Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-10

passions strong, and, amidst the hS,lupiisd
scenes Of temptation and excitemen,
through which he passed. i was his con.
the one and subdue the other. his pas
siops wefe strong. and sofnetfnies they
Broke Out In vehemence, but he had tbs
power Of checking them In an instant PEI
haps self-control was the most remarkable
trait Of bis character
Abraham L LIN YES aaick.'empersd and
II got into the habit of controlling my tenn
per in the Black Hawk war. and the good
habit stuck to me as bad habits do to &c
magy :. .o.t,,,. ..r.,,,. ), -. enough,
expressed In our Scripture today In the
words, With It we curse men who arc
to be that we bless God and seem to find
that we have done ali that is necessary.
and SO We have free license to curse our
fellow-men, who are made in the image OF
God and whom Jesus loves. Perhaps we
Christian Endeavorers would not like to
own that we ever curse" any man, but,
after all, when we sling out our scornful
words. even though they may be clothed IN
guage," Is it anything but q curse to the
one they are against? II you whisper your
dislike of some one to your neighbor. Will
that one not be CURSED" to a certain ex-
tent in the eyes Of the neighbor to whom
you have whispered It? And does not many
a loved one often feel that you have hurt
almost as deeply as II you had sworn az
him when you uttered your harsh ana
fault-fnding and cruel words IN your
thoughtless sel1shness2 We need conse-
Grated tongues.
Applied Truth.
The child with the fair new copybook be-
fore 1t. wherein is copy in beautiful
copper plate, can never hope to attain per-
fadt n
copy exactly like the one in the book-but
we urge it on to try every day, and to
look, not at its own last line written; but
back to the first copy, and say, Make y
perfect" So we are hidden to be perfect
even as our Father in Heaven and dauy
we must look oftener and oftener at him:
1t will not do to let even so little faoit
as an unruly tongue go without attention;
We must struggle toward perfection, ana
not be discouraged for If we daily copy
Him we shall find IN Heaven that after
has said, ut Is not so much mems faults
that ruin them as the manner in which
they conduct themselves after the faults
have been committed--The wise will pront
by the suffering they cause use aaa we @ts
in the copybook of life may not be pertect,
but the skill and ability we are gaining to
write more and more perfectly Will be more
perfect and In Heaven We may ind that
we have attained, for it is part. of the
perfection that we shall never be able mere
to see it in ourselves, but only in each
otker.
now to Help the Leader.-Teli some gooo
nlan for keepinr your tongue from speaking
evil of your neighbor, or tell how you have
broken yourself of saying sharp and crit
ical things at home.
Parallel Passages - Psalms xxxv:2S;
Psalms. xxxiv:1; Proverbs, x:20, 81; JOB
vi:24, %; James, 1875.
Hints to the Leader.-The Endeavor
Hymnal, 3d. 80, 1874, 135, 1856, 181, $50.
tl,tu al
possible urging members to speak of their
own failings, and how they are trying to
overcome them. This will encourage others
to overcome who have like faults have
season Of prayer, in which all join, ask
ing for forgiveness and help in future:
Rad extracts from or tell the story of
Mrs A. D. It. Whitney's story called A
Golden Gossip"
..Boys flying kites haul In their white. blIds
You can't do that way when you're nying Woros'