, 1877-12-24

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spT q &C. ofc s foneer, eeR o ssta
ncnts are always poor. II IS tho harsanc.s Of
ihclr lot In tho Old World or In the old parts OF
tho Ncw that sends them 70 the ws1ls q. the
West. What l.tso monoY they possess must
clothes, and even IN thoso direction. thcy arc
bad on. To build cven 1ittlc wood
en- church, and to have sory[co Of Sunday
school, Ia wholly out Of the questfon Herot
bost Hight and money. may rise up IN tho
beauty Of charity and by the tEme the ri.
lagc Is year old, and boasis Of flfty or hun
drel inhabitants, behold a neat white church Is
seen there, and the sound OF beautiful hymns Is
coming out Of the window on tho still Sun'laY
morning. Here Is charity. Of purcst quality.
The only blot upon this fair picture Is that
mado hy the 1ntlrmlty o. jealousy Of naan.-.an
tn0fn!ty which makes tho Presbyterian lasten
,o plant hs flag rhe;e tho Bs'rtist or sto.',od.
"holi lbs fort" vhea tho Presbyterian il on
the ground and s living In usefulness mud
weakne.s Il lei 6eins , sfalua1ly @ fen'ove. n by tho
breadth of TIE present dar,Ia breadth 81 iove
ase many IL Ideas to bc unc IN jesus Christ.
Chnrches can be found In Tho poorer districts
OF this city where 800 from you to tho tol,inE
and poor pastor would I'LL TINT heart With
neH insplration, making him feel that an out.
side world saw bis fabots aud denial. and had at
least ono tear for him.,
highest school, whom dying, wi.htd h!s bet
frtenus TO be- ncart and, reaching out bis Hand 10
one. said: "Hold mr. hand until I anu fullv
dead" How deep arc thcse tics Of earthE
lnIo0ga sHs1 1o,ns has ne '9ve ana 'sIy
dying. But before men come to their death
ilalthlal pastor. Tho.o people az poor who.v +,
library Is fcw old books, whose Sunday sult .
hand aud asks tho friend, not Il, France but in
Christ, TO hold that hand while tho great aor-
row Is moving slowly along; In this valley ol
shadow llo longs fof sympathY.
faes now away from missions and coma to
luns for tho sick, Or tho old, or tic blind, or
the litsle heipless children. They are Of inany
n91ncs but o. one intrinsic worth. ihc mots,cht
human being becomes helpless tlat moment
10 Eivo 10 tho ablo'oodied may De
q dcbataolo good. None Of these ques-
'1 nonapiS ,rs. o9esets are before roy to'aay. ~
only when heiplGssncsa speaks that you are To-
q frien'lless infant, once moro when he Is sick,
once tnorc when he Is bcrcit Of reason, once
moro when l,s ie old. Hero charity must reach
out her hand: Ho who pausca !lcre to debate
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put to death infants Ind GID persons, those 10
aae s nepaess petloa @ a. e1tner ena o. Iac' ane
ca.t my tnltesa :, :, -,
q many times Ha can nl! gather strength OF
viii aud 81 feellnE " marking what tho human
race las done along certain path. When wc
have loved personal liberty and have fought
for 1t, and that men have fadcd and
lacd when their dreams have proven
false then wo loya liberty tho mora: Az
Hee s ana do9 or ai 80 o aS
hope OF future life cornea to Us With in
mcnse power, aceng that all our fathers as faz
PACK ~ history runs lived anu died IN tts hope.
II shoulu make our hearts generous. that TIC m
doluen Nulo. and its Altar. and fts Cross tic
Contrlbution.Bo1, lnto which cvcn tho poorest
Widow hastcuca and cast bur two mites. There
Is no doubt that 'shcn each Sunday brings with
annoyed, and tho "worshtp .! giving" is trans:
formed tneo 40 act Of ponanco rather than Of
pleasure. There ean easily be too much Of
anythln9. You havo al seen meetings Injured
working good thought; So thu church col.
lection has been degraded by zeal that outran
Judgment. Aside from these oxCcsses the col
loct!osi stands befofe us !!1 famc az old and -
noale = any Of the Old Or noble thoEs IN The
whole history OF man. Although Ciristianisy
has k!ndled the spark OF human charity into y
lame, has expanded the human tear OF
aTmpathy tuto river, ,yet, 10 sclf'cVldent
was tho need OF the hospital and aay"
lam thet they could not ee con.
ccaled until . Christ should como. Tacltus, In
shth .dcz1ansa, sayk..t hn German mothers game
ths = eda ,nt Oh astIS "tgnss re goSded icy
before Ghrtat!antty was known 'thcrc, Indeed,
before Chfist nag appeared on earth, there was
d hospital for the 1iek. Il was called 1y the
signltcane name, "Tho nonse Of Sorrow"
Chrttlsp!ty found II there, aud simply ro-
doubled !ss usefulness. Some Of tho old pillars
carved over With icttcrs. llcgtble until Of .aso
Years, now @ scvca! ~ edtct Ok Kiug Of India,
living aU years before our era, which ctilct
orders free nursing and sncdtclae for all the poor
sick throughout tha Empire Of that King,-
AsoKa. Herein ts the noblcuoss OF the asylum
aud hospital plainly seen; for 50 powerful was
Tie right and beauty u tlIts form of truth that
It burst forth from, each nation tho 1nomuut that
nation Eeachcd tho condition oi Thought that
could msasuro the obligations Of man to man.
Tho drst great chrtatta1i hospital was founded
BY Homan lady, who, instead Of passing
around tho boz, gave all her owp laamonss
estate for the building and support Of her In
etit4tlon for tho sick And this Fablola did not
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