The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-10-28
Charity-Its Objects.

wv ~ my hNiSnuOll n
man went down from Jerusalem to
Jeiico," and the parable which follow
ed is the most beautiful which language
has ever recorded. Story. telling,
though often abused is the medium
| by which truth can be most irresistitly
conveyed to the majority of minds, and
in the present instance we have a desire
to portray, in some slight degree, the
Importance of charity in everyday
life.
A great deal has been said and writ.
ten on the subject Of indiscminate
| giving, and many who, have little
| sympathy with the needy or distressed,
make the Supposed unworthiness Of the
| object an excuse for withholding their
aims; while others, who really possess
large proportion ofthe milk OF human
Kindness, in awaiting great oppOrtunl-
ties to do good, overlook all their i'm
mediate pathway as beneath their no.
tice And yet it was the "widow's
mite which, amid the many rich gifts
cast into the treasury, won The approx.
| al OF the Searchpr of Hearts, and we
the assurance that cup of cold water
given in a proper spirit shall not lose
| its reward.
Oui design in the present sketch is to
call the attention of our own sex to
subject which has, in too many ins'an
ces escaped their attention; for our ideas
OF charity embrace a wide field, and we
hold that il should at all times he unit-
ed with Justice. when those less favor
ed than ourselves are concerned
I Il
washing done more than once in two
weeks" said the rich Mrs. Percy in re-
ply to an observation of her husband.
who WAS standing at the window look.
ing at a woman who was no to knees in
the snow, hanging clothes on a line in
the yard "I declare IL ia too bad to
be paying that pokv old thing a dollar
g week for our wash. and ONLY six in
the family. There she has been at it
since seven O'Clock this morning, and
now it is almost four. IL would require
but two or three hours longer if get
her once fortnight. and | shall save
fifty cents a week by it,"
where your own sex are concerned.
you women are the closest Of beings"
said Mr. p, laughing. "Do as you
please, however" he continued, as he
observed frown gather on the brow
of his wife; "for nv part | should be
glad If washing days were blotted en-.
tirely from the calender "
At this moment the washerwoman
passed he window with her stiffened
skirts and almost frozen hands and
arms. Some emotions of pity stirring
in his breast at the sipht, he again ask
ed, "DO you think it will be exactly
right, my dear, to make old Phoebe do
the same amount of labor for half the
wages?'
"Of course it will" replied Mrs.
Percy, decidedly; 1--WE are bound to do
the best we can for ourselves. If she
OBJECTS, she can say so. There are
plenty of poor | can get who will be
glad to come, and by this arrangement
shall save twenty-six dollars year"
80 much,' returned Mr.. r., care
lessly; "how these things do sum up!"
Here the matter ended as far as they
we've concerned. Not 80 with 'old
Phoebe" as she was called. In reali-
ty, however, Phoebe was not yet forty;
It was care and hardship which had
seaMed ner once Dlooinlng race, ana
Drongh on prematurely the appearance
OF age. On going to Mrs. Percy in the
evening after she had hnlshed her wash'
ior 'he meagre sum she had earned
that iady mad spoken somewhat marsh
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