The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-12-20
Sermon by Rev. Gregory

"God Endures Bad Manners"
Acts Is, IS.
| think nothing is more irritating
to the nerves than bad manners, and
nothing is less justiiable. In the
long run, good manners are as easy
as bad ones, for while it may be
good deal harder to be mannerly
than to be i'll mannerly, when one is
through with the good manners he
is done with them; but when one
gets through with bad manners he
is just where he begins to see what
should have been different. The
text which | gave says, "About the
time of forty years suffered He
their manners in the wilderness"
1t is high time we were learning
courtesy of the heart and brain, and
weighing our infuences1 and duties
to those with whom our manners
will have bearing. A man may go
about selfish and extravagant life
with the thought of it being his
privilege, and at the same time re-
yelling in that which should go to
procure support to loved ones, and
passes out to his neighbor code of
manners which will cause his fam
lily to be held at distance, and they
bow their faces with shame.
The sooner men and women come
to realize the value of high ideals
and their own influences, the better
it will be. When people learn that
behavior is a thing that flows like
living water out of the deep wells
of the heart, the better it will be
for society. There is type of bad
manners, when you don't remember
that other people have feelings,
when you don't remember that
other people have shadows and
sufferings, tho they don't show
them. Good manners would put
the best construction on things in
stead of the worst, speak kindly Of
people rather than harshly.
Here was people called Israel,
God had done all sorts of things for
them. He had given them liberty.
Liberty is the gretest gift the hu-
man soul possesses except God. and
God is another name for liberty.
He had brought them out of bond
age. He had broken the chariot
wheels of the pursuing Pharaoh,
God led this people to freedom,
He gave them the choicest gift his
hand has yet produced, and they
never so much as turned their faces
toward God and said, 81 thank
you." They were given leader.
Moses came with out any large gift
of language, but with beautiful
humility and clean spirit and
trust in God, he led them out of
slavery into manhood, he brought
them not into conquest so much as
into a land of plenty. God made
them to have great mission; what
is there like that. If you have no
business in the world you will be
worthless. But through the temple
of service in your life be stately
and beautiful, if the Master has no
door Of entrance your life will fail.
He said, 81 will bless the world
through you," and they never said
for thy largeness of mercy and thy
. tender kindness "we bless Thee"
, This may look incredible, hut it is
, the truth, we are today no better
than Israel. We do what they did.
We are guilty of ingratitude and
thoughtlessness. Alteration of low
things and lack of high ideals. Do
we remember God? Just as God
cannot make fionwers bloom with
planting seeds so He cannot make
courtesies bloom except people let
Him plant the seeds, and tend and
S grow them. Think of the beauty
of the flower but the seed must fall
I to the ground there lay until
| spring, wnen there will be beauti-
e full bues and pinks as will make the
Sun glad. Well after that fashion
e you are to let the seed of courtesy
n fall in the soil of your heart anC
grow upward.