Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-03-19
From Moore's Rural New Yorker.
"GOD HELP THE POOR"

"Please, Ma'am, give me a penny
to buy cake, I'm hungry" said a
pleading voice, and a tiny hand was
outstretched, and wistful face up
turned; but the pretty lady only
sighed and said God help
the poor" then gathered up her
sweeping flounces lest she should
be contaminated by coming in con
tact with the ragged beggar girl,
and SO passed on. And the cakes
looked temptingly from the shop
window upon the hungry child,
and the blue eyes filled with tears
as she turned to cross the crowded
street.
Oh! what cry was that-a cry
of mortal agony, as the wheels of
the heavy car came crushing over
that childish form, and with that
cry the life of the little beggar girl
went out. The busy crowd paused
a moment, and the prayer, "God
lips Of many. But the the c%fIg iiioH ,s.ls S..S
carried to pauper's grave, and the
multitude passed on.
"Faith, hope and charity, but the
greatest Of these is charity" Faith
that worked miracles, healed the
sick, cleansed the leper, raised the
dead-upon whose wings our pray
ers are borne to the Throne of
Grace-faith that can open the
pearly gates, and permits us to be-
hold the Celestial City, with its
white-robed inhabitants, who walk
the golden streets with crowns upon
their heads and harps in their
hands-upon whom almost our eter-
nal happiness depends, is mighty, |
but greater than this is Charity
Hope,-
The .captive's freedom, and the sick mans
health,-
Hope that can dip her pen in fan
cy's richest dyes, and paint the
bright future in gorgeous colors,-
that can lift despairing mortals
rom the depths of dependency,
,lothe ragged penury in princely
'obes, and store the mind of the
student with the priceless gems of
inowlodge-is mighty, but charity
s mightier still.
Go where yonder decorated spire
points upward to the clouds-to the
o-called "temple of the living
3od"-and you will hear the port
y priest Sabbath after Sabbath pray
or all those. "who are in any way
fflicted or distressed in mind, body !
II estate" and the fashionable con
will bow their heads and J
neekly respond "Amen." Oh, We /
how dare ye take the (
anne of your Maker on your lips, {
1hen ye have set up mammon in {
our hearts, and secretly bow down f
nd worship at the shrine of your :
lolatry? How dare you worship {
4 Gods holy temple, when your G
carts are as far from Him as were |
ne hearts of those who eighteen !
years ago, cried out i
Great is Diana of the Ephesians. =" s
,aily ye pray for earth's afflicted i
mes, and daily say, "God help the G
oor," and with the scent of the h
anctuary upon your garments, and /
le prayer uponyour lips, you draw n
losely your purse strings, and j
lose your doors upon the humble v
eggar. Know ye not that God is n
nswering your prayer daily by h
curing such abundant treasure in "
} your bosom, and filing your d
offers with the glittering gold2-
now ye not that you are but aim
ners Of that wealth, stewards of a
lie most high God? "
Pray on, then, righteous Phan- o
&c, and your prayer, faithless as it s.
i, will be granted. God toU help d
lie poor in a way ye little dream il
{; for many beggared Lazarus W
i'll enter the Celestial City, while t.
lie rich man, at whose gate he lay, r,
i'll seek admittance in vain. Many il
poor widow who cast her two b
ties into the treasury will be an Il
heritor of that riches which the d
orld's wealthy cannot obtain. I
THERzA. W