The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-19
CHAT BY THE WAY.

.she made lots OF gingcrsnaps and always
kept them the lower shelf"
Religion money more closely related than
man people think. II your religion makes you feel
ike giving your money we'll as your sympathy It
Is saio TO conclude tina: you have been thoroughly
converted, but II II makes you feel ike giving your
sympathy and keeping your money you had better
try, Try again.
Don't be satisfied with one good deed one vic
tory, but string them together nke many pearls,
utter the other soldier came to Sir Charles
Napier saying 'Sir Charles. we have taken
standard" lie thought his share OF tho work all
done, but Sir Charles expressed his appreciation OF
what had been accomplished, and then quietly added,
Nov 60 aud take another
"what is hoiinessf" asked o priest, when examn.
ing the children In of our ragged schools
little urchn spoke better than no knew when he
replied, Piease. your rivcrcnce, IFS 10 be clean In
side"
These fow lines, which Whittier wrote IN an album,
like beGutii oily cut diamond, whose value II
would be very difficult TO estmste:-
Our lives are albums, written through
With good or ill., with false or true;
Aud us the blessed angels turn
The pages OF our years.
God grant they read the good with slnies
And blot the bad with tears
Some OF the gentlemen who, because they have
contracted a persistent habit OF borrowing" have
taken up thor residence a. Sing Sing, compelled
10 take their morning exercise with ball and chain
attached OF their legs. IL is suggested that
they are making themselves acquainted With Locke
on the Understanding.
II is easy Tor those who have plenty TO tell the
poor how economizc, and for those who are healthy
and strong to tell the sick how they ought 70 bear
troubles. II hard 70 appreciate condition OF
lie different from your own. the petted girl, who
drove out in coupe every afternoon, beng told
rlat du,t hpoa
cat and who replied, swell. why don't they live for
while on cake, thenf" gave fair sam.
pie OF some peoples sympathy. And now
we find . chip floating on the journalistic
stream this effect :-"Better to bod suppericss
than get up in debt" II evidently written by a
Of aldermanlc proportions just after a hearty
dinner Nr by sickly sentimcntalist whose religious
creed evolved from his dyspepsia Ordinary
human nature with empty stomach fails 20 soc the
t.bsiter" On the other hand II dspeses OF the bowl
OF bread and milk which have Leen put down on tho
score and then grows sad 10 THINK that II cannot
enlarge the Indebtedness. There arc very low OF US
who in our inwardness think better to starve
than to have q little bill ut the corner grocery
Tho little girl quite right who listened to q
minister who .'roared like nightlngalc In prayer
aud then said. "Motner don't you think that II that
man lived little nearer TO God he wouldn't havc TO
Salk so louas"
Tho motives which are connected with churchgotng
are very various. That some people stay at homo
because they have "notning 10 wear" and that other
people go because they have bonnets is not only
not to be questioned, but frghtiully human. Those
lines show something Of the sido OF reii-
gious liic:-
.My Lord, Will you 60 to church to-day?"
Eyes, I'LL 60 when the church bell wings:
], iiSo The church. an steeple an that,
rhev are vsvy respectable things
In Womc you must do as the womans do
That Is not Womc, but New York. you know;
So II g-good society goes TO church.
Why. then a fellah, OF courth, must Co."
Tho Quakers have Kind Of human nature that is
not always confined TO y simple yea and nay. Under
the broad brim hat and insdc tho dull gray broad.
cloth vest IS sometimes hidden a shrewdness, and
possibly elasticity Of conscience which the OF
tho garment does not Indicate. One OF these mild
hammered and smp e-heartcd gentlemen had horse
for sale and . carman was making an oner Now II
anything under the stars will hinder . from toll
ing the truth IL Is horse trade. II say,
without wincing, 'sThat horse has spavin.n hc can
read title clear to glory. There Is instance Of
such hcroism on record "wii that horse 60" ssla
tho carman. With sweet smile and tender
glance OF tho eye, tho Quaker replied. "Friend,
think thcc would DO very pleased to sec that
horse 60" and he was bought on the spot. Co
He wouldn't bulge Such his temper that he
wouldn't stir II you built lre under him. Hc stood
still that the AFRAID he would tako
so back he went ~ thought you told me that horse
would CO." Sweetly smiled the Quaker onco moro.
mo, my friend, told thee tho simple truth. said
thee would be pleased to see him CO. and wouldn't
?" Then phistine gave his oratoricai
powers, and expressed himself In such "plain lan-
guase" that II was impossible mistake his meaning.
..You, you odn-.
Mr.. johnson, the famous coored orator, whose
periods have sometimes graced these columns, has
again doIivorcd himself He 10 willing admit the
truth OF the old to a certain extent only.
'Tis n very good world that We live IN,
To lend, or TO spend, or TO give In;
but TO beg or to borrow, or to get mans own,
'ris the very world that ever known.
His sometimes slightly tingcd with hsresy,
but carefully exclude these parts his discourse,
and reproduce those which express undlsputed rutns
Ito says:-"Breddren, l hab potiss dat some oh you
talks bout dis yer world like 1t vale oh
You pears be In oriul hurry to git to glory.
You is tired dc trubbes an oh lie OF
hoe cake and hominy, an Is ANXIOUS TO play on de
harp OF tousan strngs Now, orcddrcu. all dat viii
do Tor casionai sessions oil protracted prayer mcctn
but IT don't work worth ptcayune In ornery times.
hab lived long, but my ole eyes nobbsr yet
oh you dat was willip' TO leave dis
mis'blc world widout long warnin' Ihave 'bsarvcd
dat wen youso VERY sick you all takes heaps OBJ
medicine ard docs yer beet TO CT well. Youse wiin'
to DIE tomorrer cos yer knows well nun dat to-morrer
Is mighty uncertain date. IL Is berry convenient
time die. cos u nebbcr comes. Sbakspurr tells do
trur when he says. IT'S better 10 bear de reumatiz
wat you've got dan Nv to anoidcr climate where
tngs may be mighty sight worse Now let an ole
man. who don't git much iur prcachin', tell ycr to
stop dis ebbcrlastin' whinin and To stay dis yer
cartn jcs long yer can, iur Of yer called
ter play on dc angels harps all oh asuddon yer'd
probably play do wrong tune
DIR. justin d. Fulton Is OF those restless people
who are always stirring up tho animals the menag-
erie To suppose TIA. DO right who d.iors
with him, or to imagine that sucn can be trav-
elIing any other road than that which loads 20 perd
ton arc equal impossibiitics II r. protty evident
that the only mistake the Lord ever made In
putting the Doctor hoad OF AFFAIRS and that
all ole mstAke may yet prnyo the ruin of the mi.