Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-14

be consulted a. TO the meaning Of
this potent word.
But Dryden says:
In such blest charities she passed the day.
lis wondercus how she found an hour to
pray.
Another says;
Hat his earned piitance to poor neighbors
went.
They had his aims and he had his content.
Marking thus the usage OF all wri
tiers, you will find that charity is a
love which breaks over the narrow
confines OF one'sown life and home
and sweeps away off over the wide
fields OF MN. II is like the suns
warmth and light which leave the sun
itself and fly away. seeking worlds
remf te. to cover them with warmth,
and light, and life.
A great love cannot limit itself TO
one work. What our mother did for
Us yesterday WAS not the exhaustion
OF her love. She comes back to-day
with new deeds, and stands with
heart overlooking with new affection
for the morrow. So the charity OF
which Panl speaks has no special
mission among old Roman captives
or American slaves. Those scenes
only illustrate principle which Is
wider than a prison or cotton field.
No deed OF yesterday exhausts itself.
1t stands by nation indeed. but also
by single heart, really to enamel
pate race or take up a little child
in its arms AMI BILE 8 it with educa-
ton, and honor, MI piety. Charity
is the simple outfl owing OF q noble
soul.
No one knows why 1t Is so, but 1t
is historically true that out Of the
love OF things comes such an action
or such an impulse as no Indifference
or hate can ever show. The natural
ist so loves the external world that
he rambles all over it i'm his fond
quest OF its wonders Of life or form.
The musician SD loves the harnoni~s
OF sound that night and day he Is
fastened by this iu,lissoluble bond to
his pursuit. Now. what in the econ
omy Of Coils charity except posi-
tive affection that should fasten each
high intellect to the human race that
the soul muy wander all over IL, find
ing everywhere the worlds need and
worth, and, through the help of these,
its own usefulness and development?
Ill-will shuts the gates between
that within us AMI that without. Let
pain or sorrow rack one, and how
empty Is the spring Or summer, the
birl-song or the blossoms: but let
the pain or the grief all pass away,
and how delicious Is the landscape
from the windo1l Thus ILL., will
shuts out rhe great human universe
and tie narrowed heart scorns the
poetry, the art. the learning, the
Thought, the condition, even the
friendship OF mankind; but when the
broad love OF man fully possesses the
soul, then one hears with delight the
praitle OF the infant or the moral
izings OF even the heather. and finds
some beauty in u religion not his
own. anil In lands under foreign
flag. As prejuslice closes the mini
aud makes m IN u dxeller in cave.
or Diogrnrs tub shuts him out
from mankind AS by n sea Of ice. so
charity is the opposite faculty and
transforms den into pa ace with
the minds and hearts OF times near
and far. There is no evidence that
this love OF man was implanted only
that man might b-friend y beggar or
s"f free slave; but that the heart
might always draw ur near TO the
human race AMI hear its oratoIy or
its whispers. and might laugh anil
cry along with its laughter and tears.
I, is grace that helps us approach
not only sufferer. bur, what Is more
'liiIicult. being diff ring from u. In
creed. AMI To SEE In him who bows ~
Catholic or u Jew, ~ brother OF our
self. 1t is AN Aladdin thar turns our
little islam into q continent and |
makes Us citizens OF worl.l. The
love of self has never been senti-
m-nt ont Of which grew much great
ness. IT you will look into the hear
% Paul or Christ, or any OF the most
powerful which have moved across
time. you will not find rgutism there,
but you will find spirit which for
got i's-lf in presence Of the progress.
and happiness. and destiny Of man.
kind. Ego" has never been the
eagle 81 Lofty flight: IL has never
been flaming chariot upon which
man has m we'd heavenwar,i. but IL
has been milestone about the neck
sinking into the sea all who have
worn such rude ornament. All
this because the interests 10 human
ity Lr- so vast and precious that ma
tnrr never forgives t ose who close
their eyes In presence OF such u spec
ta.l... TIE grandeur OF u nation be
gins wb In begins TO seek the
highest welfare OF all its people,