The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-21
Brethren, % Good.
Whatever you do. be good!

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Whatever you do. be good!
You may think this Is a 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
oil 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 q good life! The deeds
81 charity, compassion. helpfulness
and kindness that you have done will
return an hundred fold to lessen the
terrors Of that dark hour when 800
has been called forever!
Edwin Arnold in his Light Of Asia
said:
What good see hun,bly I seek to do.
And live obedient to the Law. In trust
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. I'VE shall be a
long time dead" 1t is wiser to be
lonely and good for span than bad
and desolate for eternity.
But the basis of the wag's assertion
Is unstable, for being good yields
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.
The year grows rich as 1t gf0weth old.
And life's latest sands are it, 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 a peddler Of cookies. Do
not be professional doer Of good, be
natural doer! Preach little, do
much! It is greater to help poor
woman with a basket than to go to
church and pray devoutly. Be prac-
teal! Douglas Jerrold says Of a char.
acter. HE was so good he would pour
rose-water on q 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 a
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 a
gentleman. but at any rate don't be
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 1t, for it can be relied
upon as a mans guide and advisor.
Be true to yourself and your
friends, be fair to those you meet and
gentle to all mankind.
"Howe'er 1t be. 1t seems to me,
IT'S only noble to be good.
Kind hearts are more than coconets,
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-church
Is out for to day!
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