The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-18

| road, himself riding into the ditch. AS
they passed each other the ruffian said'
II never u out for FOOLS" and MI.
Wesley said: 81 always do" like the
reproof which a Chinaman in San
Francisco gave an American. The
American pushed him off the sidewalk
until he fell into the mud. The China
man on rising began to brush of the
mud and said to the American: "You
| Christian; me heather. Goodby.' A
stranger entered o church in n 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"
"Is He inf" said the stranger. The Of
&cer 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 in our homes.
What a curse of cynics and pessi-
mists a%fflicts our time, ~af1icts all time!
There are those who praise no one I'M
til he is dead. Now that he is clear
underground and a heavy stone is on
top of him there is no possibility of his
ever coming up again as a rival. Some
of the epitaphs on tombstones are SO
fulsome that on resurrection day a
man rising may, if he reads the cpl
taph, for the moment think he got into
the wrong grave. Speak well one of
another, and if you find yourself in
circles disposed to SANDER and abuse
be for the time as dumb as the sphinx,
which, though only a few yards away
from the overshadowing pyramid of
Egypt, has not with it's lips of stone
spoken n word in t~housandsof years.
There are two sides to every mans
character a 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
the circumstances. When l see peo-
pie who are worse than l am, l con-
clude that if l had the same bad in
~fiuences around me all my life that
they have had 1 would probably 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 a 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 lane
flowers that showed him he was com
ing near some new country, have
there been so many noble and splen
did and Christian men in high places
in this country as now. You could
go into the presidents cabinet OF
the United States senate or the hous'
Of representatives in this city ant
find plenty of men capable of hold
ing al old-fashioned Methods
prayer meeting, plenty of senator
and representatives and cabinet Off
GERS to start the tune and kneel witt
the penitents at the altar. In al
' these places there are men who coul'
without looking at the Book, recit'
the sublime words, as did Gladston
during vacation at Hawarden, Il be
lieve in God, the Father Almighty
Maker of Heaven and earth, and il
Jesus Christ" and from the senat
!. and house of representatives and tn
, presidential cabinet and from tn
surrounding offices and committe
, rooms, if they could hear, woul
, come many voices responding "Ame
! and amen!"
v Christian courtesy l especially con
t mend to those who have subord
mates. Almost every person ha
e some one under him. How do yo
s treat that clerk, that servant, ths
d assistant, that employe? Do you a
cost him in brusque terms and rougl
e ly command him to do that whic
4 you might kindly ask him to dc
y The last words that the duke {
+ Wellington uttered were IF yo
n please" That conqueror in what wa
l. in some respects the greatest bait
o ever fought in his last hours, aske
It by his servant if he would take son
'e tea replied: IF you please" h
1t last words an expression of courtes
is Beautiful characteristic in any elias
% The day laborers in Sweden, passir
10 each other, take off their hats
IS reverence. There is no excuse f,
ID boorishness in any circle. As col
~ plete' a gentleman as ever lived WI
u the man who was endorsed on Il
'- road to Damascus and beheaded
az the road to Ostia-Paul, the apostl
y 1 know hat he might be so cha
ie acterized by the way he apologize
to Ananias, the high priest. / knt
a it from the way he compliment
Felix as a judge and from the WI
~ he greets the king: 81 thank IN
- self, King Agrippa, because l shi
=. answer for myself this day befc
~ thee touching all the things where
10 am accused of the Jews especial