Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-07
FRIENDSHIP"
Eve in Times-D Democrat.

Christian D. Larson is widely
known and felt through his writ
ings, which have been both
sources of comfort and inspira-
ton to many, therefore Eve re-
produces parts from one of his
latest articles entitled Friend
Ship" 1t so abounds with rich.
ennobling thoughts that it is to
be regretted that the whole ar
ticle cannot be repeated, but for
lack of space she is obliged to
Gull only those senti : ents that
appeal to most of US.
He who has many friends has
more than time can measure or
even life can cicumscribe. Our
friends if they be many and
true, can add more to the rich
ness and happiness Of existence
than all the gold in the world.
Your friends will give you new
ideas, and ideas are the original
causes of all the wealth that is
created, and all the worth that is
in any shape or manner brought
forth into expression, Your
friends will awaken al the finer
and more tender feelings in your
soul, and it is from the we'll
spring of these feelings that the
real riches Of life shall forever
flow. What is life without love?
What if life without kindness?
What is life without tenderness
and sympathy? Nothing but a
barren desert. 1t is friendship
that aWakens in our own nature
all those things that make man
more than human, that link the
best there is in himwi h all that
is beautiful in the divine. If
you live to yourself you r not
living. If yor live to get out of
everybody all that you can, you
are starving your own nature;
and when you are through, what
then? Mingle with the world
and be kind. Be a friend to man
and SO live that you may be a
benedictiOn to every creature you
may have the privilege to meet.
This is not mere sentiment. 1t
is life. 1t is the royal path to
happiness. And it is a path that
any one can follow whatever his
work may be.
1T is nobleness that adds
richness and real worth to hu-
man, existence, 1t is the man
who lives for all and not for
himself alone who scales the
heights of aspirations lofty
dream and finally gains every
thing that his heart has IOnged
for, that his soul has earnestly
prayed to possess.
BE good to your friends. Do
not use them nor misuse them.
Let friendship be too sacred to
be bought and sold. To have
a noble soul as a friend is suf-
fcient. Do not ask him for
more He has already given the
best that lives in his heart and
mind and soul. Let that suffice.
There are many who think
they have not the time to visit
friends, but the. truth is they
have not the time to stay away
from their friends. We cannot
afford to separate ourselves from
those very things that give US
what the heart yearns for, what
the nature of man needs must
have to be at peace.
Many are heart hungry and
miserable for no other reason
than this. they are living apart
from friends. There is nothing.
that can add so much to the COM
fort and joy Of living, aside from
the love of two hearts that beat
as one, as that feeling that
comes to us when we find that
we have a friend that is a friend.
Your best friend will never tell
you that he is your best friend.
No, to express it briefly, he will
simply act the part. If you
would have many friends the Sc
cret is to be a friend, and this is
so simple that even a child can
do it to perfection. Friendship
is the result Of Kindred souls
meeting upon the high plane of
unselfsh love, and between such
souls a mutual admiration will
invariably arise that is so strong
that no thought of selection need
be entertained. =