Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1917 — Narrow Way of Living. [ARTICLE]

Narrow Way of Living.

The people who always are suspiciously watching lest someone infringe upon their rights are very likely to oxerlook the greatest tight of all —the right to be generous and kind. •Watching people as probable enemies is an attitude which makes it almost impossible to treat them as friends. As someone has said, the best thing about our rights is -that, being ours, we can do as we please with them. We can fence in our property, watch our privileges, and Jealously guard every jot and tittle that belongs to us, but we never can live a happy life in that way? We are protecting our so-called rights at the expense of wasting our blessings, and are missing our share of the love and the usefulness that make up life’s happiness.—Northwestern Christian Advocate.