Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-07

pirate. Fundamentally, his wealth and
his profanity were both due to the same
trait-force of character. That is to say
he felt more strongly than he could make
plain in the meager vocabulary at his
command so that he fell back on pro-
family in the attempt to render his listen
ers aware of the vigor with which he
thought.
And. parenthetically, may say that lack
of education is one main reason for the
existence of profanity today. When you
hear man swear you will usually hnd
that he is a man of small culture. He
is at loss to find the proper words to
carry his thought. with the result that he
fills out his meaning by cursing This
same idea appears in the etymology of
the word 'expIetive, which comes from
a Latin word which means to fill out.
Well In the course of a few days the
religious worker and the rough-necked
millionaire got to be very fast friends
before either of them knew anything
about the others mode Of life. About
the third day out the rough-necked turned
suddenly in his steamer chair and SAID:
Say. old man, / have been wondering
what in your line is Mines lumber.
The other man smiled.
Now don't jump overheard When 1
tell YOU" he said. Il hope it won't make
any difference in our relations when you
know but. as matter OF fact. I'm en-
gagged in the spread of Christianity.
The rough-neck millionaires jaw drop
ped. Thereafter for several days he was
much chastened as to demeanor and
much purged as to vocabulary. but the
friendship between him and the sky-pi-
lot continued to grow firmer and deeper.
So, likewise. their conversations touched
little by little on topics of greater and
greater profundity. till before the voyage
was over they were discussing the very
fundamentals Of life-whether there were
any absolute standards Of right and
wrong, what the nature of righteousness
was. whether 1t profited a man to be
righteous for righteousness sake alone.
and whether God has really revealed truth
and the mysteries of the next world to
His followers here.
On the last day Of the voyage the mill
lionaire said, with break in his voice,
Dye know that every time / look into
the face of true Christian. and every
time ] talk to one. 1t brings up all the
best that's in me? And that isn't all,
people l know. too. | tell you. it's sure
the thing to mix with the best people you
can"
Right there is an age-old truth, which
this man. rich. clever and shrewd as he
was. had never till that moment fully
comprehended in all the ifty-odd years
of his life.
For centuries preachers have been en-
phasizing the power Of association, have
been reiterating the fact, which would
seem to be almost self-evident. that just
as one may not touch pitch without being
defiled, so also one may not come into
contact with higher and purer natures
than his own without rising to hitherto
unsupported spiritual levels. But not
withstanding the antiquity of this truth.
it still needs repetition to every genera
ton. for to the inexperienced all things
are new.
For those who may impart by associa-
ton this Consciousness of higher life to
others there is this text from the fourth
chapter of / Timothy. which they should
ever bear in mind:
Take heed unto myself and unto the
doctrine; continue in them for in doing
this thou shalt both save myself and
them that hear thee"