The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-19
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Brethren, Do Good.
Whatever you do, be good!
You may think this is joke. but
when the end draws near and the drap.
cry of your couch is soon to be
changed for the narrow house in which
all dead men journey to the protecting
care Of the Women's Cemetery Asso-
citation and the village sexton. the
sweetest assurance, the only assur-
ance that comforts and alleviates the
pain Of death. is the knowledge that
you have lived good life! The deeds
Of charity, compassion. helpfulness
and kindness that you have done will
return an hundred fold to lessen the
terrors of that dark hour when 80"
has been called forever!
Edwin Arnold in his Light of Asia
said:
What good see humhly seek to do.
That what will come. and must come.
shall come we'll"
That is the spirit that makes great
men. philosophical men. happy men.
BE good and you will be happy"
said the poet years ago. BE good and
you will be lonesome" says the pres
ent day wag But. my friends. it is
better to be lonesome now than in the
hereafter. for in the language of one
whose memory is dear, We shall be
long time dead!" 1t is wiser to be
lonely and good for span than bad
and desolatc for eternity.
But the basis of the wag's assertion
is unstable. for being good yields a
greater reward than kings or princes
or congressman can give you! Being
good is like planting beautiful rose
tree that blooms as long as life. beau
tifying and cheering not only you. but
those who pass you by! Robert
Browning says there never was and
never will be one lost good dead.
"Who soweth good seed shall surely reap;
The year grows rich as 1t gtoweth old.
And life's latest sands are its sands Of
gold!'
Thus wrote Julia c. r. Dorr. and
wisely. First you must be good your.
self-then you can teach others by ex-
ample to be good. Then you can do
good instead of doing others. good!
And when you set out to do good, do
not go as peddler of cookies. Do
not be professional doer of good, be
a natural doer! Preach little, do
much! 1t is greater to help poor
woman with a basket than to go to
church and pray devoutly. Be prac-
teal! Douglas Jerrold says of char.
acter, He was so good he would pour
rose.water on toad" Don't spill
your perfume on the desert air!
Sprinkle it about where the needy
may enjoy its fragrance and be up
lifted to better things.
Don't be good on Sundays and
member of the Trust Grabbers' Union
on weekdays. Don't pay pew rent
from the revenue derived from rented
houses in the red light district. And
above all don't be "a good fellow" as
the world knows "a good fellow"
hesitate about advising you to be
gentleman. but at any rate don't be d
gent" There are so many grades
and brands Of gentlemen these days.
that the man who frequently insists
he is one must be put in the same cate
CORY with the perfect LADY,"
You know what is right and what is
wrong. Ask conscience when in doubt
and never trump your conscience's
ace. Rely on it, for it can be relied
upon as mans guide and advisor.
Be true to yourself and your
friends, be fair to those you meet and
gentle to all mankind.
''Howeer 1t be. It seems to mo.
IT'S only noble to be good.
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood"
Take as your watchword the wis.
dom Of Henry George: THAT which is
unjust can really profit no one; that
which is just can really harm no one"
Live that life and you will be happy
ever afterward.
Amen and amen! That's all-churcb
Is out for to-day!
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