Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-02-28
For the BEACON.
SUNDAY SCRAPS.
a NAME.

in a name." 1t has been said THAT
II rose would smell as sweet called
by any other name, but really /
can not believe this, Tor there Is,
after al, something in IL name.
Solomon, speaking by Inspiration,
says "A good name il rather to
be chosen than great riches" Now
it would seem from these words Of
solomon that there is much in a.
name, yes. more than can be found
in great wealth, think there is a
world of pleasure in being called,
by those who know US, good man,
honest pan, truthful man, hQnpra
bic man. These names carry in
them Chqrarter, and to want these
names, or to be unworthy Of them,
is to want charart,r among our
fellow men. This is certainly eX-
tremest poverty. To be without
character is to be a blQt-a blank.
Now, dear reader, let your mind
run IL short while, this Sunday
morning, on y0ur A1Ee in the com
munity. Does your fellow men
call you by your right name? Have
you lived lpng enough to make Il
name among men? If SO, | ask,
What is it? Are You called honest,
truthtul, honorable, polite, g%onteoI,
modest, gNQd, or are You called
mean, dishonest, urtrnthtuI, dis
honorable, impoIitc, rude, vulgar,
wicked? Now if you have Il bad
name in the community in which
you live, you will be very certain
to know 1t, tor this, ike many other
things, evil oGt" While thinking
on the name, or names, by which
you are called, you must be led to
ask, Why am | called thus and so,
and are not these names real expo
tents Of my true character ? Have
a good name, then is it not because
| lave done gooi Here lies the
true wealth that there is in a ooOd
name! Have you a bad name (do'
not become impetient with me
now? If so, | ask, Is it not be.
cause you have acted badly? You
re not the man you ought to be or
you would not be called by these
bad names,
Come dear reader if yGF have
been so unfoytunate rs tG have
acquired Il bad name, you must not
nov deSpond you must not let a
just self.contempt cause yoq to
throw yourself quite away, forever,
for there is, perhaps, time enough
for retormatlqN, end yoq may yet
win for yourselfa good name before
you die.
IfyDu will call upon & ID, through
Christ, believingIy, he will blot out
your sins, which have caused your
lad name, and # you will hence
forth do good, you shall see good,
and your fellows will rub out old
scores with you, and they will say
and believe that you + changed,
and they will soon Learn to call you
by a good name. Now, this is the
shoriest and best and mo tapproved
way to get rich that | know Of /; yes,
to get more than big rich!
Cone, dear reader, let's you and
| try to be rich in this way, and, if
we succeed, (and succeed we wild
then we will have 2 wealth that
con be kept. We can pc rich in
spite of the hdrd times. We shall
be rich indeed, if we Do good.
@, what a wide field opens up to
view in these two words-do g0Qdt
Lets do good both to the SOULS and
bodies of men, lets do good to all
men, and then we will have a name
which the Angels will love to call,
a name which the Holy Lord will
be pleased to honor, u name more
lasting than the earth or the skies;
yes. a name which shall endure fo:-
ever. a name which all the gen
erations Of map, yet to &oM6 on
earth, will repeat with pleasure
and reverence. a name which will
be had in everlasting remembrance.
Ees. if yop and | will do good, in
the fe II and love Of God, from this
good day forward, we will have a
name tit to be written upon the
Lambs book of life. A name which
Christ himself will not be ashamed
to wear in His crow.n " rejoicing
through eternal years.
Reader, will yJp be persuaded to
to strive to save and to keep a
good name. Remember, the name
OF the wicked shall rot, while the
name Of the righteous will 1--we for
ever, and will speak for good to the
minds and hearts of all who shall
come after you.
., give me a name which shall live
When | am dead.
4 pane whose memories slat BE like
Holy oil ,gpon the holy head.
! ZANE which the poor and the needy
Shall rise up AND, blees,
When | shsll have gene, from
Ibis world OF toll, to rest.
4.
LETTER FROM LOUISIANA.
RsyviHe, liz, FEB. IG, 1871.
DEAR BEACON Many Of my old
friends in NoWqRee .harc requested
pO 10 correspond with bem, but
present engagements will not allow