The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

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Bible Frecepts Rhymed.
Guard we'll thy lips; then none can know
Prov. xiii, 3.
What evils from the tongue may flow:
james ill.,, 5, 6.
What guilt, what grief may be incurred,
Judges H.. 35.
By one incautieus. hasty word.
Mark vi. %, q.
Be slow to speak, look well within,
Prov.
To check what there may lead to sin;
james 1, %.
And pray increasingly for aid,
Col. Nv.
Lest unawares, thou be betrayed,
Luke xxi. IA.
Condemn not, Judge not"-not to man
james w., 2.
Is given his brothers faults to scan;
i Cor. w., s.
The task is thine, and thine alone
Matt. viii, 3.
To search out and subdue thine own.
John viii, Z.
Indulge no murmurings, Oh, restrain
1 Cor. Z, 10.
Those lips, so ready to complain;
Lam. ill.,, p.
And, If they can be numbered, count
Psalm, CHI. 2.
OF one days mercies the amount.
Lam. ill.,, %.
shun vain discussions, trifing themes;
Titus ill.,, 8.
Dwell not on earthly hopes and schemes;
-Deut. vi, Al.
Let words Of wisdom, meekness, love,
james ill.,, 9.
Thy hearts true renovation prove.
Luke vi, As.
Set God before thee, every word
Gen. xviii, 1.
Thy lips pronounce by Him is heard
Psalm cxxxix., 4.
oh, couldst thou realize this thought,
Matt. xii, IS.
What care. what caution, would be
. taught! Luke xiii, IS.
The time is Short" this day may be
l Cor. VIII, %.
The very last assigned to thee;
-Eph. ". 16.
SO speak, that shouldst thou nr'er speak
more, -Col iv
1nou may'st not this days words deplore.
Rom. xiv, IL.
The Sons of Judah.
The young minister, making his first
calls In his new parish, found himself
one lovely May afternoon upon a cor
ner OF the Bakers tiny front piazza
with old Uncle Jimmy" He hardly
knew how he came here. OF course he
had not expected to find Dan Baker at
at home in the afternoon, but he had
counted upon a call on his wife; and
Instead, here he was upon a corner of
the piazza with Mrs. Bakers father-in-
law, old, crippled Uncle Jimmy. Uncle
Jimmy's shrewd, friendly blue eyes
studied the young mans face.
Don't be put out" he said, cheerful
~. Dan and Fanny will be all right,
come Sunday. But there's a heap of
things doing on a farm in May, and
they haven't got time to talk religion
weekdays. You might take it out on
me, If You don't mind. I've got all the
time there is-sometimes, most think:
too much Of it, and I'd take it real
kind Of ye"
1t was irresistible, even had the min
lister wanted to resist. He led the old
man on to talk Of his early life, and
the years before the rheumatism con-
Quered him. Uncle Jimmy told of it
all freely, his long years Of toll. and
then the defeated hopes and plans.
There was no word Of complaint; in
deed. his tone was almost impersonal
but at the end of the story he looked
up.
I'D admire to have you read to me
before you co." he said. There's
Bible on the table in the fore ROOM
The minister went into the fore
room" and returned with the big fam
lily Bible.
"Have you any particular passage in
mind?' he asked.
YES" Uncle Jimmy answered. II
have. For years I've had hankering
for some minister to read one Of those
long chapters in Chronicles. say, about
the sons Of Judah and the sons Of
Levi, and all the rest Of them. l wres-
tied with 'em myself lot, but some Of
the names is certainly mouthful. I've
always wanted to hear somebody read
EN- off slick"
Certainly l will read Them" the
answered, surprised, "but isn't
there some other passage that you
would like besides closer
to human life?"
The old man turned his wrinkled
face to the young one.
"Well," he said. Il suppose it does
sound queer. but mebbe there amt any
body can tell right off what will help
else most. Now me, when 1
get real down-hearted, read over the
Sons Of Judah lists. 1 say to myself.
Now here are all these people nobody
knows anything about. They lived
their lives and passed away. Mebbe
some Of them were real prosperous
suppose they were; but mebbe some
we're failures, like me. But God re-
members them all-every last man of