The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-03-27
A Free Chanel for the Poor House.

little community of the afflicted, for which the
people of Anderson have, with liberal consid-
Grafton, provided the ordinary comforts of life
food, raiment and dwellings-has another want,
which appeals to the generosity of its benefac-
tors it is a sanctuary. Such an addition to all
its other provisions would meet real, practi-
cal, immediate want of its inmates, and enter
legitimately within the scope of its original de-
sign as humane institution.
The aged, who can no longer indulge the
worlds hopes and ambitions. and to whom the
things of sense are less and less source of
happiness; the lone one, left by all earthly
relatives, and who can find no adequate solace
for this bereavement. in the comforts Of q plen-
,tiful table and warm freside; the paralytic
and rheumatic, made. by their daily experience
to feel after better and higher than corporeal
ease; these all aye petitioners, whose destitu-
ton of inward comfort silently pleads for them
"a. want which, though it may never have
been expressed, or even distinctly recognized
by some, not less powerfully invokes the bless
ing which the richer, the healthier and the
stronger are able to give. Even the one whose
reason, like feeble light, burns dimly in its
socket, and who scarcely knows his wants, is a
petitioner for hoon which, BY it's great and
soothing ideas, would charm if it did not in-
struct him.; A sanctuary Of their o,0n would
concentrate and harmonic the social affections
ola community of human beings having no
other bond of union than their common afaic-
ton; it would raise up their thoughts from the
old beaten track-the sad story of their sor-
rows and periodically bring them together to
commune on higher themes. Their oson church
would be bond, of union, cementing into
comfortable fellowship the otherwise heteroge-
neous elements. It would raise up q fallen
selfrespect to have personal participation in
religious rites ard privileges. The poor para
lytic would creep to his church with a pacifying
hope the widow would draw near to the altar
of her sanctuary, ,forgetful Of the bereavementss
of the past, and all would be conscious that.it
is somewhat happy and honorable olive ..s
The Poor House is simply a humane iiistitu-
ton. It was pos intended 10 be reformstory-T
its benevolent projectors and founders did not
calculate on returning useful members ito the
ranks of society. And it is with the view Of
adding an element TO II which may prepare
them for the higher society. of the world above
that Its religious wants are now plead. This
want could not, With propriety be plead before
civil authorities. The, State provides for mans
temporal necessities It is, therefore, on this
ground only thas the subject is presented.
""Man doth not live by bread alone" he
has social and moral nature. that lives il the
atmosphere of thought and feeling. Hiseating,
drinking and sleeping are but moments of're-
cuperation.l His business activity is just the
circle of thought in which his life revolves, the
circle that paciies and entertains him. His
life is in his thoughts and feelings. His pro
fession is but tho sphere in which his' thoughts
move. Cut him off from business activity and
entertaining puFsuits,l and You narrow his en-
joyment TO very small space, and he must de-
pend much more than ever upon reflection for a
mental subsistence. But without resources his
reflection must soon exhaust its limited area Of
thought. He must of necessity resort to his
own personal history for material That his
tory in the case of the afflicted is usually a sad
one. The afflicted one naturally counts over
his sorrows, and the mind preys upon itself.
This trouble, therefore-the mental becomes
by necessity one of the principal objects of
every humane; institution Something for the
social being :; something esthetic, oftaste or
art; something for the mental being; some
thing for the moral being; and no less, some
thing for the religious being, to make life, now,
tolerable enters into the very substance and
purpose of o humane institution. 1t is tolim-
prison human nature TO condne it to its corpo,;
real wants. .'' ,.o7;. !. r 81 Uae . So
The religious wants of man are earthly,
temporal wants, deeply and eradicably incor-
porated into all his social, domestic and private
comforts. Without looking to the great future,
therefore, charity cannot overlook this element,
if it would do its work we'll. It is, indeed, one
of the distinguishing features of all humane
institutions projected on large scale, that to
some extent, more or less, provision is made for
the social, moral, religious being. - =
In the confident belief that neat and COM
modious chapel for religious worship would
meet the deepest and most real earthly wants
of the poor, would contribute largely to the
very purposes for which food, raiment and
dwellings are intended, would elevate in enjoy
ment our poorer fellow creatures, and be q
tangible, substantial benefaction, the matter is
respectfully submitted to our readers. n
Ex-senator Sawyer.
Hon. Frederick A. Sawyer, of South Caroli-
ma, has been nominated and confirmed as As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury, in place Of