Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-01

SW1ll. and good boy In crowd OF
bad ones will soon be as bad as they.
You've got to go with the crowd YOU
run with.
Be prudent too about the company
you let your mind go in, and never be
tempted into reading a bad book. for
an hour spent in that way may blast
your whole life. Don't let an evil
thought stay in your mind any more
than you would let snake stas- Ia
your home.
Another great thing the kings cour-
tier could say for David was that he
was a comely person. What does that
mean? That he was an attractive
young man. That he studied to please.
That he was gentleman, even il he
was shepherd boy. David was one
of the most attractive men in all his
tory. Whenever he comes into our
presence you feel that spring has come.
David opened his eyes wide enough out
| there on the hillside to see that moth
! ing is lost by being polite, attentive
| and courteous, and although he was a
| shepherd boy he made up his mind
that he would be an attractive one.
He didn't go around with chip on his
! shoulder and his hat over one ear, but
he early formed the habit of wearing
a very bright smile on his face. He +.
| no doubt had personal qualities that
made him naturally attractive. but you
Ilnay depend upon it that, man of his
| SO0u SENSE WOulu 40 all he could 10
| cultivate and increase his attractive
| powers. He would never neglect a
| gold mine like that. He had musical,
ear and this would lead him to see to
| it that there was music in his voice. A
man or woman who has voice that
puts your teeth on edge would have
more friends if they We're deaf and
dumb. David kept close watch on
himself and guarded carefully against
falling into habits Of persons that
would make him like hedge hog to
other folks. He made it study to
learn what people liked and what they
didn't. He didn't talk about his
grandmother's rheumatism very much.
or make himself the hero of every
story he told. No wonder he was liked
wherever he went When he got to
the kings palace with his harp, the
king fell in love with him and made
him his armor bearer. And then the
: kings son fell in love with him and
gave him his bow and his girdle, and
; the friendship between David and
Jonathan became the most famous in
,, all history. Next the kings daughter.
! fell in love with him and he became
the kings son-in-law, and there was
, another promotion for you, and a sub
, stantial one too. at that. Then all the
t women fell in love with him and be-
gan to sing his praises in the street
and next the men fell in love with him.,
Everybody loved him because he was
q comedy person. and it is even declar-
: ed that he was a man after Gods own
: heart. Had he gone to the Kings pal
ace blowing cigaret smoke through his
nose and splitting out profanity and
vulgarity right and left. quite a differ
! ent story would have been told Of him.
9 Try to be attractive in appearance
s by being neat and tidy IN dress. Keep
a yourself as well groomeo as your bust
. ness will permit. and don be a SLOUGH
!, If you want to get on in til $ world. II
= man looks common most people VIII
u conclude that he is. Wear the best
u clothes you are able to buy--and pay
for them. Don't run in debt for them.
! Get into the habit OF always paying
cash and that will add to your attrac-
! tiveness. Have a good tailor for the
a tailor has good deal to do In making
n the man. There are people who think.
IL the Lord wants q man to make himself
n look like a scarecrow and they im-
more sanity they are, but folks Of that
;. kind read the Bible through glass
II darkly.
q When you get into the heart Of the
d Bible you will find that God expects
e a man to use good common sense in
\. everything, and it isn't good sense to
:, wear hat and coat that is never
y brushed, or to overdo economy in laun-
IS CRY bills. 1t isn't good sense to wear
le clothes that never hit you anywhere.
III mat look ike q mother d
k spree. have seen men wearing clothes
ID that looked as if they had been cut out
= b., a cross eyed man with a crosscut
' saw, and shot at them with a hoWitzer,
and they dressed that way because
"a they thought it would be wicked to
at wear anything that would make them
,e look well.
,e Be attractive in your speech. Never
a. let word pass your lips that you
!. wouldn't speak before your mother
Is, 10 Don't be rough. Don't be vulgar
10 Don't be profane. Be an man of clean
q, Inns, or some people will avoid you as
ut they would the plague. What is the
ST sense Of pouring out obscentty anc
4. profanity wherever You go? fla mar
~, can't express himself in decent way
- he ought to keep still Nobody wants
III a cusser around. Think of what hel
TO- dogs get there. If a man talks like 9
N. devil wherever he goes isn't it prett!
m good evidence that >he is a devil in hi:
20. heart. A man has no more right u
~ go around pouring out profanity in th'
III ears of old and young men than I have
or to throw red pepper and snuff into TIT
M faces Of those meet.
lis And now I come to the last goot
lis thing the kings servant had to sa,
np about David and it was the very bes
IA thing that could be said of any man
'io and that was this: .'And the Lord l
ng makes life count. for there never wa
40 a man who had God on his side tina
didn't win. And the opposite is just a
49, true. If God is against you 1t wa
"a! a Great thing for the men in the king
ent household to be able to say of Davi
lys that he was cunning in playing, an
ch mighty valiant man, and man G
,ut war. and prudent in matters. and
AN comely person. but when in additlo
M to that he could also say and IN
~ Lord is with him." that was the great
nid est thing that could be said. That pu
IAN him in a class by himself, and mad
off him invincible. That magnied ey
-oI erything that had gone before. It WE
ing this last thing the servant said
nee David that clinched everything eis
20 , with the king, and remember that {
iah this time the Lord was not with tt
go. king. Saul had been disobedient to tn
cad will OF God. and Gods favor and God
rst spirit had been taken away from hiI
of and his kingdom had begun to declin