The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-01
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uphold it.
Some few-very few-of those who
profess the religion of Cain, as ex-
pressed in his remark, Gam / my
b,other's keeper" are sincere. They
have bumped the bumps themselves,
they've come off alive and physically
ard mentally-and moraIIy-harden-
ed, and mistakenly believe they are
better off. But the inspiration of
nine-tenths of them is selfishness and
cowardice -
Observe the man who is too eau
tious to tell his friend he. is going
the wrong way or the risky. way, and
You viii generally see that he is ready
to horn in when the same friend is on
the pathway of profit.
One of the principles of the "n1ind
your own business policy is to
strengthen your character and add to
your discretion.
1t is more likely to grow corns on
your conscience than to strengthen
your character.
Ii you want to strengthen your
character, always be ready to help.
It you find loose rail on the track,
try to flag the train down. Stand be-
tween the rails and swing your hat
back and forth until the ground is
shaking with the engines tread. Then
II the train goes in the ditch it it no
fault of yours. If you know friend
IL going wrong, tell him. IF you know
a stranger is going wrong, tell him
also. Ii either or both disregards you
and goes into trouble, try to help him
or both out. If a public official goes
wrong, oppose him. If he stavs
wrong, try to put better man in his
place. If thing is good, praise it
and stand by it. If it is bad try to
make it better, or remove it. What
you do, do peacefully if you can, but
i you can't-fght. If you follow the
policy of helping good and opposing
evil, it will strengthen your charac-
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ter, all right. You will have plenty
Of trials for heart and brain and hand
You will be abused and threatened.
and perhaps knocked down, run over
end stamped in the mud. But YOU
won't have character like the body
of snail coiled in its shell, and
whenever you fail you can have the
great consolation of knowing you did
your best.
4ou can't succeed in business with
out minding your own business. But
you can mind your business so much
that you will be of no value to any,
Cody but yourself.
If you. will go back over history.
you will find that of the men who
have lifted the world from the slime
OF Sodom and Gomorrah, not one
minded his own business any more
than was good for it. The greatest
OF all Helpers so interfered with other
peoples affairs that the world thrills
yet with the touch of His fingers.
1t you see friend or even a stran-
ger bearing what you think is too
heavy load, and you try to help, and
ne curses you for an interfering fool
1t hurts, OF course. But if you go ON
by without offering to help, it will
hurt worse to think of it some day
when you are overloaded and nobody
offers to help you.
Wlnen you 60 down the hill of life
into the valley. and think over your
deeds and what has happened to you,
the snubs and sneers, the blows and
curses, viii make so little difference
that you will hardly remember them.
But if you can remember that your
once strong hands helped bleeding
feet thru thorny places or. over burn
ing sands, that they eased the burden
on weary shoulders, that they held
the shield over unprotected heads,
that they guided wandering steps into
the right pathsthat your hands did
or tried to do even few of those
things then, tho weary and alone,
YOU can 60 ON undaunted into the.
shadows with no light but that which
faith tells Won is sonopyuhero ahoad