The Penn's Grove record., 1912-12-20

each CnIlSlUldS udy. OOOu Will lLlpll6S
friendship and fellowship. In our bus.
mess life it is the serving of our fellow
man, rot necessarily with donations of
charity, buu with the mutual service of
our labor and the exchange Of the pro-
ducts of our labOrs with mutual conf
dehce and respect. In rendering SER
vice it should be With the self Satisfac-
ton that it is worth honestly given. In
the exchange of the products of labor
it should be with the honest intention
of giving good values to mutual friends
of use to each other. No better article
on
FRIENDSHIP
was ever written than tie following
which appeared i'll a recent issue OF TIE
Christian Advocate. 1t is worthy of
being re read because of the Christmas
spirit it contains, as applied to business
life.
Let us be thankful for our friends.
A good friend i, a priceless trea ure.
Ancient poets sang the praises of friend
ship and ancient philosophers taught
their disciples to cultivate the spirit OF
friendship i'll themselves and others.
Solomon taught the people of his day
how to win friends, and Jesus lncula-
ted principles Which, If universally adop-
teu would bind the whole human race
together by Il bond like that which unites
saints and angels about the throne of
God. He went further still, and said
to His disciples, "Ye are my friends"
We read about fl iendless people. 1t
must he a sau condition. A single friend
is enough almost 10 make a paradise OF
this world. What is poverty If it be
shared by a true frienu? Better is a
dinner of herbs where love is than a
stalled OK and haired herewith" How
it Soothes the pain OF sickness and
wounds TO feel the presence and SYM
pathy of Il friendly spirit. What were
all tile wealth and glory of the world
without a TREND to share il? The heart
of a rue and loyal Trend makes the
darkened cloud withdraw an, floods the
whole life with life.
Count your friends, the men and
women who think kindly of and feel
tenderly toward you, who are glad when
trouble like a gloomy cloud gathers thick
about you. They are more in number
than you think. They are i'll yourhOme.
The richest treasures ale nearest. The
friends you value most are always it'll
you. They ale first to greet yO4 III the
morning II last 10 Wis you good n'ght
when the day is over They sit down
with you ABOUT the table and take sweet
counsel together with you DIS YOU journey
10 the house OF God. We never can be
thankful enough that our Lest friends
are so near.
Friends are ABOUT us in business and
professional Dfe. Too many look on
business as a fight, III which each must
try 10 get the better OF his neighbor.
This is one way, a very mean way TO
look AT 1t. Her Is another way.
Business is a partnership i'll which The
Interest Of one is also the interest of his
neighbor, and ill which all are laboring
together for The common good. This
is a higher view and IL Wisel Way.
Many are walking i'll this way. There
are men who have conducted business
enterprises side by side i'll The same CITY
for d Til sd uf a century, ana each pass
ing year has found The dra wing closer
to each other. They have learned 10y
experience 10 trust eacll other and help
each other. They esteem then honor
more highly than their gains. They
place a higher value on lrieI dship Than
Oh gold. They are not filled WITH envy
mol consumed with jealousy, nor have
they allowed competition and rivalry
10 destroy their manhood. They are
friends. Between the merchant and
his customers, his clerks and his neigh
bors a beautiful trlendSnIp has grown
OF go d am silver.
A warm friendship often exists be-
the physician and his pa tents. He
does 40 look Oh them dis victims OF
greed 10 be preyed Oil by his pl otession-
al knowledge Ii skill, but rather as
neIghborS TO he benefited 10y lis minis
tratlonS. Years OF such honorable and
valuable services have endeared INN 10
them as a kindred splIit. The good
physician has made a multitude Of good
friends, and This is the greatest gain lie
has made. lhe same is true OF the
teacher and pastor.
1t is a sad Case when a pastor con.
siderS his work merely as professional.
That pastor Shall not he highly es-
teemed. But the pastor who lakes the
people TO whom he ministers upon his
heart, who prays for them daily ana
sympathlZeS Win them sincerely, is a
fileId indeed. lie thinks II ore of the
service he can rendei than OF The salary
he may receive. HIS mind is toJ much
occupied with service 10 leave any room
for anxious thought about compensa-
ton OF promotion. He cares Tor the
people as d shepherd carts for the
sheep. Many a pastor is esteemed as a
brother OF u father 10y The people whom
lie serves. He is tileir mend, Tie friend
OF every man, woman anu child. III
friend of The poorest and loWliesl, the
flIend OF the gOdltss and Maynard; md
they ale his friends. He that will
have friends must show himself
friendly.
What hosts OF friends the true pastor
has made III the course Of the Years.
In every place where lie has ministered
there are many who not only esteem
him highly for his works. sake, but
who love him Tor the ~loyeliness of his
character. He is rich i'll friends. They
ale not all demonslratIve. Many ARE
backward and retlcent. They do not
tell him how highly they esteem him,
bus he is i'll their minds, in their learts,
Ill their prayers.
Surely everyone has al opportunity
to make friends. Ii anyone is triendless
let him consider diligently whether il is
no; his own fault. Whoever is willing
10 be a good Samarita an shall not only
have many opportunities to do good,
but MANY friends to rise up and cali
him blessed.