Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-04-11
Alms-Giving.

II. Arthur Mangin discourses as follows
on the subject of charity:
When the Marquis of A., who was
wit, was reproached for never giving any
thing to the poor, he replied:
"Eh, quot! l obey the great evangelic
precept, DO not unto others what you
would not have others do unto YOU"
The nobleman's. reply was not SO cen
surable as it seems at the first glance.
Will you, who are SO generously chart
table, the first time you meet beggar,
ask yourself this simple question: "If a
chain of untoward circumstances should.
some day, reduce me to the condition Of
this poor devil, should I do as he doesl
Would degrade myself 30 far as to beg,
in whispering humility, the passer-by for
few s0usY' Your reply would be: mo
thousand times no! sooner death than
such degredation!" And you, madam,
could you bring yourself to beg in the
public streets, even for the nearest and
dearest to your No, surely not! Like the
late Marquis of A, therefore, you
would not have others give you aims, and
yet you give aims to others. You concede
that the man who begs degrades himself,
and yet you encourage him to do 30.
If YOU go to the Bots de Boulogne via
the MaillOt Gate, you will see, at the skirt
of little clump of trees as you enter the
wood, an old, blind beggar. He is there
from morning till evening, immovab!e'
always at the same place. Before him he
has his faithful dog, poodle, that holds
in his mouth wooden bowl Who can
fail to see how much more digniied the
nlien Of the poodle is than that Of the
mani The one sits, with his head raised,
and looks at the passers-by with an air OF
calm resignation. The other is on his
knees, bareheaded beneath the scorching
SUM- He is as DESTROYS, it would seem, to
inspire contempt as pity. He expects
that people seeing him in this posture will
say: !
s'This man must be very unfortunate to
subject himself to such torture and hu.
nlilistion." .aEsk t5ssFs TsEf g41f !
This man is blind-at least ! am will
ling to believe he is-which is, perhaps,
u extenuating circumstance. In my
Judgment, however, precisely on account
cf his infirmity, which is sufficient rec.
ommendation to those who are not insen.
sible to the misfortunes of others, he
would lose nothing by evincing., ris-a-cii
If those even of whom he solicits aims
sOme remnant of manly pride and dignity
But how many others have not the excuse
If an infirmity which renders it impossi
BE for them to work, and have recourse
70 all manner of lies and tricks in ordel
toprsy upon public COMMUNICATION! Many
stimulate, or inflict upon themselves, in
Armities which Heaven has denied them
The professional bcggar, who is blessef
With an infirmity, would be slow to par
With it; he Is far from being of opinioI
lint health 10 the greatest Of blessings
HEALTH. ha! with health there would b
no honest excuse for not working then !
would be necessary to do something if
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