Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05
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Brother Gardnerss Idea OF. Charity.

SEAS, fall, said Brother Gardner 3alsa
he gazed down upon Elder Toots in a !.
paralyzing way, 8 Tmadesome remarks
upon the shbiiekEof charity. T, 1t seems
dat-nay pOsishun was misunderstood, an
dis evenini hope to make it plain. i.s' -
"De Good Book speaks Of charity a.
thousand times, AM "a big sheernof de-
people believe dat de- word as used in
de BIBLE means dat we mus open our
pufses to- de poor In de frst place, I
airnestly believe dat de charity OF de
Bible means slookin' lightly upon de
faults of our feller-men, It. means dat
we must oberlook, excuse an forgive.
Charity coYereth a multitude of sinsi
Does dat mean a loaf OF bread passed
outer de kitchen doah to q beggar, or.
doesn't mean dat, he. who oberlooks de
faults of Others shall have some Of his
own condonedP' Z hold to- de latter.go aT
ssBut let usIadmit,dat de charity of de
Bible means adm de poo'y1 If I arm
ten ishillings. a day an work IN cold an
heat an rainAif my wife economies
an I am. keerfdI- we go slow ami
dressawidin31 our means AM manage to
LAY up fewdouars, what man or Wo=
man on airth has de right to tell US dat
I mus pass any part of my sssvin's out
to people who am poo fr8w their own
fault9 Wharf, I have worked they have
loafed. Whar' have pinched dey have
squandered. Wharf 1 have denied my
self dey have cut loose wild a free hand.
sDar' am not an able bodied man in
America who can't airn sufficient to
board, clothe and school a family of six
andsend his wife to church ON Sundays.
OAR am not a widder In dis, kentfy who
can arm at ieasta dollar day at some
occupashun. Dar' am. not an orfan who
has de shadow Of right to. ask any
man fur a nickel. ~ ~ - -'''a 7-' 2
''Our public charities am so many
frauds upon6ax.payers.,1 defy de most
ardent phlanIhrOpist in dis kentry to
show me one case wharf a city poo
fund dealt out to paupers has lifted any
body above AKIN agin. DE city which
raises de moas's money has de moas'
paupers. Figgers prove it, an get
philanthropists won't admit dat it
proves anything! D'a1@a o.13 -.E;ai E7oye
''Let me start out to morrow an ham
five dollars each, to one hundred solicit
ors of charity an, how many would have
dollar left by night. AT least half
would spend a portion for beer, whisky
or tobacco, and not twenty of de lot
g3tsHe who gives to, a tramp encOur-
ages Ioaferism, thieVing an a dozen
Crimes.'' a'''"a 81 ~ "a .--fASE ~
az fsHe who gives to man or woman able,
to walk de- streets lam a supporter of
vice an idleness.',
OATS wharf 7 STAN on de one
side of de dueshun of charity, an each
passin' dayturns up sonlethin' to con-
vince me dat am correct. ,-a But now
whom [ do feel fur, an to whom kin
/ give? If [ assist an able-bodied man to
airn his own bread, dat am charity. If
1 kin prevail upon a father who am
wastin' his money in drink or at cards
! to put it into his family, dat am charity.
If my poo naybur loses his horse Ihave
a e-dollar bill fur him. If he'loses a
! child have tellso If he breaks a leg. or
an arm I'll sheer my meat an taters
| an wood wild him until he kin work
agin. If a father falls sick an" has
| muffin ahead my kind o. charity chips in
fur shake-purse to pull him freW. If
a stranger, comes among Us an an, Ill
let US make him we'll. If fire or Hood
| devastate a section, let us send relief If
awidder amleft helpless let us fill her
coal-bin an .four-bar 4. 90. g eafof a-.. =
" In twenty years. America has raised
! up q class numberln' tens of thousands
/ who, shirki work, who make saloons pay,
who have doubled the number of police
and jails an prisops-who steal, rob
and ravish-who infest street corners
an prowl frew alleys2who add moth
ing except to ilitefacy -anavice,1 an she
has raised lem up by her system of mis-
taken charity. PhilantRropists may
squir1n an women make wry faces, but
de preach1ns of de one amp de sympa-
thies of de odder have made de word
charity synonymous wild Vice and Wick
edness. Let us now assault de usual
programmy.'' -Detroit Free Press. '
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