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Show When Tom, my dearly cherished comrade, strivp.3 to convince me that my opulent neighbor is ren lb-worthy lb-worthy of my envy, and because of his o-ten-tatiousness and arrogance my contempt, he ihn i me unwittingly, of course a grave injury; or would, at least, if I did not determinedly turn a deaf ear to his "worldly wfsdom." Cannot my esteemed es-teemed friend be made to realize that the sowimr of the seed of discontent and covetousness is veritably veri-tably the work of the spirit of darkness and evilf And that, to instill into the hearts of mankind sentiments of ill-will and aversion, is the mosr dearly relished avocation of Antichrist: for wa ir, not Christ's avowed mission upon earth to esfab- ' lish universal good will, love and sympathy? If am,-indeed, deluded in seeking to find naught U.f, contentment in life, despite adverse conditions, and to heroically close my eyes to aught that may seen reprehensible in my neighbor's character, bearinc or conduct, is it not. when you come to think about; it, a most happy delusion i Let us rather strive to point out to one another the blessings of life (them are many most precious ones that fall to the W of the average man. if he will but see them!) and thus' potently contribute to its sweetness and no- bility. Is this latter not. in very fact, a dutiful discharge of our sacred task in the Lord's vino-yard, vino-yard, and therefore the proper ministration of friend to friend? "The Optimist." |
