The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-02-03

self. and never allows his heart to grow warm with
friendly feelings for another permits bis soul to
shrivel and shrink within him.
God made us for friendship. It is one of our
truest and natural instincts and the failure to
exercise the gift makes smaller and of less value to
the world. None of us liveth 10 himself" Men
are not single stars, but double No man can SING
the chorus of life alone Our lives are dependent
upon Others and other lives are also dependent up-
on ours. may not be strong as my friend, new
ertheless may be able to help him to live. This is
the inner law OF friendship-not only does the great
er help the lesser. but the lesser helps the greater
Jesus was infinitely greater than his disciples yet he
needed their friendship. mo longer do call Won
servants; but have called you friends The
apostle Paul strong man. but he depended up-
on the friendship of Timothy and Titus and many
others.
1t is very serious mistake for any one to be in
different to friendship. Some even profess not to
believe in friendship. Perhaps they have had sor-
sowful experiences with false friends and have gone
to the extreme of denying the reality of friendship
False friends there are, but there are also true
friends. Too many of us have tested the reality of
friendship and enjoyed it's fruits to be unsettled in
our faith by the actions of false friends. few ex-
periences of the untrusworthiness of men need not
convince us that humanity is incapable of dsinter-
ested friendship.
Let us believe in friendship with all our
heart To be Indifferent to friendship is self rob-
berry. He who does not care for friendship loses
many joys and much strength out of his own life
He who has real heart for his friends, and ready
spirit of service not only enriches the lite of his
friend, but his own also. Westminster Teacher
A Friend
friend is who is willing to share his
time. his money and his conversation with you
There are many kinds of friends Some friends
exist for revenue only, AMI some are protective to
higher degree. true friend is a better defender
than battlcship and as convenience has nation
al bank beaten all around the compass
Friends are useful in multitude of ways They
great assistance in smoking CIGARS in waiting
for ducks and in dlgestlng dinners. great many
men find it impossible to support large heavy bar
in an expensive saloon without the aid OF several
friends Friends can be at with compare
tive safety, and the who loves to tell disagree
able truths in Extensively frank manner would
not live long if he were compelled 10 practise upon
strangers instead of friends.
Friends are blood relatives of procrastination.
Both great thieves and love dearly to steal the
bright and cheerful evening hours which should be
spent in reading good books 1t Is common thing
for two three friends to hold up a perfectly re-
spectacle business and take four or five hours
away from him, including the hour which the last
car leaves the down town district
Friends responsible for most of the politi-
clans of this country. Almost every man who has
fol- Office has done at the insstence of his
friends. This can be proven by the statements of
thousands of candidates. However, most of these
friends prove their friendship at elections by stead
lastly voting for the other fellow.
David and Jonathan are the two first recorded
friends of great devotion. David loved Jonathan
like brother. but not half so mean to hm. Da-
mon and Pythias celebrated friends who -four
ished before the Christian invented. Pythas
took Damons place in the death cell while Damon
visited his relatives. and peeved when he could
not die for him. Nowadays even greater heights of
devotion reached between friends who go uu-
finchingy to death in each others automobiles in
great numbers
tonics, some as bank accounts, some ladders and
some as stone walls lean against A certain meth
Cd of finding friend is to go and make noise
like bill, breaking. A method not nearly so sure
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