Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-06-06
COMPULSORY CHAR1rY.-Ye.terday after

i
noon a gentleman called at the APPEAL Office
whose general appearance Of sancti,y and cut u
4 vat indicated that he belonged to that class u
| peripatetic preachers Of the gospel 10 common
| II, the Great West He was dusty and travel
worn, aud the faded umbrella which ha.
| served as a protection from the sun gave every
! violence Of having seen more active service
| than originally dreamed Of by the manufac
| rurer He hung his umbrella on the copy
hook and remarked that he had a grievance
| to present. 8
1.-The fame Of your paper a. an active re
liyious lever has reached me ainsady. have
Just walked in from Bodie, having been a weel
"n my journey" 49, ~-
Ibid you preach in that section 7" asked
the editor in kindly tone.
"Alas! my dear sir, must regret the con-
fession, bat cid" ii "a rs
"From your laethod of travelling your col
lection must have been small"
'On the contrary, quite the reverse. After
my exhortation WAS over they passed through
the ranks of the faithful the battered tile
which you now see. The juggling Of tie coin
filled my heart with hope, and The manner in
which the honest but simple miners gave their
contributions to the Lord was mamma to my
soul. .- - ..- ~,
Here the preacher paused to clear his
throat, and his voice grew husky as he pro-
ceeded, --.a,--= - Il ,-'.
"The man who took up the collection was
old and we'll .lsng in years and his fervent
amens assured me that he was devout be
liovsr. He announced that sixteen dollars
and sixty cents had been gathered into the
fold Of righteousness and just as was about
TO reach for the pile he said that he was anx-
i.us to make short address l foolishly per-
the sanctuary and 10 hs made his address,
His remarks were on charity and he suggested
that the collections b given to Mrs. Nalloy,
poor widow whose husband had recently
Was true charity. and a. had been preaching
on the subject and l could not consistent,
refuse to endorse 30 philsnthropic plan"
did the man who took up the collection
put anything in the hat p
"He did not, and this Circumstance greatly
astonished me- as he was called everywhere,
the good Deacon.
"The fact of his having contributed would
have been more of IN astonisher in this sec.
ton"
Il was absolutely without resources, and
even my hotel bill unliquidated. l never saw
any more Of the money but doubtless the wild
,w's heart was made happy, aud if she was
realy worthy woman, the Lord must have |
used this good but some what hasty and |
;houghtlssa man to throw it in cur way. l |
'sceivsd good notice next day from the Ne,cs.
md the editor, who writes with much feeling
III charitablesubjects, stated, 'Aswe suggested
he amount collected at the services yesterday
vas donated to the widow Maloy. What
holy thing is charity Charity is, indeed,
loly thing. but if l do say it, when the mamie
which covers multitude of sins can be taken
If cAdaverous and shivering preacher to
over . woman who il fair, fat and forty, l
m inclined to think that the mantle falls on
he wrong person. l hope have net taken
p toe much of your valuable time"
Here the exhortsr gathered up his dilapi-
ated umbrella and glidsd away like a shadow
hat departeth.