Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
THE ART Of LIVING
WITH OTHERS
Explained by Eta M. Reeves
for Christian Endeavor
Societies.

The trIest test of the Christian re-
ligion in ones life is that which apnIee
to his ability 10 live with others Home
life brings out the trileat elements of
character, for il IL here that il is some
times the hardest for ,is To live Chris,
and vet this should not bc so. for the
rule ol friendly living Is the rule of lowe.
aud surely love should bc the kcvnote of
every home but alas, how often il the
reverse tr,io How often do we hear, "lf
YOU should see that person in his home.
you would never know he is the same
person YOU sec in church . II may safely
be said that the man whose picty comes,
on him when he enters the church door.
and leaves him when he departs. is no
Christian nj all, no matter what he has
said or done on the inside. II is logical
that the man who is careless. unkind and
unthoughtfu toward those at home. will
show the same attitude toward those
with whom he mingles
Daily mingling with the earnc persons
provides n good test of the cart Of living
with others. To maintain the same
pleasant manner. come what NAV, is no
small test of ones power Only the
I hristlan Who Is over in constant touch
with his Lord aud Muster. who walks
daily with Jesus Christ. can accomplish
tins II is only the Christian. strong IN
thu love of Icaua. that can overcome n
harsh criticism, mn uukind word ~ q
selfish act and still keep sweet and vet
harmony IS the thing that tho Mister
bids us practice
What are tho elements that make M
the art Of living with others Tho Golden
Rule comcs first and embraces them all
for i this was practicnd dahl life would
ho Zone sweet song. but ono So often
thinks only ~ himself and therein lies
the root of the trouble We forget that
living with others il very often hard for
the others Other hclt,s 10 righ,ful living
are courtesy kind words. sympathy CO
operation. interest. silcncc. Chrlsiian
love Is there ono thing in this list that
every Christian cannnt do Let ,Ia. there
fore, with christ : help. resolve to rrac-
tice these things. To fulfill our Saviour $
command, that aAc love ono another
even rs ! have loved ven
Good nature, like a bee, collects honey
III nature. like spider, sucks poison
from the sweetest flower
fndeavorers. take account of what
yuu have done this past wear in Christian
work Nou know what Won could have
dome and what won should have done, hut
what have YOU dome Have Won been
pulling Your pound II not get busy ae
there arc many things for each ono ~ us
20 do pir actions as Christians arc
watched and ON example NAV he the
means of causing someone to either rise
to a higher plane of living OF Ia fall m the
path of sin Satan IS foxy. hut tho
Christian can have the upper hand
Tho delegation from Second Baptist
arc hound tn keep NJ that society record
of heing quck At all things. as was no
ticrahlc the way they answered the q,Ics
tons asked hy Rev smith tho other
evening. Thrv either used shorthand
notes or they have an excellent nctnorv
Which,
Rcmcmher the executive will need
some chalrmcu for next wears work
look thus list over and I've prepared to
answer yes # called upon MISSIONARY
efficiency CvanRclIstic, Christian citizen
ship and press chairman Yes the build
ing fund chairman Have you seen hlm
lately Frank. whore art thou?
The Young people ~ West are going
to have n rally next SUNDAY night and a
very interesting program has been ar
ranged Quite number af our Endeavor-
crs have also gone INTO the service from
the West socIctv. ~ they have quite
long honor list
let Us rs t.ndeavorera do All We can
to make others happy Every cloud has
a silver lining Let help show the SILVER
lining and drive the clouds away II i
up TO us to do our part