The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-12-30
VARIOUS FRIENDSHIPS
SERIES OF SIX INSTRUCTIVE PAPERS ON FRIENDSHIP OF WHICH THE
FOLLOWING IS THE THIRD.
By Mr.. C. r. s.
TRUE FRIENDSHIPS.


"What is the secret of your lifer asked Mrs. Browning
Charles Kingsley; tell that make mine beautiful too
He replied, II had o. f1iend." Somewhere IN Middle
march, George Eliot well; There which,
they love having of baptism and
secaon they bind rectude and purity by their
beliefs about become the kind Of acree
which tears down the invisible altar of trust"
Perform kind action, and you find kind feeling growing
in yourself if there before As increase the
objects kind interest," you
that the do for hem the love them
Others because they because they in
tereng because they graeu them when they
unfriendy when they dsastef them when they
ungaeful they children your
Father and therefore all brethren and you will
find that fervent heart keeps with the charitable hands,
Learn the good with goodness the good with
goodness also faithful with fh unfahu with
Overcome the greedy by iberty the liar TRUTH
that caueessy Injuries the protection of
erudgng love- The harm from bm the good
should flow from Hatred by hatred anytime
hatred by love.
The celebrated novelist, Turgenief tells most
touching incident from his e which
that have coloed all his writings with deep
feeling When Turgenief boy his
day bird shooting As they tramped the brow
stubb golden pheasant with low wh from the ground
his feet and with the of throbbng his
vens he raised his and fred wild with
utteng his side Life ebbing
of the mother than death ITSELF
feeble er of her wings the mother bird reached the where
young hudded, danger Then
with such look of pleading and reproach that his heart
still the ruin had wrough-and his dying day
forget feeling Of cruelty guilt that
little brown head opped and only the
body the mother shielded her nestngs Father Father he
cried What have Idone he turned his horror
his father But not his fathers had this little tragedy
enacted and he said We'll done that well
your shot, You will be fine sportsman" Never
Father again shall destroy living If that
sport will have of it. Life beautiful
DEATH give life t And so in
stead of putting the hands of the child gun any other
that be instrumental crpplng taking
the life single ANIMAL would give him the field glass
him be friend animals
observe their their habits
wonderful that learned
his whole expand admiration and love
thereby the truly manly and pncey type
Hast thou named all the birds without gun?
Loved the wood rose, and left it's stock?
At rich men table bread and pulse?
Unarmed faced danger with a heart of trust?
20 be my friend teach me to be thine"
Love every great love of charity but have no
friendships but with those who communicate with
tue and the exquisite virtues which shall be
of the perfect shall friendship
If this communication Sciences friendship
certainly commendable; but still be the
prudence discretion fortitude and justices but should
your reciprocal communications charity
Christian perfection how will friendship
how good is love earth they love heaven
each other this world the
speak here Of the simple of charity for that we
ought have for all but speak of that spiritual
ship by which three souls communicate
their devotion and spiritual affections themselves
but spirit How have happy sing
Behold HOU good and pleasant it is for brethren
to d1Uel together GzSity Yes, for the
distis another paricipa
continual that be said that God has
this frepdship bzessAe end life Jaraevernaore.
all other shadows this
bands but chains of glass comparison of this
of holy devotion which is all of gold.
Make other kind of friendship than this Ispeak of
friendships yourself for forget