Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-04-19

n ed. "Fhe Savior certainly teaches, tn,
works of mercy and charity should }
S done in a more private manner, so th,
t God may have the entire glory, and re
4 suit in the etfectual relief Of the poor.
S No exception can be taken to privat
E donations, and these may be hidde
5 entirely from any one, save the receive
: and to Him who viii richly reward thi
act if done in a proper spirit, as an &C
: done to himself. l very much fear, tba
; conscientious scruples is not the rea
ground, but that is generally introduces
} to stave off the subject, and to get rit
of giving anything.
From repeated examinations, it hal
been ascertained that those very per
sons, who use this argument, who viii
tell you l give privately. just do nothing
in this cause. When the masses o.
community are moved by sacred i'm,
pulses in doing good in this public way,
are bringing their gifts and offerings for
the relief of the needy and suffering
envy not the portion of those who
wantonly and wickedly withhold their
hands. Let the words of the Savior
sink with their due weight on such.--
"Inasmuch as you have not done it to
one of the least Of these, my brethren,
We have not done it unto me-" l have
entrusted to you the means Of doing
good. Opportunities and occasions
have presented themselves, but ye have
rejected them all; consequently the
blessings l placed in your hands, have
been turned into curses. Clear and
conclusive as the above arguments are
IN favor of personal and public efforts,
it may not be amiss to add another ar
gument in favor Of it. In Mark, l2th
Chapter, 41-4 verses. "And Jesus
sat over against the treasury, and be-
held how the people cast money into
the treasury. Here was a collection
for public charity" under the imme-
date notice of Christ, who saw the gifts
of money brought and cast into the
treasury for distribution among the
needy, and highly approved of it.
Complimented, however, the poor wild
ow, because she had consecrated her
whole living for the comfort of others.
Another class may be found among
us, to whom the 'ooe'' uttered by
Christ is justly attributed. "Woe un-
to him that offendeth one of these little
ones" The class of whom am speak
ing, never give farthing to relieve a
poor suffering fellow, but often strip
them Of their last comfort.
All men have souls; but some are small in
deed
Not larger than small brass pins small head,
If we must Judge of them by outward acts;
For, Reader, could give a score Of facts,
That prove the souls of some so very small
You'll say they might as well have none at all.
I've seen wretch creep softly through the door
OF his sick neighbor; not to ask his state,
Who, racked by burning pains, had scarce the
power
TOraise his head. pale, trembling for his fate,
But while all years with averse ewes
the bed, "and dun the man for deyt."
Now just put such soul
Within a small pipe bowl,
And with your thumb, the open space defend;
In vain is all your care
You cannot keep it there;
Twill make a turnpike of the little end
In conclusion, whatever we do as chris
iians and PhilanthropIsts, ought to be
lone at once. Objects are numerous
around US. Our opportunities are les
'oning. Our means may be diminish
I'd; riches like a bird of passage often
1y away. Let our liberal acts serve as
In example for others, to sunder forever
he chain of inordinate self-love, and
cave the soulless miser to unlock his
;ofers and vaults of boarded wealth,
md send it forth to do good, that he
nay, in a dying hour when darkness
gathers around him, he may hear it
aid: 'In as much as ye have done it
o one of the least of my brethren,
'e have done it to me-"
PALPITATION OF THE HEART CTrpRn nv I