The Huttig news., 1908-04-25
A Good Name.

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John H. York of Huttig, at tie
colored church hers on Easter
Sunday:
A good name is the richest 70
session we have while living and
the best legacy we leave behind us
when dead. 1t survives when we
are no more. 1t endures when our
bodies and the muscles which CIV
er them have crumbled into dust.
How can we obtain it? What
means will secure it to us with the
free consent of mankind and the
acknowledged SURFACES of the
world? 1t is won by virtue, skill,
industry, patience and perseverance,
and by humble and consistent
trust and confidence in High and
Over Ruling Power. 1t is lost by
folly, ignorance, ignominy and
crime, by excessive ambition and
averice. That good name which is
to be chosen rather than great
riches, does not depend on the va
riable and shifting wind of popular
opinion, it is based on permanent
excellence and is as immutable as
virtue and truth. 1t consists in a.
fair and unsullied reputation. A
reputation formed under the in
fluence of virtuous principles and
awarded to us, not by the ignorant
and the vicious, but by intelligent
and the good in such name we
look first of all for integrity or an
unbending regard to rectitude, we
look for independence or determ-
ination to be governed by an en-
lightened consideration of truth
and duty for benevolence or spir-
it Of kindness and good will toward
all men. And finally for reverent
for all moral qualities these are the
essential properties of a good char
acter, the living, Breathing liniment
Of that good name which COM
mends itself to the careful consid-
GRAFTON of the truly good every
where. It is to be kept in mind
that good name is in all cases the
fruit of personal exertion. The
two most precious things this side
the grave are our reputation and
our life. But it is to be lamented
that the most contemplate whisp-
er may deprive US of the one and
the weakest weapons of the other.
A wise man therefore, will be more
anxious to deserve fair reputa-
ton than to possess it, and this
will teach him to so live as not to
be afraid to die. A fair reputation
should be remembered is a plant
delicate in its growth. 1t will not
shoot up in a night like the gourd
that sheltered the prophets heac.
But like that g"urd it may perish
in a night. A name which has
cost many years to establish is Of
ten destroyed in single hour. A
good name, like good will, is gained
by many actions, but lost by one.
A good character is sure pro-
lection against suspicion and evil
reports. A man of doubtful char
acter is suspected of thousand
acts of which he may not be guilty
and if he does good deed it is apt
to be ascribed to a bad motive.
He has lost the confidence of his
felloWmen, they know him to be
unprincipled and hollow-hearted
and are therefore, ready to believe
all the evil that is thought or said
of him, but none of the good. On
the other hand, a man of fair char
acter, of tried and established
reputation, stands out in the eyes of
the public as one who is above
suspicion. A good name draws
around it's possessor warm friends
and opens for him sure and easy
way to wealth, honor and happi-
ness. 1t secures fer us the es-
TEEN and confidence CT our fellow
men, it increases the power and
enlarges the sphers CT our useful
ness, it has the most direct and
happy bearing on cur success ir
life, it stands connected with the