chirography signed the dec
laration of independence, never since
Columbus picked up the floating land
| flowers that showed him he was COM
ing near some new country, have
there been SO many noble and SPLEEN
did and Christian men in high places
in this country as now. You could
60 into the presidents cabinet or
the United States senate or the house
of representatives in this city and
find plenty of men capable of hold
ing an old-fashioned Methodist
prayer meeting, plenty of senators
and representatives and cabinet Off
GERS to start the tune and kneel with
the penitents 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 Hawarden, Il be-
ieve in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of Heaven and earth, and in
Jesus Christ" and from the senate
and house of representatives and the
presidential cabinet and from the
surrounding Offices and committee
rooms, if they could hear, would
come many voices responding "Amen
and amen!"
Christian courtesy I especially COM
mend to those who have subordi- !
mates. Almost every person has
some one under him. How do you
treat that clerk, that servant, that
assistant, that employe? Do you ac-
cost him in brusque terms and rough
ly command him to do that which
you might kindly ask him to do?
The last words that the duke of
Wellington uttered were: IF you
please" That conqueror in what was
in some respects the greatest battle
ever fought in his last hours, asked
by his servant if he would take some
tea replied: IF you please his
last words an expression of courtesy.
Beautiful characteristic in any class.
The day laborers in Sweden, passing
each other, take off their hats in
reverence. There is no excuse for
in any circle. AS COM
olete a gentleman as ever lived was
The man who was endorsed on the
'oad to Damascus and beheaded on
he road to Ostia-Paul, the apostle.
know that he might be so char I
lcterized by the way he apologized ]
% Ananias, the high priest. I know I
t from the way he complimented |
Felix as Judge and from the way i
lie greets the king: II thank my 1
elf, King Agrippa, because 1 shall i
nswer for myself this day before +
hee touching all the things whereof I
am accused of the Jews, especially {
'ecause know thee to be expert in t
II customs and questions which are t
mong the Jews" I know that Paul G
7as gentleman from the way he y
pened his sermon on Mars hill, not $
1sulting his audience, as King o
ames' translation implies, but say
1g: Eye men of Athens, I perceive
hat in all things ye are very de- v
out" know he was gentlema1 h
rom the fact that when he, with il
theirs of shipwreck, on the island a
Melita visited the governor of the o
land, he was most impressed with L
he courtesy shown them and report II
that visit in these words: ''In the n
lme quarters were possessions Of II
le chief man of the island, whose u
anne was Publius, who received us IL
I'd lodged US three days courteous o.
:" And then see those words of adj ID
ce which he gives: "Bear We one
burdens;" I'm honor pre- ce
rring one another" "Honor all 81
en-"
What mighty means of useful p
.ss is courtesy! The lack of it ~ ~
'ings to many dead failure, while =,
fore those who possess it in large ~