The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07

lncHl. ITON. 200, o, ., ~. IL, -,
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(By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.)
Like love, friendship is one Of the
big words that is often used in little
ways. Some loose-thinking persons
label the last casual acquaintance,
Friend" Most prodigals find "a host
Of friends while their inheritance lasts.
A successful politician has friends"
to the point Of embarrassment. But
real friends are few; he may count
himself successful who in life has won
a friend Or two, Of the sort worthy Of
that royal name. And the man who
has amassed wealth, but no friends,
has missed life's best fortune.
There never was a true friend who
ceased to be such when adversely
came. 'Love is not love which alters
when it alteration finds" said Shake
speare. The Bible, which contains
the last word on SO many subjects,
put the situation succinctly: GA friend
| loveth at all times''
| Since friendships are paramount
| part Of life, the art Of making them
| is to be studied. Here again the
! WiseSt word is in the old Book, "He
that would have friends, must show
| himself friendly" A spirit of friend
illness which is really unselfshness, is
at the basis Of lasting friendship.
Perhaps we can best express this art
of arts by paraphrasing Pauls i'm
mortal passage no love:
"a friend suffereth long, and is kind:
A friend enevieth not
! A friend vaunteth not himself
! Is not puffed up:
Doth not behave himself unseemly.
Seeketh not his own,
Is not easily provoked
| Thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
Rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things,
Believeth all things,
Hopeth all things,
Endureth all things.
, A friend never faileth."
: "Ascend q step in choosing
| friend"
} The gift for se1f-detachment, an(
' for living in another's joys and sor
i rows is the genius Of friendship
r This ability to get out of ones self
and to think from the standpoint O
another, is more than a quality o
ina agination: it is love itself. A selfish
! person cannot be true friend-ant
4 being a friend is more blessed thar
a having a friend. Self-giving is tn
f fibre Of friendship. The old orienta
i symbol was for friends to transfus
1 their blood, in the most solemn coven
e ants. That represented the reality
for friendship is the sharing of lif
|, itself. The true friend is the on
f for whom you would willingly suffe
e or die. That ideal exa1ts friendshi
: to the Christplane; for Jesus sai6
|, Greater love hath no man that this
n that a man lay down his life for hi
e friend"
= Acquaintance and friendship is on
- secret of business success Many a
employees value to his firm depend
on the extent Of his acquaintanceshi,
Shrewd fathers often send their sor
is to the large universities, for the simp]
g reason that they believe their class
IS mates will be Of service to them
TT later life.
10 AS frost blights the most delica1
1t flowers, so self-interest destro,
s friendship. Even the suspicion that
le friend is being used" for person.
is advantage, ends the reality of tn;
o. friendship. Should a wife discov,
1e that her husband had married her f.
in dowry, there would be a sudden deaf
If, of romantic affection. The quail
IT, of disinterest edness is the very so
ne Of friendship.
SIS II had a friend' was Kingsle,
SO explanation of his success The ar