The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-09
SECOND OCARTER
On "NOT GIVING"

uutCu Uuu Cu0POA SOu"S puO"S vs. n
,ecially our well.to-dO friends), before !.
he collection comes round next Sab.
,ath. 1t is noble work to warn and !.
orearm tho simple and heterogeneous. .
80, with your permission. sir, and ,
heart filled with philantbropic feelings.
w tender to them free.gratis what will
be q welcome revelation, we think. to
many.
In the first place. my friends, in
broad, general way. advise you never
to allow your enthusiasm to lift you
above the reason Of cold calculation,
for it il BY this. that whole countries
have been moved by what are called
Reformations. Keep your balance with
care. When you are urged by some
pious preacher, who revives in your
hearing the ring of the widows mites,
to give freely, heartily, specifically. OK.
claim mentally: "What noble senti.
ments warm thy bosom! But must
listen to the voice Of reason, and hard
en- my heart against thy appeals" As
you listen to the next missionary orator,
who brings the moisture to your eyes
and almost turns over your heart BY the
stories of heather suffering and iguor-
ance. Of prostituted instincts and de-
PRAYED powers. don't allow yourself to
be swept away BY any emotional flood,
but steady yourself BY grasping the sup
port Of . solid thrsepenny piece and by
the recollection Of sundry reasons
why you should not give any
more than the smallest silver coin in,
our currency. Be warned by our
example Of some who heard George
Whitfield preach and who had their
heads 90 turned that they actually
emptied their pockets at the collection.
Be . commercial man." Be "phi.
losopher." Cultivate . strong will.
Be guided BY sustaining principles.
BE anything and do anything; only be
not % enthusiast: and do not move an
inch from the threepenny.piece.
l. First think Of the pleasing sensa-
ton Of being thought . wealthy man. or
o wide.awake man, or . shrewd.
persevering, successful man. You may
not have much OF IN education (so
much tho more credit to you for having
risen without that waste Of money!
You may not be reading man, or per-
son of much information. Even your
character may not be - stainless IS that
Of . saint. But II you have succeeded in
life, and your bankers have . wholesome
respect for you, you must be . happy
) man. True, many will have feelings
the opposite Of respect toward you, but
you can easily account for that on the
ground Of envy. The philanthropis'
. who insinuates that your soul hal
shrunk up into such little room that il
could poise on the point Of . needle
. the educated ones who say disrespectfu
things about your grammar; the spend
(; Thrift who says you cannot sleep .
night through nervousness, and tina
ghosts Of bankruptcy often perch upol
your pillow; the parsons who shak
I their solemn heads ut the mention o
4 your name, and who are waiting to d
jull justice to your memory by preach
E ing 1t your decease the funeral sermon
on the destiny Of Dives and Ahab an
. Balaam; and you can afford to hxv
d the envy aud the scorn Of them oil.
2. Then think Of the pleasures {
Il further accumulation. It is true ths
b John Bunyan drew . picture Of misel
:. able.looking creature with muckrsk
D, in his hand, and that some OF you
d neighbors say that you are the ver
man Bunyan was thinking Of: but TIL
is absurdity ct its climax. The illustr'
= ton is in itself vulgar, and the ma
who originated it was only tinke
1r And beside oil that, supposing it to b
70 true. aud the Bedfordshire dreamer d
catch your pOrtrait-a prenatal one
o. ask yourself: >"What would my criti
l give il they could get hold Of my muc
no rake?"
at 8. Then look at what wealth "
q purchase. don't refer to eatabl
'e' and drinkables. or houses and carriag
NJ and continental tours. Such things !;
'r, utterly worldly. Think Of the sdecti'
it inspires in your friends! Could IN
:. thing be more touching and beaut'fu
u Look At the nieces OF Widow Whimp'
no ". how lovingly they have chung
their amiab!e old aunt ever since .
took . young lady who was no relatit
and limited at altering her will. lo
III, ut the cultured nephews Of old bsche
m. Steelhead. how IN spite OF oil his
Ia couthness, and threadbare apparel. a
N. bad associates, natural affection I
m. umphs over violated etiquette and
IA things else, and they ever speak OF h
-. when he il not absent) ~ ''our 60
AZ. noble uncle" will venture solemn
S|ss TO SOY. for your comfort, that moth
~ on earth could purchase such affect
n in such cases - these but money: 4
~. when such persons lose such. fire
AZ, their love and respect will DO evin
-. before oil the world bv the pleas
Soa with which they will wear the bl
= ~ band around their arms during far
xn. greater part Of the whole week.
M. 1. Think further what your mo
80 can do for your children: You W
~ not like your sons to work - you b
worked. and live in such = hous'