The Globe-republican., 1902-01-16

of neutrality-suspicious.. plenty or dHpreA
ciation, but to o3grafffude-that1 is a
market In which the supply does not
equal the demand.
In the cultivation OF this habit of
Christian courtesy let rus abstain from.
Joining in the work of defamation
1t is a bad streak in human nature
that there are SO many people who
prefer to believe evil instead of good
concerning any one under discussion
The more faults man has of his own.
the more wiling is he toaascrihse faults
to others.
What a curse of cynics and pessi-
m1sts amicts our times aff1icts5ai1 timer
There cre those who praise no1onee un-
til he IS dead Now that he is clear
under ground and a heavy stone is
top Of him ere iss noo possibility Of
his ever coming up again. rival.
Some of the epitaphss on tomhstones-
are SO fulsome that ON resurrection
day a man rising may If he reads the
epitaph, for the moment think, he got
into the wrong grave.
There are two sides to- every mans
character-a good side and evil
side The good see only the good and
the evil only the evil, and the proba-
billty is that medium. opinion Is the
right opinion Most of the people.
whom I know are doing about as we'll
as they can under the circumstances.
The work of reform is, the most
important work, butt many OF the re-
formers, dwelling on one evil, see
nothing but evil, and they get so used
to anathema they forget the usefulness
once in awhile OF a benedfction. They
get SO accustomed to, excoriatiDg pub
lie men that they do not realize that
never since John Hancock in boldest
chirography signed the Declaration of
Independence, never since Colum bus
picked up the floating land flowers
that showed him he was coming near
some new conntry, have there been
SO many noble and splendid and
| Christian. men in high places in this
| country now. You could go into
| the presidents cabinet or the United
| States senate the house of repre-
sentatives i'm this city and find plenty
| of men capable of holding old
| fashioned Methodist prayer meeting,
| plenty Of senators and representatives
and cabinet officers 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, recfte the sublime words,
/ as did Gladstone during vacation at
t Hawarden, Il believe in God. the
Father Almighty Maker of heaven
| and earth. and in Jesus Christ and
| from the senate and house of repre-
| sentatfves and the presidential cabi-
| net and from the surrounding Offices
| and committee rooms, If they could
|
/ spending Amen and amen!"
Christian courtesy I especially com
| mend to those who have subordinates
| Almost every person has some one un-
der him. How do you treat that clerk
| that servant. that assistant, that en-
| ploye? Do you accost him in brusque
| terms and roughly command him to dc
that which you might kindly ask hiIc
to do? The last words that the Duke
| of Wellington uttered were, eff yoI
| 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 word.
| an expression of courtesy. Beautiful
| characteristic in any class. There i.
| no excuse for boorishness in any cir
| Gle. As complete a gentleman as eye1
| lived the man who was unhorset
on the road to Damascus and heheadee
| on the road to Ostia-Paul, the apostle
1 know that he might be character
lied by the way he apoligfzed to Ana
Mas. the high priest. I know it from
| the way he complimented Felix as
| judge and from the way he greets tn.
king. Il thank myself, King Agrippa
because I shall answer for myself thi
day before thee touching all the thing
whereof I am accused of the Jews, es
peciaIly because know thee to be ex
pert in all customs and question:
1
see those words of advice which b.
gives: Bear ye one another's bur
dens;'' .-in honor preferring one an
other;'' "honor all men,"
What mighty means of usefulness
| is courtesy The lack of it brings t.
many dead failure. while befor
| those who possess it in large quantit,
| all the doors of opportunity are open
You tell that urbanity does no
come from study of books of etiquette
| although such books have their use
| but from a mind full of thoughtful
| ness for others and a heart in sym
pathy with the conditions of others
All, this world needs lighting up. T.
| those of who are prosperous it is n
credit that are in a state of goo
| cheer. but in the lives of ninety-niE
out of a hundred there is a patheti
side, taking off, deficit, anxiety
a trouble. By genial look, by kin
word, by a helpful action, we may 1if
little of the burden and partly c1ea