Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-25
They are "too proud to beg,
Too homes to steal,
And belong to the class
Called ShabbV-Penteei"


Put forth helping hand here consider
these. Assistance generously and prop
erly bestowed from your abundance
years would bring the sunshine of hope
into their hearts and homes, and JOY mex
haustible into yours.
DO not censure q man because he does
not succeed, for do you not know that nine
tenths of all who are engaged in the pro
LESSONS and in commercial enterprises tall2
Do rot believe him lazy because he; can
not find constant employ ment. Have you
ever offered him work, or have you not
rather loflily refused when he asker it of
you. many times giving it instead W ere it
was net needeo2 Were you ever out of
employment, wi b family dependent up
on You for daily fo, d. Do you retain even
q Iaint remem brance of the distress that
bowed you down with burdensome weight;
of the intense anxiety almost reaching to
de- pair, that tortured you like an angry
demon at every ct p, and still refuse to AID
a bro herr Your gloom has been dispelled.
), me ole considered you, and now that
you have soft pillow. and an easy way,
do not close your eyes and heart to those
less favored, and wonder in no amiable
way why men can not earn decent llvlnRf
a few years since q friend purchased q
farm. He b N boast of his success, and
condemn the man who fails to make sup
port: "Eevery man can succeed if he Will
- he does not try. Look at this land. 1t
was pronounced too poor to produce black
eyed peas; planted the peas, they grew;
/ ploughed them under, and then sowed
oats, they sprang up; l plouged them ur-
der, and then sowed wheat, and behold
what an abundant yieldl'i
Ah, my brother, with "goods laid up
for many years." you, for recreation and
pleasure at your summer resort, can afford
to plant, plough under, and wait; bat upon
what would the poor man exist while
planting, ploug thing under and waiting2
A gentleman who prospered in business
for years, and was then reduced to a strug-
gle for subsistence, sad, he remembered
distinctly how uncharitable he felt toward
those who asked work of him, wondering
why they could not do as we'll as he, and
he fully appreciated the look of seorn that
often greeted him, when he afterward
sought IN vain for employment.
A young man toiling to support his
mother and sisters, finally succeeds in
establishing himself in business that
yields a comfortable competence. The
cries of fret frel arouse him at midn light,
and he goes forth to find his little al in
ashes Another young man, also tOiling
honestly, moved with sympathy, offers 10
be one of numbe to consider this friend
and help him up again. But of the many
who could, not one was found who would.
Time, in the evolution of his great wheel,
brings many and sudden changes. In a
little while this mans riches increase until
1t is said of him, ''all he touches turns to
gold" Increasing wealth is attended by
more extended influence, but neither the
gold nor the influence are used for the help
of the unfortunate friend.
Are you merchant; manufacturer?
OF the number who are competent to serve
you, do you employ your neighbors and
tr ends considering their need? Do you
pay them wages adequate for support, or
do you work them from dawn Til fading
of daylight to enrich your store, and expect
them with families twice the size of your
own TO live on mere shadow OF a salary?
Put yourself in their places. "A half
loaf is better than no bread" you say.
This kind of philosophy may do
for one begging of you, but not
for you who bestow. Will the half loaf ap-
pease the hunger of his little ones? Would
it feed yours2 Would you be satisfied to
receive only half loaf in the way of ser.
vice? Consider the poor. Think earnestly
and prsyerfully to day. L. there an old
Acquaintance or are there children of such
an one whom you ought kindly to considerl
Thy fathers and thy mothers friends for
sake not" Years probably have passed
since you have crossed their thresholds;
how much Of suffering has been endured
since then, whose heavy tide you might
have turned with no injury TO yourself
You meet them on the street. you know
that they exist, but Ia that sufficient They
| lock well end happy, but have you ever
] contributed one iota to their comfort Yeu