Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-13

would never think of going to them with
your burden and 1t is difficult to imagine
them interesting themselves in other per-
sons when such interest involves any sacri-
fee of time or ease And we know other
persons like the late Prof. Henry Drum
mond, for instance, whose very presence
radiates friendliness. 1t distils from the
tips of their fingers: it sounds in the tones
OF their voices: 1t seems to be the atmos-
rhere by which they are constantly sur
rounded
The trouble with non-friendly people is
not antipathy to their kind but they have
walled themselves away from their fellow
men, and In doing so they have not only
stopped the flow of good will from outsiders
into their own lives. but they have damned
the stream of kindness that might other
wise issue from them for the refreshment
OF others. You cannot get within thou
sand miles of the Utmost lives OF these per-
sons. Even with smiling exterior they
constantly disappoint you and frequently
irritate you. for you know If you could
do you good. But the citadel Of their
hearts can only be carried by a long and
vigorous assault. You must cross the draw
bridge and batter down number of heavy
doors before you can really get at them.
But friendiness is outgoing and outreach-
ing 1t does not dwell behind barred gates
Neither Is 1t officious or inqusitive. It is
simply the effiuence Of spirit sensitive to
the Heeds OF men, eager 10 give help and
sympathy minister's wife was COM
Inended to me the other day as possessing
In a rare degree this quality "She is not
such master hand at prayer meetings"
said my informant but she does carry on
her heart the Christian welfare of every
person In the parish"
The summer season offers us rare and
abundant opportunities for friendliness as
we travel or tarry at resorts or visit our
friends or receive visits from them. VIVA.
Is our attitude during the hot wea Their?
Is 1t one of hauteur and OF distance from
our kind. of constant criticism and fault
finding. or Is 1t the friendly attitude which
leads US. without being asked, to make a
seat In the car for some one else. to offer
cup of cold water, both literally and
spiritually. to talk with that shy young
shop girl who has just come to the board
Ing house for her two weeks vacation to
invite her to join our happy social coterie
and in other ways to add to the delight of
her all too brief vacation?
What change 1t would make In this big
fevered world II friendiness were the char
acteristic mark of persons as they met
with and dealt with one another! The op-
posite attitude is painfully prevalent. We
cannot remedy all at once the situation
but we can, beginning where We are, strive
to be friendly-the mistress with her cook
the master with his coachman the teacher
with his pupil, the neighbor with his neigh
Dor, the parent with his child and the child
with his parent, the clerk with his en-
pioyer and the employer with his clerk.
Only We must plan for it. Why not block
cut the program of the coming week with
a view to frfendliness? You can show It
In places where you have not hitherto con-
spicuously displayed 1t. 1t may hurt your
pride TO do so and it may call for some
over and over again. for It has been well
said by a gage of former time: "a man
to have friends must show himself
friendly" THE PARSON.