Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-06-15
The Will and the Way,
By I. 8. ARTHUR.

The conversation had turned on the plea
sure of doing good and certain rich man s
benevolent acts were spoken Of with praise
1t was told Of him how he visited the hospi-
tai; bow he went among the poor how he
moved actively in the midst of various
humane nterprises-a!wsys giving of his
abundance, With liberal hand
1T is easy enough for him to do good,
said Mr.. Iiiendort. There was sia1c CT
u"happne0s IN his voice. A Gns ear would
have detected something Ike envy.
"lf | had Lis means ns--''
MIR. Eilendorf did not flush the sentence.
Il am quite sure said one of the comps-
ny, that if had bis means, l would not use
them as well as he does. The fact is,' he
continued, II have sometimes thought, in
pondering these things, that God gives 10
every man the fullest measure of means for
good that h is wiling to use.
"DouLtai, swered Mr. EIleudorf. For
instance, a friend really in need of hep call,
ed on me yesterday and stated his case. /.
was very hard one. and all my gympathes
were touched IF had been rich, he d
have passed out through my door with light
heart, instead of the heavy one he bore
away; ; my will was good, but, alas my cof-
fers were empty. Poverty denied me the
luxury of benevo'ence."
"1le good you proposed might have becu
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to give ard him to receive tie means would
have been in your hands.
"1ou may be right in that said Mr..
El'cndorf.
my faith in Providence goes just so far.
1t Providence comes down 10 the nli,.u;est
things OF our life, will it fail in those Of
larger Importance | think not Take it
.or granted, then, that in letting your fr1 ends
90 from you IN isappojn'men, through ina.
b'l'ty TO grant the aji desired, higher ser
vice was wrought for him to Thousands OF
d"IIars When he left your door, GYd'a pro
v'denoes were stll arolnd him. All was OF
lost because you failed"
No, trust not" answered Mr.. Ell4ndori
with siga; but be resumed, in a les-
poudjns VOICE "w h., g., ;u,oa;,,.
ertv, Yo, ore limited :. ~.
ger stares you in the face, and you have no
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