The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
THE TRUTH.
An Excellent Narrow Woman Is Fit.
tinyly Rebuked by Her Pastor.

The minister, signing inwardly-his
study window gave him forewarning
OF callers-went down TO meet Mrs.
James Potter. Ii seemed TO him some
times that he was always going down
/ 10 meet some Mrs. James Potter. Once
! he had preached a sermon upon her.
or course IL did not reach her. II did
not even relieve his own mind as he
had thought IL would. because little
Jessie Conner had come 70 him the
next morning. grieved and troubled for
fear she had hurt others-Jessie Con-
ner? After that the minister gave up
preaching al other people and preached
only at himself
Mrs. Potter was sitting by the door.
stern and infiexible. her unhappy face
full OF hard lines. She had. of course.
been hurt by something some one had
said about her. She gave the story in
detail-the minister could have given
II TO her exactly as accurately. Ii was
all so clear-the faithfulness to her
poor narrow creed. the biting tongue.
the unloyely life-all so clear 10 ev-
erybody except Mrs James Potter.
Il told her the whole truth" she fin
Usher her story. Il can't help IL II
she didn't like IL. Som ebody ought TO
tell her the truth. so | did And this
is the thanks | get, Sometimes
wonder what is the use of doing your
duty. anyhow. when those who do il
are hated and those who trim and fiat
ter get all the pleasant things in life"
You told the truth" the minister
repeated slowly. That was a won
derful achievement. Mrs. Potter. You
are 70 be congratulated-if you really
did IT,"
Mrs Potter stared at him in Devil
derment.
You see" the minister explained.
the truth is so large The whole
truth'-who but God ever knows that
The biggest OF us can grasp but frag-
ments OF II. Suppose YOU tell me ex-
actly what you said about Mile"
Il said" Mrs. Potter's ton. was
slightly defiant, that Mile was grow.
ing Wild. and everybody was talking
about her. and If her mother didn't
watch her closely it would be too late"
Was that all?"
THAT was all"
And you call that the TRUTH"
Again Mrs. Potter stared. now re-
sentfully
You said nothing about Miles be- |
ing a pretty affectionate child. moth
ing about her clever fingers. nor her
kind-heartedness, nor her unselfsh-
ness?7
What lad that to do with it?" she
asked
Everything. If you were telling the |
truth. You see. you were not telling /
the truth at all To take a bit OF the !
shadow side and offer IL as a perfect |
picture was no more the truth than il |
] should describe her by saying she 4
had a knack at trimming hats. Now.
Mrs Potter, | am going TO ak you TO
think this matter over Hereafter
when you tell anyone the truth I want
you 10 stop and think how much-and
which side-of the truth you are really
telling then, whenever you tell any-
thing about the shadow side. stop and
ell something of the bright side to
il. II you will follow this
faithfully YOU will find
that YOU and other people will I'M
ierstand each other as you never have
before in your lives. Remember that
unless you do this YOU are not honest.
Try II for one month"
As Mrs. James Potter's perturbed
Jack disappeared down the path the
minister fent back to his study, and
his sigh this time was half-humorous.
half sad.-Youth's Companion.