The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-09

best thing he has written:
''When man amt got a cent and
he's feelin' kind of blue
An the clouds hang dark and heavy
! and won't let the sunshine through
ITS great thing, oh, my brethren.
fer feller just to lay
His hand upon your shoulder in
friendly sort OF way.
II makes a chap feel curious, It makes
the tear drops start,
An you feel sort OF flutter in the
region OF your heart,
You can't look up into his eyes. you
don't know what to say,
When hand is on your shoulder Id
friendly sort of way.
oh, the worlds a curious compound,
with its honey and its gall,
With its care and bitter crosses, but
good world after all,
AN a good God must have made It,
leastways that's what | say,
When hand Is on my shoulder in a
friendly sort OF way.
BY permission Bobbs, Merrill & Co.
SINCERITY.
Verse 37.--Some OF them said.
There they are. Same old critics.
Always have them with us. Always
remember II takes less brains to
find fault than to do anything else
on earth. Thought Christ was in
hole. Judged him by themselves.
Supposed Christ's tears as unreal as
their own. Horse-radish tears / call
them. You find them nowadays at
many funerals, where people go be-
cause the funeral Is an event-and in
some parts OF the land has a big
dinner attachment. II you can't truly
mourn, don't go. The don't care
heart behind long face is hypoc-
risy In Its true sense. Cultivate a
sympathizing heart. The world needs
actual kindness and not fine words
and long faces. (Col., 3:12, Pet,
III; Rom, 12:10.
A PARTNERSHIP.
! Verses 39.43, Take ye away the
stone. Lazarus, come forth.
The voice OF the weeper Is now one
OF command. Tender hearts are
usually In strong men. Stone rolling
Is something we all can do. We
have little muscle II not other gifts.
We can plant the seed II we can't
make 1t rain. We can speak the good
word II we can't make 1t tell. II
we do as we are commanded Christ
will do the rest. But why not say
to the stone roll away" God al
ways wants men in partnership with
Him whenever possible. q Cor.
GIL God Is the greatest busy body
In the universe. Wants to be in ev-
erything in every firm, in every
gathering, in every enterprise. In ev-
cry government. in every home. In
every life. Yes, George. in every
game and at every party. (Heb.
2:10). 1t isn't the fashion to print
II so, bnt the best and enduring firms
are God & Jones, grocers, God &
Brown, bankers, The God-Johnson
Mfg. Co., pure drugs and spices!
is DYING EASY.
Verse 44.-He came forth.
And we have always wondered how
he felt. We can all know some day.
lQ Thess., 4:d6.) Perhaps the COM
ing back was worse than the going
ii know man who was buried under
a fall of earth. He was iug out and
resuscitated after much labor. Said
lhe to me: "All know about II Is
q was busy digging and then found
myself lying on the grass with
crowd OF men standing around me.
expected my folks would have said,
''what a terrible death, buried alive!'
But nothing could be easier or nicer.
II hope when God calls me for good I
may have as good going" And I
wonder II we are not all too much
afraid OF death. Christ called II sleep.
see 11th verse. What Paul says 2
Cor. SIS, and who would want to
come back!