The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1912-09-20
FRIENDSHIP
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RRYHEN . nan says frSsalohap.
wv tAinh ~ uttses ~ 1oo0ese
" word h human speeeA. Il
ranks svea . ttttlo hsGhes
thar love. bsiag . sest Il ooool1sd
;ove. love With he lseh ~ hunoeg q.
tfacted.
We % BOT love or srissds: ~ me
them. We love COR childrsn. wtSs and
parents. and kinfolks. We lihs apDlss
end custard pts ard cosy Are ~ .
GOOD bsd aad slippers-and or svsond
Like goss farther 10 thas love. Like
b voice from the subconsc1ouo eslf,
. cry from ths Inward anA unhnows
me. II lies behind The Will. beasatb
the judgment. IN tAs far daSknsss Of
our secret soul.
Il doss mot Say that . vile cannot
b. also . friend: but she rarely 10:
she 70 usually an enemy. 10 whom We
are most .passionately attached. And
n she b friend. then that fFies1shir
has grown up from other sources, and
b Of . different texture and Quaiity
from the sex motives which make mar
Siaess. Not many women would scler
ate comradeship from . husband. Per
haps this 10 - Il should b, and nature
needs aercsr nrss for Der uscsssary
results.
sim rarsr b friendship between
parent and child. Il 10 IN amasina
thing have noticed here. how warm
intelligsnt and cultured father and
son both strive for frisndship and
cannot attain II. Sometimes they sue
ceed. but 90 rarely that Il may be
called phsnomsnon.
whsncs. then. come friends? And
who are they? And how can one make
thsmi All answers to these pathetic
questions seem TO me TO b unsatis
factory. partial. insuilcisnt. and b. the
way. The rules Of the wise win not
work. We do not make frisaas b b.
ING noble and good; friendship 1oes
not ariss from similarity Of tastes:
and Otherwise one can. n actual ~
perience. drive Q twohorse wagon
through al and any Of the prescrir
lions d the provsrbial philosophers.
Mvsh ~ . Mystsry.
The fact h that the secret spring.
Of friendship are wholly mystsrious
Searching for them ~ must report
Ike the Louisiana sheriff reported %
the bach Of Q witt "ducss tscum"
which be had besn given 70 serve upoa
Q negro who had escaped Into the
swamp: ''Non comattibus. Up sts0p
Nm. IN swampo" A. look over ~
friends And Me them - . -
Hiss bic master. - ! coaclude TIT
this emotion muse originate b so0s
Newfoun1lanA q u. Bernard rsgSso
u ny nature. en1. = peobably oss q
those instincts not vt eliminated ~
svolutioa. something I share vith
dogs.
For all that ! honor II o. the bsst
thing an conscious Of. an prou1es
Of liking my friends than Of any cher
Of my email bunch Of virtues. whes
] think Of Bill and Liss and Al and
Ralph and Newt ! get . kiad q
warmth about the cookies Of ny hsast
no other contemplation can produces.
And the biggest hurts ] have ever
felt are those made By the disloyalty
Of others whom thought friends and
trusted. Nothing 10 90 salt and nan
ssous to the soul o. the taste Of Juaas
b the mouth Of memory.
And Il seems to ms-for this, aites
an. u . sermon--that religion. rightly
taken. h rather = friendship for God
than love for God. and that ~ would
better translate all the Bibles adUo-
nitions to love God BY the parapArass
TO b friends with God.
To love God has Q conventioaai
sound: but to be . friend Of God
that 10 . searching and swordliks
word. Il means TO like him: not to
avoid him; TO seek his presence: 70 b.
q homo with him: 10 be chesrsd, con
solsd. quisted By tho thought Of hin.
Speaking for myself. ! can say that
! never CANA into this comfortable ~.
lationship until ! had swept away al
! had ever bssn taught. dared 70 pre-
sumo upon the debt God had Incurred
toward me By making me. and took
my rightful place - bis son 1t bic ~
bic.
Il does not require any assumption
Of holiness or sinlsssnsss to do this:
u only needs TO presume upoa The
vast noble mindsdnsss. Kindness and
foebsaring wisdom Of such heart -
jesus reveals to 10. Il requires 9 trs
msndous burst Of moral courage to ~.
lisvs God likes the kind Of man an:
but ] DO bslisvs Il; and the rssuit u
the greatest ethical dynamic Of my NE
tho friendship Of ood.-Dr FRANK
craas.
A MeeolWa peavee.