, 1924-05-15
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Edited by Dr.. Jas. A. Fraser
THREE MONKEYS

And what about the Three MonkeysY Have you ever seen
they are too. I have though I'd like to own one and have hin
play hide-and- seek with me. III bet you don't know why this
subject was chosen. You know, we all have days when things
will not come as we want them. Thoughts do not come easily;
neither do sums! Such was my predicament when l though
That was the question. though, and thought,-and 1 thought,
when, of a sudden there before my very eyes were-Three
from one Of our banks. What was tn A pen wiper, with three
words, Don't Monkey with anything on this desk"
are ever SO little with brown bodies, and red faces. The first
one has his hands over his mouth. The second, has his hands
don't you think-but monkeys are funny creatures anyway.
Now let US Try and read the riddle Of the m monkeys.
no evil" Now we have it! We are to speak no evil of a friend
or an enemy. Life is too short, and this old world of our needs
Testaments are the words, "Charity is Eind.*S CHARITY is an
other word for love. If you love your parents you will not
tolerate a person who says unkind things about them. And
to others. Keep your lips from speaking unkind, evil words.
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1t is so easy to make a statement that it may convey a meaning
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persona murderer at heart. Some day you will learn that
a reputation is too sacred a thing to be made a plaything Of
Shun, as you would a rattlesnake, that boy or girl who delights
to blacken the fair name of others. The boy who ISLANDERS with
his tongue does so because there is very little good in his heart
Monkey No. 2. Hands over eyes. That means, 'See no
Evil" We generally see what we look for. The eyes of some
people are so developed that they see evil in the good. They
smell gossip with their noses, and see evil with their eyes
and never stop to consider that they see what is in their own
minds and hearts! They see with their Hearts. What a shame
when the good Lord has given us eyes to see the beautiful. And.
think of all the beauty there is in the world. Ruskin, of whom
you will study later in life, saw beauty in a muddy rut in a
country road. If you look for the evil you will see it. If you
strive to use your eyes in seeing the beautiful, the beautiful
will reward your gaze. Sir Galahad looked away to-Jesus
He saw the Great Example. He followed the Clean!
Monkey No. 3. Hands over ears. That means, Clear no
Evil Now we come to the conclusion. When we speak we
really do not speak with out our lips; when we see, we do not
really see with our eyes; when we hear, we do not really hear
with our ears-We speak, we see, and we hear with our hearts
We speak, see, and hear with our characters. What we say,
what we see, and what we hear is a revelation of what we are
inside! We are a poor sort when we run, and when others
run to us with every wind of gossip. Sometimes we cannot
help from hearing what is impure, but we can stoop down and
from us. So perhaps the Monkeys have taught us a mighty
good lesson after all. Silently and solemnly they preach to us,
and this in substance is their sermon. "Speak no Evil." See
no Evil.' "Hear no Evil"