The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-12-31
WHOLE NO. 1856.

Long ago the only means Of gov
ernment used were ihose Of compul-
sion aud restraint; bat customs now
change with the times, and common
I sense tells Us there is more strength
in the tender bonds OF sympathy than
in harsh and brutal force.
/ Not many years ago q great bridge
was suspended across the Niagara
river. The ropes of which is is made
are composed of fine wires, forming
mighty cables. This bridge spans a
terrible abyss, and joins two lands
a material benefit 1t is so strong
that the most timid trust themselves
upon it,
There is mighty bridge call ed
sympathy, which unites the heart of
nation to nation, and individual to
individual. This bridge is composed
Of cables wrought from the fne, ten
der chords of love
Sympathy in its falles. sense does
not simply mean sympathy in grief,
but having tEat sympathy which caa
make Us feel with Others under every
circumstance making US to rejoice
with them that do rejoice, aud mourn
with them that mourn making rs to
( feel with the iufrn, the poor, the sick,
the ignorant, the erring.
There are people in this world
starving for sympathy. l. may be
they are unlo7ely. We stand aside
and say, Il pity thar poor fellow"
But our pity does no good. If we
wish our pity 70 be eifectual we must
mi1gle il win our heartfelt sympa-
thy.
Ia order tnat sympathy may be
force we must consider ali the natural
propensities Of those we wish to help;
the education and associations Of
childhood. the intellect and the dis
position. Many Who sincerely desire
to do good fail because they appear
patro1iziag, or ia some way allude
70 the distance spauGed by the bridge.
We forget 10 ask ourselves how, 10
similar circumstances, cur hearts
could be reached
Pat your hand kindly on the arm
OF that brother you know to be doing
wrong; Is may be that be is diseour-
aged. SHOW him that you care for
hin. Believe in your hear. that be
can be saved; let y01r interest in him
be seifsacri6ci1g and continual, and
then only will il be force:
Repeated kinIres. viii s55aa ta, har,est
hears'
This should be the bizbsss aim of
our lives-.o De Chris'-lae-able 10
20 down from the biggest realm of
thought, 10 be kind 90 - lil.Ie ones
at our side, the eyed feeble, or
to help those that are aeEker shan
we.
If we ere successful io acco Dlish-
ing what We undertake d. q our
teaching, We must syn. -aiz wi-sI
our pupils Inspire them With the
thought that we care for their sd-
vancemeu-, be Interested in them,
love them. Il is not necessary TO
say we d ihese things. but 10 show
liz. by Kind, Interested tones a1d low
iag deeds
The finer parts o. our natGre are
reached 5y sympathy, and thus it is
one Of the strongest powers for good
10 the world. We may enjoy the
pleasures Of q happy home and many
friends, bot there may be those about
Us here hungry Tor sympathy. Per-
haps theirs are homes devoid Of ten-
der mother-love, and their hearts
unframed 20 think ef the good and
beautiful
Every deed Of our lives has some
bearing n those about Us. II is no
little thing that By the patient and
continual force Of you or me some
one is made better aud truer These
years are the seed time. As We SOW
10 kindness and love, 20 also ehall we
reap. We may not now see the re-
suit Of our labors, but our Heavenly
Father knows.
oars Is the seed tine; God alone
Beholds The end d what is sOEn;