Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-11-06
is it is to tell a malicious lie.'

as it is to tell malicious lie." And
it is.
How many times when meeting
strangers who would have won your
admiration and esteem has your
Judgment been warped by the stealing
in of an almost forgotten whisper of
their past mistakes? Some thought
less chatterbox or some pernicious
tatt1er had robbed them of their due.
For it is not what man has been, but
what he is, that counts. So, in the
name of charity, let us be careful in
our speech and liberal with our gifts
of heart.
: And no one can be wholly char
liable without being in measure
cheerful. Cheer is to humanity what
sunshine is to nature. Nothing
iu7 all the world, is more in
spring than the presence of cheerful
people. They touch our sensitive spots
with healing in their voice; their
smile sends the shadows of discon-
tent, Encouragement and sadness
scuttling out the back door of our con-
seriousness and opens the windows of
our soul to the golden light of cour-
age, contentment and gladness.
Their deeds are the unobtrusive, help
full ones which none but the under
standing person ever thinks of. Lord
love them! They are the ones who give
us a grip on ourselves and fire us
with the determination to conquer, to
pick up our pack and push on.
Cheer and courage must be twin
virtues. I can't think of one without
thinking of the other. And in stress
ing the things essential to health of
spirit, I should not know which to
give precedence; for it takes courage
to be cheerful, that I know. And it
takes cheer to be courageous. So
there you are!
One thing about courage we often
overlook. It is as much matter of
being and bearing as it is of doing
and daring.
It requires courage to be kind. If
you don't believe it, consecrate your
self to some practical philanthropic
purpose not understood by those who
see only the surface Of life. What they
do not comprehend, they condemn.
They will deprecate your motives,
assail your acts, and prosecute you In
petty ways that persons capable of
selfiess service should never think of.
Yes, it takes courage to be kind. But
there was One who braved the con-
tempt of the world that He might
bring to mankind the message that
means salvation. He dared to assert
His identity, and gave His all that
humanity might share with Him the
realization of its oneness with the
Father.
He, the kindest character in all
History, exemplified every virtue that
we need to make the spirit strong.
He lived. And living, preached the
gospel of my second a." the gospel
the universe has not yet grasped,
that to which we as individuals are
comparative trangers: v e LOVE.
To many the word suggests merely
emotion, an affectionate regard; but
il is more than that: it is spiritual
exaltation, a soul state which lifts us
to the height of our mortal best, St.
Paul beautifully defines it in the 18th
chapter of LIST Corinthians, in that
scripture with which We are all ia
miliar. It begins-"Love sufereth
long and is kind" and ends-"Love
never faileth."
Why, if love actuated and controll-
ed the affairs of mankind, the knot
test diplomatic problems would van
ish; our national difficulties would
be adjusted; and international peace
would reign.
If love governed our social rela-
tionships, friction and restriction
would disappear and we would be free
to develop those finer possibilities
within our natures which now, thru
lack of harmony and cooperation, lie
dormant.
liberation would be easy if our
hearts were right; and if love brought
us no other compensation, it would be
worth cultivating for the sake of the
joy we would find in our liberal at
titude toward those with whom we
differ. We would be content to olive
and let live"
When in all the universe there are
no two persons exactly alike, intelli-
gence alone should reconcile us to oul
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