The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-12-02
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What Can I Do ?

no you ask, my Drotner-Mv sister,
what can do' in the great cause of
human progress7 1sather might you
ask what can not do"
Your power ~ DO good is iHimitable
if you but properly use it. My youngest
my most timid brother or sister, per-
haps You are longing for some golden
opportunity to do good; wishing you
had the wealth or the talents of brother
A or sister b; you believe perhaps sim
cerely that if you had, you would be
more active-2you would benefit and
help mankind.
Look around you. Let us examine
ourselves. Are we doing all we can in
the sphere in which God has placed us /:
We are hidden to Slime -
"You in your small corner,
And in mine"
Gu every hand there are tears to dry;
there are sad hearts to cheer; there are
desolated homes to make glad. The
demon Intemperance is hourly dragging
its victims to ruin and disgrace. Oh,
how much can we not do to stop his
progress; to secure immortal souls from
his control!
You may be but sehool-boys and
schools girls and hence feel that it's but
little that you can 40. Let nru tell you
as such. you WELD mighty influence
for good or for evil. | verify believe
that the character for veal or wo of one
half of our American children is formed
in the school house and upon the school
grounds. Your scliooln,ate may be sad
and discouraged; the lead may have
sunk deep into his heart. Oh, cheer
him up-do something to encourage
him, if you can but speak y comforting
word.
He may be the son of Il fallen father.
The words of cheer and parental atlec-
ton may seldom have fallen upon his
ear. His clothes may be seedy, his edu-
cation neglected, but oh! despise him
not. He may, by proper culture and
polish, be destined to be the leader in
some noble enterprise for the elevation
of humanity. then lilt him up-hclp
him along. Give him encouragement
and God will bless you forit.
You, my brother or sister, in the full
vigor of manhood or womanhood, pos
sess an influence that God only knows
the limits of. In your official position,
in your mercantile, mechanical or ag-
riculturai pursuits, in your social inter
course, in your domestic duties and in
your parental cares Use that God given
influence for the good of the human
family. sn ---
Oh, what glorious work is ours; the
work Of benefitting the race, true ply
lanthropy. 1t is a gem planted by the
hand Of God OF this sin cursed earth.
1t buds and blooms, the fruit Of which
shall only be fully gathered in eternity.
There are miserable misailthropes who
claim to believe that man is instinctive-
ly the enemy of man. In proof of their
theory, they point to the many, alas too
many Instances, where
'Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn.
Yet believe the theory not true. On
the other hand, I do believe there is i'm
planted within the human heart an in
stinctive love for the human race. The
gentle feelings of humanity are the
same in every race and in every period
of life. They bloom though uncon-
ciously in the bosom Of the prattling in
FAINT. ..t~
The artless 'Pocahontas trained to no
code of morals instinctively shrinks
from the murder Of an innocent man.
Show me man who is not interested
in the welfare of his fellow creatures
and in return will show you Il man
sunk below the level Of the brute. That
man whose heart thrills not at the woes
ofhis fellow man and who listens not
to the story of his fortunes With interest,
that man who can see his neighbor i'm
distress, and by some kind word, some
gentle deed or tear Of sympathy can
soothe that distress, and refuses to be-
stow it, is not worthy the name of man,
but deserves to be branded with infa-
my.
Were this divine principle of humans
ity, this desire to do what we could, in
unlimited operation among the intelli-
gences that people our glote, this world
! of inhumanity would be transformed
into lovely paradise, the moral desert
would become fruitful field and BIOS
SOM as the rose, and Eden, in all its
former loveliness and beauty would
again appear.
The goddess of Peace would descend
from heaven to dwell with man. Pros
perity would follow in her train. Sci
cnee would enlarge her boundaries and
shed her benign influence on all around.
What happiness would then result.
Brothers, sisters, let us be up and do
ing. United in one common brother
hood, let our motto be: Onward, ever
onward, in humanity's cause.'
When our race Oh earth Is Terminated
and our feet come to dip the mystic
/ waters Of Jordan, may it be the hight
of OUR rapture to eXclaim--