Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-17
For the VERMONT FARxER.
Blessed Is he that Considereth the
I.t Poor"

In considering the poor" we must ever
bear in mind this great truth; that our
Heavenly Father, in the wise arrangements Of
His plans, has given 10 some an abundance Of
this worlds goods, while from others he has
seen iit to withhold even the necessariss Of
life. While we know nths gold aud silver
all belong to God" il is not meet for US to
question the wisdom of His arrangement as
to who are the worthy ones on whom to be-
stow, or from whom to withhold. The great
fact is also before us, that We are to give an
account to Him of our stewardship, of the
use we make of these gifts. ID ...l,
Then let Us, for v moment, consider the
feelings of some Of the poor ones, for they
are human Tor supposed to be). Take for
Instance that mother with family of little
ones cold winter coming on, nothing where
with to clothe their precious bodies and
make them warm and comfortable, for she
loves her little ones just as VOL as you, rich
mother. Yes, even with an intenser love, Tor
is she not doing battle with pinching poverty,
lack Of educational means, prejudice of class
and all of these lions in the way. while her
proud, motherly heart is sometimes aspiring
to that for her children, to which she may
never hope to attain.
10 the midst Of her dilemma as to what
she shall do neighbor calls with nice
bundle of cast.off clothing--just what she
needs-sayiDg. dive been fixing my children
for school and find these articles Of no earthly
uss to me they are all out of style and If
they will do you any good you're welcome
to them" 90 81. ra f
She thanks the giver, aud is after all very
thankful. She goes about fitting the gar
ments, as best she can, all the while won
dering why these thisgs are 50; must she
forever be the recipient Of somebody bounty I
At last she succeeds in getting the two eld-
est girls ready for school ; they start out at.
ter kissing mamma and baby brother. ADJ.
She begins to feel almost sorry she hAr-
bored those hard thoughts. They step of
50 proudly, as they go hand 10 hand did
not mamma tell themto be good girls and
mind the teacher, and they moan to do it,
too. They sit very still and try to mind
their lessons, but when recess comes they
see the neiehbor's daughter in close consult
alton with some OF the other girls with now
aud then a sly glance anthem finally it a Il
comes out with q scornful TOSS" of the
head ,---VS pos uFA1I fr
"0h, you need not feel so smart miss,
you are wearing my old clothes" Aud as
the story goes home to mother, her heart is
pierced anew must my children be forever
tainted with their poverty
Another poor mother land would TO God
there was only one) who sees the hard earn.
ings of the husband end father 20 to swell
the Golfers of the rumseller while her little
ones often cry in vain for bread. All me,
| could bear it all myself. but to have these
innocent ones suffer, and powerless to help,
are her thoughts; the tears come oitener
than you know. And while she is trying to
tell her more fortunate friend some Of her
troubles, she gets the answer, "I'm really
sorry for you, but put your trust in the
Lord" All very we'll for you to say "trust
in the Lord" when you have every wish graf
fed, your children are clothed and we'll
fed. -'.'' .' "'
Here is plate Of cake (broken and dried
hardy that have put on the table ever 50
many times, and my children won't touch a
bit Of it (says one) don't know what to
do with them, they are so dainty l thought
perhaps your children would be glad of IT,
Would not the first thought of that mother
be to throw 1t out of the door2 Are your
children better than mine, that mine should
be obliged TO eat what yours will not 2? But
upon looking around and seeing the wishful
eyes and knowing that they had not had the
luxury Of even piece of cake for many a
day, be it ever 80 hard aud dry, the motherly
heart softened while the children ate the
cake, when without 1t they would have gone
supperless to bed. .'al 1oH.l
Dear sisters these are no overdrawn pic.
lures, but facts from real life you will
all readily admit there was no blessing to
"giver" or receiver in these instances. Now
do not suppose this is sister "Fanny's"
style of giving; We hope not, certainly. Our
Lord said truly, "In the world ye shall have
trlbulation, but in me ye might have peace"
Not merely petty, poetical trials, such as
our sensitive Snes find, and ideAlists make
but real, genuine trouble which is hard 10
bear, and can only be borne Alright by the
aid Of the Good Spirit, -
AS to whether trials come as direct
fatherly discipline, or through the prince Of
evil as Job was tried, We win not attempt to
decide. for, 10 either case if We fnd the
heavenly helper we shall be bettered there.
| by. The best Of saints often seem to suffer
most from sinners, and perhaps thereby realize
the exceeding siufulness Of sin. Then while
We cannot all DO field marshals 10 the army
Of life, let US do the best we can by helping
shear others burdens" -
GRANDMoTHER
Huntington Center, VI.