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Chapter twenty seven. Deportment. Love
doth not behave itself unseemly. The value

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of courtesy is too little appreciated.
Many who are kind at heart lack kindliness

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of manner. Many who command respect
by their sincerity and uprightness are sadly deficient

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in geniality. This lack mars their
own happiness and detracts from their service to

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others. Many of life's sweetest and
most helpful experiences are often from mere want

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of thought, sacrificed by the uncourteous. Cheerfulness and courtesy should especially be cultivated

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by parents and teachers. All may
possess a cheerful countenance, a gentle voice,

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a courteous manner, and these are
elements of power. Children are attracted

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by a cheerful, sunny demeanor.
Show them kindness and courtesy, and they

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will manifest the same spirit towards you
and toward one another. True courtesy is

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not learned by the mere practice of
rules of etiquette. Propriety of deportment is

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at all times to be observed.
Wherever principle is not compromised, consideration of

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others will lead to compliance with accepted
customs. But true courtesy requires no sacrifice

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of principle to conventionality. It ignores
cast It teaches self respect, respect for

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the dignity of man as man,
a regard for every member of the great

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human brotherhood. There is danger of
placing too high a value upon mere manner

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and form, and devoting too much
time to education. In these lines,

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the life of strenuous effort demanded of
every youth, the hard, often uncongenial

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work required even for life's ordinary duties, and much more for lightening the world's

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heavy burden of ignorance and wretchedness.
These give little place for conventionalities. Many

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who lay great stress upon etiquette show
little respect for anything, however excellent,

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that fails of meeting their artificial standard. This is false education. It fosters

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critical pride and narrow exclusiveness. The
essence of true politeness is consideration for others.

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The essential enduring education is that which
broadens the sympathies and encourages universal kindliness.

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That so called culture which does not
make a youth deferential toward his parents,

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appreciative of their excellences, forbearing towards
their defects, and helpful to their

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necessities, which does not make him
considerate and tender, generous and helpful toward

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the young, the old, and
the unfortunate, and courteous toward all is

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a failure. Real refinement of thought
and manner is better learned in the school

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of the Divine Teacher than by any
observance of set rules. His love,

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pervading the heart, gives to the
character those refining touches that fashion it in

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the semblance of his own. This
education imparts a heaven born dignity and sense

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of propriety. It gives the sweetness
of disposition and a gentleness of manner that

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can never be equaled by the superficial
polish of fashionable society. The Bible enjoins

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courtesy, and it presents many illustrations
of the unselfish spirit, the gentle grace,

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the winsome temper that characterize true politeness. These are but reflections of the

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character of Christ. All the real
tenderness and courtesy in the world, even

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among those who do not acknowledge his
name, is from him, and He

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desires these characteristics to be perfectly reflected
in his children. It is his purpose

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that in us men shall behold his
beauty. The most valuable treatise on etiquette

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ever penned is the precious instruction given
by the Savior with the utter rance of

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the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul
words that should be ineffaceably written in the

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memory of every human being, young
or old. Quote, as I have

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loved you, that ye also love
one another. Love suffereth long and is

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kind. Love envieth not, Love
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh
not its own, is not provoked,

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taketh not account of evil, rejoiceth
not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with

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the truth, beareth all things,
believeth all things, hopeth, all things,

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endureth all things. Love never faileth. Another precious grace that should be

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carefully cherished is reverence. True reverence
for God is inspired by a sense of

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his infinite greatness and a realization of
His presence. With this sense of the

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unseen, the heart of every child
should be deeply impressed the hour and place

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of prayer and the services of public
worship. The child should be taught to

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regard as sacred because God is there, and as reverence is manifested an attitude

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and demeanor. The feeling that inspires
it will be deepened. Well, would

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it be for young and old to
study and ponder and often repeat those words

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of holy writ that show how the
place marked by God's special presence should be

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regarded. Put off thy shoes,
from off thy feet, He commanded Moses

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at the burning bush, for the
place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

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Jacob, after beholding the vision of
the angels, exclaimed quote, the Lord

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is in this place, and I
knew it not. This is none other

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but the House of God, and
this is the gate of Heaven. End

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quote quote. The Lord is in
his holy temple. Let all the earth

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keep silence before him. The Lord
is a great God and a great king

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above all gods. Oh come,
let us worship and bow down. Let

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us kneel before the Lord, our
maker. It is he that hath made

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us, and not we ourselves.
We are his people and the sheep of

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his pasture. Enter into his gates
with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise.

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Be thankful unto him, and bless
his name. End quote. Reverence

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should be shown also for the name
of God. Never should that name be

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spoken lightly or thoughtlessly, even in
prayer. Its frequent or needless repetition should

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be avoided. Quote wholly in Reverend
is his name. End quote. Angels

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as they speak it, veil their
faces with what reverence? Should we,

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who are fallen and sinful take it
upon our lips. We should reverence God's

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word. For the printed volume.
We should show respect, never putting it

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to common uses or handling it carelessly. And never should scripture be quoted in

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a jest or paraphrase to point a
witty saying. Quote every word of God

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is pure as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven times.

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Above all, let children be taught
that true reverence is shown by obedience.

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God has commanded nothing that is unessential, and there is no other way of

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manifesting reverence so pleasing to him as
obedience to that which He has spoken.

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Reverence should be shown for God's representatives, for ministers, teachers, and parents,

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who are all to speak and act
in His stead. In the respect

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shown to them, he is honored, and God has especially enjoyed tender respect

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toward the aged, he says.
Quote the hoary head is a crown of

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glory if it be found in the
way of righteousness. Endue It tells of

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battles fought and victories gained, of
burdens born and temptations resisted. It tells

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of weary feet nearing their rest of
places soon to be vacant. Help the

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children to think of this, and
they will smooth the path of the Agent

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by their courtesy and respect, and
will bring grace and beauty into their young

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lives as they heed the command to
quote rise up before the hoary head and

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honor the face of the old man. Quote. Fathers and mothers and teachers

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need to appreciate more fully the responsibility
and honor that God has placed upon them

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in making them to the child the
representatives of himself. The character revealed in

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the contact of daily life, will
interpret to the child, for good or

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for evil, those words of God. Quote like as a father pitieth his

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children, so the Lord pitieth them
that fear him. Endquote quote as one

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whom his mother comforteth, so will
I comfort you. Happy the child in

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whom such words as these awaken love
and gratitude and trust, The child to

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whom the tenderness and justice and long
suffering of father and mother and teacher interpret

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the love and justice and long suffering
of God. The child, who,

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by trust and submission and reverence towards
his earthly protectors, learns to trust and

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obey and reverence his God, He
who imparts to child or pupil, such

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a gift, has endowed him with
a treasure more precious than the wealth of

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all the ages, a treasure as
enduring as eternity. End of Chapter twenty seven.