Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-02-01


ness il courtesy The lack Of &C
brings 20 ma . a dead failure. while
before tho>s Nho possess IL in large
quantity sll shc doors Of oppertu-
nifty are open. You can tell what ar-
oaaity does rot come from study of
hooks OF etiquette. although such
hooks have their use. but from a
mind full OF thoughtsulness for 9TH
IRIS and heart in sympathy with the
conditions OF others. If those condi-
tsons be prosperous. glsdness for
the success. or IL the conditions be
depressing, q sorrow for the unfavor-
able circumstances. Al. this world
needs lighting up To those OF us
who are prosperous il Is no credit
that we live in . state OF good cheer.
hut IN The lives OF 90 out OF 100 there
l. pathetic side. taking of. def
icit. an anxiety. = trouble. by
genial look. by kind word. by help
full cction. NC may lift little Of the
burden and partly clear the way for
the stumbling foot. Oh. what glori-
Gus art il is 20 say the right word
in the right way at the right time.
How reprchensible the behavior OF
opposite quality and have q genius
for saying disagreeable things. using
sarcasm and rctort not for lawful
purposes. but 20 sting aud humiliate
and hurts Didn't take him down ?"
didn't I make him vince" Didn't
give IL TO him?~ That is the spirit
OF the devil. while the opposite Is the
spirit OF Christ.
The time must come when the world
vii acknowledge international cour-
tesv- Now courtesy between nations
J chiefly made OF rhetorical greeting.
but "a soon - there is a difference Of
intcrcsttheir ministers Pleripote ntiary
are called home. and the guns Of the
forts are put in position. and the army
and navy get resdv. Why not cour-
tssy between nations that will defer
20 each other and surrender a little
rather than have prolonged acrimony.
ending in great slaughter? Room for
al nations Of the earth and all styles
Of governn crt- What the world wants
Is less armament ard more courts ~.
less 81 the spirit OF destruction and
more Of the spirit OF anity. This cen
tury has opened With too many armies
IL the hsld and teo many nen-ot-war
on the ocesn. Before the century closes
may The last cavalry horse be hitched
60 the plow end the last warship be-
come a merchantmen.
There - nothing worthy in the
thought that the earth viii get too
crowded with populatio IL vast multi
tudes are not destroyed by war. When
cur cid world is full OF Inhabitants
II will have fulhlls6 its mission. and Il
viii 10 put aside ike az old ship turned
into q navy yard and dismansle6 and
the worlds inhz 5Itants transferred 20
SEINE other constellation. The angels
in the song celebrated this coming In
ternationai courtesy when Ia the Beth
lehe1n starlight thoy chsEttd: "GOod
win 20 men"
II others lack courtesy that is no
reason why you should lack 81. Re
Epond 20 rudsncsS BY utmost sffabili-
" Because some oro else is n boor
Is no reason why You should be n boor.
l But how few show urbanity when bad
! " treated, Human nature says; AN
eve Tor an eye. > tooth for a tooth. re-
tort for rctort, Islander fo- SANDER.
| maltreatment Tor nialtreztment." But
| there have been those you and / have
j known who amid assault sn6 carica-
/ ture and in justice have maintained the
I lovsIiness OF blossom week IL spring
time Nothing but Divine grace in the
! heart can keep such equilibrium. That
is not human nature until IL is trans
/ formed by supernai influences. To pui
/ il or the lowest ground you cannot az
ford 70 be revengeful and malignant
Hatred and high indignation are stages
CT uuhealih. They enlarge the spice r
they weaken the nerves: they attach
the brain. Rage Ia = MAJ Is one form
Of apoplexy. Every time you get mad
! you damage your body and mind and
soul. and YOU have not such a surplu,
Of v.gsr and energy that you can af
ford 10 sacrifice them.
So sppia I'd Christian courtesy.
would put il upon the throne Of every
heart n AL the world. The beauty ..
II is that you may extend il TO Others
| and have just as much Of it--yea. Nor,
OF it-Ieft IN your owu heart and lie
II is ike The miracle 81 the loavfs ans
fishes. which. by being divided. wer,
multiplied until y baskets wer,
| filed with the remnants. II is ike
torch. with which 80 lamps may b.
lighted and yet the torch remain a.
bright as before IL lighted the frs
amp.
But this grace viii not come 10 81
eoroual until Il reaches the heaverl,
sphere What a world that must b
where s<ihshness and jealousy an.
pride and acerbities % temper hav
! never entered and never will enter
No struggle for precedence. No rival
~ between cherubim and seraphim