The native American., 1838-12-22
REMEMBER THE POOR.


# is an inspired saying that ''Ye.haUe hs poor
Nth you alscays;" and duty 4inculca'ea J no
less authority, that we should ADMINISTER !" mel III
necessities. The present very high prices .ad ID
kinds of provisions, and the prospect o. ioh
hard winter, call upon every one ~no o. l., -
ledges the obligation OF relieving ane hon,
20 ..o,,nd hem and ascertain who are IN want
-wbo ore ..eating the bitter, bitter bread OF iise
~.,,, sb;yerinu in the cold shuts ofcheerle IS Po
,sr,yr-and wiihal, perhaps, suffering un' ier INC
,,ressvre of the lean and skinny hand Oh iseasc.
f. town where so great portion oi the nilaoi,
.,ts arc above want, and where .provlsio ms ana
Sai ore so nlen,y no one should be lett to suffer
non, of The necessaries of life. We as K from
nnr readers sitting by their warm fires, alter a
comfortable supper a careful pernsalotthel olloW-
ing charity y-exerting sentences:-
All, little think the gay, iceutious proud,
Whom pleasure power and aflueace snrpaund;
They who their thoughtess hours, in giddy mirth
And wanton, often cruel riot, waste;
How many eat the bitter, bitter bread
or misery! Sore pinchd by wntry winds,
How many sink into the sordid nut
OF cherries poverty!
OF these and all the thousand nameess ills
That one incessant struggle render life
One scene of toll of suffering, and OF tale;
The conscious soul of Charity would warm,
And her wide wish Benevolence dilate;
The social tear would rise, the social sign
'"e 0'A' ~ THoMp: ION.
..There are those who, from principle, as they
saw, refuse assistance to the man Whe can >otali
the means ofsupplying all his wants by MS daiiI
labor. But can they withhold reliefdrem he rwh'
comes in her desolation and weakness-wt man:
who. bv the law of her being, is excluded tron.
maths in which the coarse man may make live.
iiheod: and, by the custom of society, is ol'ige'
IN accent less than half of what the most tupn
of the other sex can earn, compensate IN TO
her unremitted toll Can any turn, with clos
hand, and closer heart, from orphans IN thel
childhood and msery-friendless, cold, starving
chHdren?"-FELTus.
sI.et those who have sheltering roof. and
cheerful 6reside, at this lnclement season, bethnF
them with tenderness and charity Of thost. who's,
household gods shiver at their hearths. The bias
which brings to the secure inmate OF the warm
mansion sense Of genial comfort, social sympa-
thies and the happy luxury of books, bears on It's
rushing wing unmtigated suffering to the Il-clad.
ill-fed and houseless wretches whom vice or mis-
fortune overtakes, even in this happy land! At
such season, humanity will forget their vices In
their woes. ."-Balt. finer.
ITO be victims Of pain and misery, unhappily,
is the lot Of large portion Of every community:
TO alleviate whose sufferings is the unquestonahle
same society, but as belonging to the sane great
family Of mankind.-For. Or. Revieee. :.
THAT mercy to Others show,
That mercy show TO me.',-Pope. ..::
.sWhoso hath this worlds goods, and seeth his
brother have need and shutteth up his compas-
sion from him, how dwelleth the love of God i'll
him?"-l John, iii. II. -
'sGive aims of thy goods, and never turn thy
face from any poor man: and then the face of the
Lord shall not be turned away from thee. ."--1ob-
iv. II. ."."
"Be mereful after thy power II thou hast
much, give plenteously. If thou hast little, DO
thy diligence gladly to give of that little: for SO
gatherest thou thyssf good reward, in the day
Of cessty.'-7ob. iv. 8, 9.
.'He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto
the Lord; and look what he layeth out, it shall be
paid him again. .''-Prou. xix. II.
blessed be the man that provideth for the sick
and needy; the Lord shall deliver him in the time
OF trouble''-Psaln xii. l.-Register.