Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

eff thou do good" he says, know
to whom thou doest it; and thy good
deed shall have thanks. Give to the
good man, and help not the sinner"
And in another place: HE that
toucheth pitch shall be defiled; and he
that hath fellowship with proud man
shall become like unto him"
The following bit Of advice will be
realized only by those of experience:
Take not up burden above thy
strength; and have no fellowship with
one that is mightier and richer than
myself. What fellowship shall the
earthen pot have with the kettle?' :.
"Riches are good that have no sin, "
he saws, adding, with just that sus-
picion of a smile-for he saw both
ways at once-"and poverty Is evil
in the mouth Of the ungodly."
Put your good ideas into effect,
don't Just think them. He says: do
we'll unto thy friend before thou die;
and according to thy ability stretch
out thy hand and give.to him.
"Defraud not myself Of good day;
and let not the portion of good de-
sire pass thee by" This last, it
seems to us, is wonderfully well put.
1t may be taken, of course, in either a
physical or spiritual sense; the latter
gives us D0SC IIledilIIlS.
Hast thou heard a word: let 1t die
not burst thee"
"He that buildeth his house with
other mems money is like one that
gathereth himself stones against Win
ter"
HE that keepeth the law becometh
,,,o efar Of tho infonf fboroaP IJo
who studies and attempts to under
stand at last enters into the inner
meaning of what is written. He that
obeys the law will at last understand
what it is all about. Such is the
hope Of mankind.
Loud laughter was frowned upon
by the son Of Sirach as much as it
was by Lord Chesterfield: "a fool
lifteth up his voice with laughter,
but a clever man will scarce smile
quietly" And again: 1.-The heart of
fools is in their mouth, but the mouth
Of wise men is their heart
They had no pity on the dumb
bells" in those days: "He that dis
cCurseth to fool is as one discours-
ing to a man that slumbereth, and
The old fellow must have grinned
to himself there.
Three things are beautiful, he said:
"The concord of brethren, and friend
ship of neighbors, and woman and
her husband that walk together in
agreement And beautiful, no doubt,
he felt like saying, because rather
rare.
His humor comes to the fore in
the following subtlety: Happy is
he that hath found prudence, and he
that discourseth in the ears of them
that listen"
The talkative woman comes in for
her share:
"As the going up a sandy way is
to the feet Of the aged, so is a wife
full Of words to a quiet man."
Neat, Ell?
In another place: "a silent woman
Is a gift Of the Lord" The beauty
Of a good wife in the ordering Of a
mans house." he declares, is "as the
sun when it ariseth in the highest
places of the Lord"
Happy is the husband Of a good
wife; a good wife is a good portion"
The difficulties Of refraining from
short weights, and so on, are limited
at in the following: "a merchant
shall hardly keep himself from
wrongdoing, and a huckster shall not
be acquitted of SIM" And again:
"a nail will stick fast between the
Jennings Of stones; and sin will thrust
itself in between buying and selling"