Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-15

the jealous minister cannot rejoice at
hearing TINT another church Is crowd
ed if his own Is empty; the jealous
woman cannot bear to hear praises of
the beauty of another woman.
Thus no sooner does any man or
woman win success In any department
OF life than many Jealous, unsuccessful
rivals become beside themselves with
rage. AS monomaniac may be ra.
tiOnal on every subject but one, SO the
jealous man may be fair and just Oh
every question, but be absolutely in
sane and unjust when the works and
lives Of his successful rivals are dis
cussed. If you IRE a jealous man. you
will turn upon them all your batteries
Of scorn and denunciation. You will
magnify 6cir faults and gloat over
their imperfections. you will loathe
them with an unutterable loathing. and
when, on account Of your unjust criti.
ciSms YOU. may have overthrown 8
successful rival, you. as jealous man.
will join in the pandemonium of a de-
moniacal joy in which all the evil spir-
its of the inferno join in the chorus.
You will glcefully clap your hands and
shout: AHA we have destroyed him!
We have destroyed the man who has
dared to stand in our way"
The surcst Way to Success.
But. though jealous men and women
may try to trip up the runners. who
they fear may pass them in LIES race,
yet the strange fact remains that the
surest way Of winning the prizes Of
success is not by destroying good men,
but by trying to help them along. How
did William Mckinley win his great
success in the political world? BY dip
ping his pen in gall? BY trying to
WELD the executioners AK of Islander
and defamation and hate? Oh. no.
William Mckinley made his way into
tho White House by trying to help two
of his friends there and by trying to
help all his friends in every way he
could. When in 1888 the Republican
convention met in Chicago Mr.. McKln-
ley went there at the head of the Ohio
delegation pledged for the nomination
field. After few ballots the Ohio del
egates found it was impossible to NOM
mate Mr.. Sherman. AS many members
of that convention wanted Mr.. Mckin-
ley. his friends waited upon him and
offered him their support William Nc
Kiney looked into the eyes of his
friends as he answered: Gentlemen,
came to this convention pledged to
work for the nomination Of John Sher-
man. Any man who tries 10 nominate
me in his place is not my friend. viii
liam McKinley's name under no condi-
tion can be presented as a candidate"
The same scene was practically dupli-
Gated in the Minneapolis convention of
1892 Mr.. Mckinley went there pledg-
ed TO support Benjamin Harrison. AS
permanent chairman of that cOnven-
ton ne again and again arose and pro
tested against the presentation of his
name as n candidate. He protested in
! spite of the fact that the convention
was nearly swept off its feet at the
mere mention of his name. After these
two wonderful exhibitions of self sac
riiice on William Mckinley's part al
doubt, if there ever was any doubt, as
to the sterling character of the mnr
was forever swept away. AT the ballot
box of 1896 the American people said
IF Mr. Mckinley can be true to his
friends and his rivals, we know he viii
be true to us In all the writings and
speeches of William Mckinley, deliy
cred or written during public life OF
more than thirty years, you cannot
find one word by which he tried to wiz
success by wrecking the life of II rival
He achieved success by helping along
every good man he could.
That the philosophy OF the Colder
Rule is sound and that men help them
selves by helping instead of being jeal
GUS of others is illustrated in the life OF
Dwight l.. Moody. What made Mr.
Moody in some respects the greatest re-
ligious one man power in the last cen
turv? His speaking ability? oh. yes
! believe he was one Of the most con
vncing of spiritual orators, but | alst
believe that there were others Of hi'
organizing ability? Oh. yes. I believe
he would have been master at tn,
head Of political campaign or as {
merchant or even as a military chief
tain; but, though ID. l.. Moody ma.
have been great organizer, | believe
there were others of his time just a!
great, if not greater. His great hi.
heart, into which he could gather al
his loved ones? Oh, yes; Mr.. Mood,
had an affectionate nature! But there
are thousands Of men who love thei
families and friends Just as much al
Mr.. Moody loved his loved ones; but
though many men may have excellet
him in individual characteristics, in on'
respect | believe he was the peer. il no
the king, of them all do not believe
Mr.. Moody had one infinitesimal parti
Gle Of jealousy in his makeup. instead
of trying to focus all the attention Of
the religious world upon himself h
spent most of his life in pushing othcl
rel gious workers to the front The big
ger the man the more anxious Mr. Moo
dy was to call public attention to him
He brought across the water Herr,
Drummond and John Mcneil and i
b. Meyer and G. II. c. McGregor ant
Campbell Morgan and many others, II
invited to his own platforms the might
lest religious workers of his generation
He placed them by his side as he said