Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-03-30

his eye only TO see pure pictures and
to read good books. his ear to hear only |
what is good and true In reference to |
his fellow men: II man allows his
tongue to repeat only that which il
generous and loving and gentle-that
mans mind and spirit will become
true and good. IL his mind becomes
pure. then his thoughts and his de-
sires will become pure, as well as his
actions
Reaching For Lofty ideals.
A man cannot lift himself up by pull
ing at his boot straps. He must have
q pure ideal TO draw bin out of him.
self. When Munkacsy's famous pic.
ture, Christ Before Plate" was being
exhibited in one of our American cit
les, an unkempt and filthy looking man
was one day seen to enter the room
and TO stand and look for hours upon
the sad and beautiful face of the Sa-
viour. At first he stood before that
painting with his hat upon his head;
then. as the spirit of the picture began
to take. possession of him, he reached
up and Esmoved his hat. The follow
/ ing day The man came back, but this
time be had washed his face and his
hands. Next day he came again and
! stood before the picture. This day he
! had his clothes cleaned. Day after
day. as long as that picture was in the
| city. this man came. each time i'm
proved in apparel, each time with more
of divine light and love flooding his
| ,,+o nd " hrnfhnrc If we
reach up for lofty ideals those ideals
will lift-us up. If we only see and talk
about the depravities in our brothers
nature those evil deeds will drag US
! down.
The golden lips of gospel silence are
often just as important for our spirit
ual development as the silver tongue
of speech. Joseph Addison, the great
English author and critic, once gave a
description of his feelings when listen
ing to a masterpiece rendered by a
noted orchestra. He said that he was
not so much impressed with the great
tidal waves of sound which dashed
themselves against his eardrums as
the waves Of the mighty deep in mid
winter beat against the Holland bikes
or with tue volume of mingled sounds,
as when the voices of the celestialS
seemed to blend with the voices of the
terrestrials, as he was impressed with
the deep silence which suddenly en-
sued when the orchestra leader lifted
his baton in the midst of the piece and
commanded his musicians to halt. Me
thought" he wrote, this short inter
val of silence had more music in it
than any short space of time before or
after it, The most eloquent passages
Of our spiritual development may of
ten be found when we press the golden
lips of gospel silence against our neigh
boris faults. when we are dumb s&nd
say nothing. absolutely nothing.
Scandals Publish Themselves.
The golden lips of gospel silence
should remain closed because, as q
rule, it is not necessary to emphasize
scandals Scandals are always loud
voiced. They publish themselves. AS
l speak some one sitting in a pew has
been saying to himself: us it not right
to denounce other peoples faults!
Shall we not warn our friends against
these sins? Shall we not point out
mems errors as well as their virtues
Did not Paul write to young Timothy
cnjoining him to rebuke as we'll as tC
exhort, to reprove as well as preach
the word?' Yes, that is true; but, as
q rule, when q man sins he does mo-
find a very great lack of reprovers ant
rebukers, while there is generally /
great scarcity of eXhOrters and encour
ayers when he does right.
> The late DR.. Joseph Parker, the grea
' London preacher. once said: "The aver
D age newspaper prefers not to prin
. that which is only commendatory. |
| should arise this morning and preacl
e the most eloquent evangelistic sermon
= ever delivered from any English pul
: pit, no special notice would be takel
D of the same, but if should preach il
0 an alpaca coat and stand under a
g open umbrella, which | might hold i
s my left hand. every newspaper in Aus
f ralia, New Zealand, America or tn
, British isles would have an account o
j the same tomorrow morning" Ful
Il thermore, in every community Their
d are scores of men and women VIII
, consider themselves self appointe
= messengers of evil. They are eve
o willing to leave the home on was
% Monday or on Saturday Afternoon
Il when they ought to be preparing fc
# the sacred Sabbath. if they can onl
r. peddle some story of Satanic gossi
pr about the neighborhood. And so, N
Is brother. you need not be afraid tn:
Iy enough condemnatory emphasis wi
ID not be placed upon your neighbor
f. faults The simple fact is. if some I
pr us do not tell and Systematically ia
f. about our neighbors' virtues, the 81
II sul world may come to the conclusiC
~ that they have no virtues; that thu
(. are startling examples of total depra
re- ity through and through.
IN A clean heart instinctively finds son
COod I'm evarv mans nature A hone