Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-10-26
Which Was the WiSeSt.

did you go there for?' He knew that it was
not always proper to ask his father for the rea-
sons for his conduct, and when it was, he knew
that he ought not to use form of question
ing which might be proper to companion.
my DEAR said Mr.. Garter, 'old Mrs. Hyde
is very sick, and has been so for several days,
and / am afraid she has suffered good deal
from want of attention.
I had not heard of her being sick, said Mrs.
Carter. but | was thinking yesterday that |
had not seen her for some time Have you
been to see her?'
Yes, | was in the village when heard of
her illness, and went right up to see her. 1t
began to rain pretty soon after started
You must change your clothes immediate
ly.' Mrs. Carter made the necessary arrange
ments and he retired to do So
is old Hyde's wife one of your father'srela-
tions@ - said Robert Harris, a boy who had
come to spend the day with James Carter.
No replied James.
What did he go up there for, then?
4 suppose he went to carry her something
or to help her in some way
what does he do that for?
Because he always goes to see and help
those who are in trouble.
In saying this, James stated fact, though
he did moi, as he supposed, give a reason
The reason why Mr.. Carter visited and re-
lieved the poor was, that he had warm and
generous heart, and he knew that it was Gods
pleasure that he should help the poor and af-
f1icted.
MY father said Robert, don't do any such
thing. He sticks to his business, and that is
the way he came to be so rich.'
This was spoken in tone and manner
which showed how much he valued himself
on his fathers riches. 1t was true that Mr..
Harris never went on errands of mercy-that
he gave all his time to business-and that he
was quite rich 1t was not true that he was
happy, or that he made his family SO.
NY father is not rich,' said James, and does
no: expect to be-
Il know what is the reason. He gives away
too much, and does not attend to his business.
He does attend to his business, too, for it is
a part of his business to do good; and giving
to the poor, he says, is only lending to the
Lord
My father lends his money to those who
can pay him.
4 guess the Lord is as able to pay my faith
er as any of your fathers debtors are to pay
him.
4 think very likely he is, but whether he
will do it or not is another matter. My father
never lends without note, or a mortgage.
James might have said that his father had
better security for what he had loaned than
any notes or mortgages, even the express
promise of God; but there was something so
unpleasant in the conversation, that he was
not disposed to resume it; so he made no re-
ply to Roberts last remark f..
After moments silence, Robert said, 'Fath-
er says you will come to want if your father
goes on as he does now
I'm not afraid of it. / wish your father
would mind his own business said James an
grily.
He does. 1 can tell you and that is the way
he gets ahead SO fast
Let us talk about something else,' said
James, repenting Of his anger, this don't do
us any good.'
Agreed said Robert, let us 60 out and
have run in the rain. 1t is so dull in the
house all the time If had known it was 60
ing to rain, should not have come. Il bad
NO business to rain to-day
James was good deal shocked at the last
remark, regarding it, as ii was, great insult
offered to God. On the whole he thought it
not best 10 reprove Robert, and simply an
swered we viii get very wet if we 60 out
well, what if we do? Who is afraid of the
rain? What soldier you would make, if you
are afraid of a shower of rain! / don't mean
to be afraid of shower of bullets.
Il am not afraid Of the rain, but my father
will not let me go out in 1t unless 1t isnecessa-
ry: that is, he will not think it best for me to
60 - -...-~ .-...
He goes out himself, and / should like to
hear my father tell me Shouldn't do what he
does himself Robert did not say what he
would do in such case, but plainly intimated
that it would be something dreadful. .t.
1T was necessary for my father to go in the
rain.
Necessary said Robert in tone of con-
tempt, what necessity was there for his see
ing an old sick woman? You would not catch
my father doing it in any weather. Not he;
he knows too much for that Ifshe owed him,
he would see her. He wouldn't go himself
but would send the constable. Such folks
can't come it over him no how
This was said in boastful tone, as though
he gloried in his fathers shame. James was
disgusted with him, and began to wish he had
not come, when he exclaimed: Pm not going
to stay in the house all day; so, fyou won't
go out I'm off, Suiting the action to the
word, he was of, greatly to James relief.
Twenty years after the above interview,
James and Robert were still living, but their
fathers were in the grave. Both bad pursued
the course of life above indicated till summon
ed to the bar of God. Mr.. Carter never BE-
came rich, but Mr.. Harris continued to add
to his property to the last
James was now minister Of the Gospel
useful and respected. His mother had lived
with him ever since the death of his father,
and his younger brothers had been educated
and were well settled in life.
Robert, the only heir of the once rich Mr.
Harris, was now the tenant of miserable
house which had once belonged to his father
He was surrounded by large family clothed
in rags, and often suffering for food. He
spent large part of his time at a grocery
where rum was the chief article sold The
riches of the rich man, notwithstanding his
bonds and mortgages, had been scattered
IT. n v,roy,,;so Of God IN those who feed the hun