Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1937-11-01

Perhaps l may be justified in stating that various
incidents that have been exposed to have prompted
"e to choose this question for subject
In Tyler Texas two years ago, it generally
custom of mine to walk down the main thoroughfare
of that beautiful city, | was very much impressed IS
| gazed upon beautiful edifce that erected
memorating the life of by the of Maxwell.
The inscription engraved thereon read thus He was
a friend to man and beast land this monument is dedi-
Gated by his friend actually enkndled the flame of love
i'll my heart for this noble parsonage in spite of ny
not even knowing him. 1t dedicated to him by lis
friends.
This past summer found me visiting Hot Springs
Arkansas, with my dear friends T. J. Huddeston,
Jrg of Yazoo City Miss. While it gratifying TO
TO view the beautiful sites that Hot Springs had offer
lnhae the sweet aroma that permeated its gigantic
mountains, hills and valleys that actually enclosed this
city we were more greatly impressed in observing The
gathering of people from all walks of life assembling
around water fountain that sent forth pure heahfu,
enriching hot water which these people enjoy drinking
because of its mineral value We all drank because the
water coming from of dearest friends,
Mother Nature, whom God holds in His Divine keeping
And | relate other instances that prompted me
to choose such d subject but think of the most
popular work of non-fction of time, How to Win
vrends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie He
realized the Importance of having friends and set gut
to enable you make friends quickly and easily 4
you haven't read it. please do at your earliest
venience
In collecting material for this subject, l feel chat
t would be more appropriate place to start than our
Holy Script, the Bible. Do you not recall the parable
of the Good Samaritan who along unexpectedly
and rendered aid? The friendship of Jonathan and
David is another typical example that has stood he
acid throughout the But recall another in
teresting passage found in the New Testament and its
inspiring thought is conveyed in this statement but
early one Sunday morning Jesus friends found his
tomb empty" Have you friend?
A mans friends the measure of his humanity.
Any man who has friends only the rich and power
full is not worthwhile. He has only courted those who
might help his advance Elias Howe of Massachusetts IN
ventor of the sewing machine he almost starving
borrowed a few pennies from friend and bought
beans which he cooked and ate in his room. The pre-
dicament that Elias Howe found himself in reminds me
of an expression used by George Matthews Adams IN
his column Todays Talk entitled Our Friends when he
asked: why is person better friend to than
to someone ese?" Why different to different
friends? The answer is simple We frendliest to
those appreciate and deepest into real selves
who more like in ideals and temperament
The love of friend is the dearest thing in all he
world, and that is so happy and no man Is SO
miserable that he reject it. In happiness and
sorrow too, the heart of friend is common need
When our burdens are greater than can bear, they
will share them with And there no friends truer
than those who have shared grefs have known our
fears helped sustain in all the storms that come
Truthfully Shakespeare elaboraes upon this thought
in his usual way when he said: THE friends thou hast
and their adoption tried Grapple them to thy soul with
hoops of STEEL
In 'The Story of My Life" by Helen Keller she says
this Thus it is that my friends have made the story
of my life In a thousand ways they have turned ny
limitations into beautiful privileges and enabled me to
walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by deprVa
ton" Thus her message is feast of light for the 3lX
million blind persons in the world
Have you friend?
Then too friendship points the way to world bro
tnorhood | recall reading excerpt from the late
Arthur Brisbane relative President Roosevelts
ference with President JustO, of Buenos Aires and the
Argentine Republic its president cabinet and people
ave the President of the United States. An enthu
siastic crowd of million half crowded every street
in the great Argentine city, in the spring
and most pleasing were the two words used by the Ar