Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-16

The time must come when the world
tesy. Now courtesy between nations
Is chiefly made OF rhetorical greeting.
but as soon as there Is a difference of
interest their ministers plenipotentiary
are called home, and the guns Of the
forts are put in position, and the army
and navy get ready. Why not cour-
tesy between nations that will defer
TO each other and surrender a little
rather than have prolonged acrimony.
ending in great slaughter? Room for
all nations of the earth and all styles
OF government. What the world wants
is less armament and more courtesy,
less OF the spirit of destruction and
more OF the spirit of amity. This CEN
fury has opened with too many armies
In the field and too many men-of-war
on the ocean. Before the century closes
may the last cavalry horse be hitched
10 the pillow and the last warship be-
come a merchantmen.
There is nothing worthy in the
thought that the earth will get too
crowded with population IL vast null
ttudes are not destroyed by war.
When our old world is full of inhabi-
tants, 1t will have fulfilled its mission.
and 1t will be put aside like an old
snip turned into a navy yard and dis
mantled and the worlds inhabitants
transferred to some other constella-
ton. The angels in the song celebrat-
ed this coming international courtesy
when in the Bethlehem starlight they
chanted, Good will to men"
II others lack courtesy, that is no
reason why you should lack 1t. Re-
spond to rudeness by utmost affabili-
ty. Because some one else is a boor
Is no reason why you should be boor
So ! applaud Christian courtesy. l
would put 1t upon the throne of every
heart in all the world. The beauty of
1t Is that you may extend 1t to others
and have just as much Of it-yea, more
OF it--left in your own heart and life.
1t is like the miracle of the loaves and
fishes. which. by being divided, were
multiplied until twelve baskets were
filled with the remnants. 1t is like a
torch. with which fifty lamps may be
lighted and yet the torch remain as
bright as before 1t lighted the first
lamp.
But this grace will not come to Its
coronal until 1t reaches the heavenly
sphere. What a world that must be
where selfishness and jealousy and
pride and assemblies Of temper have
never entered and never will enter!
No struggle for precedence. No rival
ry between cherubim and seraphim.
No ambition as to who shall have the
front seats in the temple OF God and
the Lamb. No controversy about the
place the guest may take at the ban
quet. No rivalry of robe or coronet
No racing Of chariots. No throne look
ing askance upon other thrones, but
all the Inhabitants perfectly happy and
rejoicing in the perfect happiness
of others. II never get to any other
delightful place, want to get to that
place. What realm to live in for
ever! All worshiping the same God.
all saved by the same Christ, all ex-
periencing the same emotions, all
ascending the same heights of love
and exultation. all celebrating the VIC
tories. Courtesy there easy. because
there will be no faults to overlook, no
apologies to make. no mistakes to cor
rect. no disagreeableness to overcome,
no wrongs to right. In all the ages to
come not detraction or a subterfuge.
A perfect soul in perfect heaven. In
that realm, world without end, 1t will
never be necessary to repeat the
words of my text. words that now
need oft repetition, BE courteous"