Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-18
HeLPFULNEss.


We do not live our lives alone. We may
try to make Ourselves and others oelieVe
that we do, but we cannot succeed. :.
No matter how isolated life may be, II
will touch some other life and influence 1t
either for better or worse. =, :,
The effect of such ap''act or word, like the
undulstions Of sound Will go on, and on
and on.
Ore says hislife is filed with such tribes
il can have no influence over anyone else,
Let us see. What is triHef Webster
NAV define il for us, but even then 1t Is
hard to bring our minds to fully believe ID
the effect of trife.
When we come to count up the great
thirgs of our lives, we find they are made
up Of tribes. Only few men are called
10 be rulers OF the nation, only few be,
come postmasters. Yet these tribes, Of
which oar lives are composed, sometimes
assume gigantic proportions. The tiny
spark from the swift moving locomotive Is
the cause OF disastrous prairie fires Inc
neglected switch hurls perhaps score OF
lives into eternity. Instances OF this KIND
are numberless.
How then can We estimate anything ihat
comes to our lives and goes on 10 the lives
of othersP
We feel 1t is useless to try, and all thst
is left Us is to learn how to make our hVea
mcst helpful to those about us.
II our actions effect other people it mus
be duty to see to it that they are helpful
actions fit il a duty, il must be done.
There are as many varieties OF helpful
ress, as there are people in the world.
We have oil met persons who are so an&'
ious TO be helpful that they are offensive
to Us and would rather need the help, than
have it given in such an ostentatious way
There is a man ID this city who consid
era il o real pleasure TO help folks IN any
way he can, indeed he will put himself to
considerable trouble to do them good
turn, but he spoils it all By continually re-
miuding them Of what he has done Tor
them. expecting their thanks IN public and
in private. ,,.,c,,..
There is need of so much real helptnlness
in this world, that it is worth while to study
how we may be truly helpful :.
As we watch that young man, who Is
making q compromise with truth, honor
and sobriety, we wonder how we can help
him. We want to DO it, but bow TO put IN
practice that desire is what we do moi
know. think and think about these
things and then make an attack on Isaac
and insist on having some light On the
question, from mis- gigantic intellect, but
he will not look on it as matter OF any
| Importance. He tells me it is none OF my
business if all the men and women m the
country 90 wrong, so long as the inmates
of our home are all right.
( Nav be that ia true, but cant be kept
/ in such narrow limits-and | see 90 many
Young people, who have lett their OWL
pleasant homes and come to the city tt
mipsle with the bread winners here ano
long to see some OF the help that cones
from a pleasant home, thrown about them
After lengthy siege Isaac swallowed
yawn and finally became interested
enough to make few answers.
Finally, bring up as instances Of those
in gueed OF help, the yourg men IN hi
When use the word help | do not
mean the help that comes through dollar:
and cents but that other greater help which
builds q character upon which floods snc
storms may descend, but it will be i'm
movable, because founded on The Rock
Now my Isaac has real good pcacti ca
ideas and knew if could get him rouset
to the importance Of the subject he would
help me out Of the fog into which | ha(
wandered.
l told him about these young men, WIT
were away from their own homes and thel
salaries were such they had to board IL
very plain boarding houses, where yer.
often there was no Sitting room" and the!
could not indulge IN that extrayagance OF
a fire 10 their own rooms. And what
wanted to know was where they were Il
spend the long cold winter evenings l.
might not be any Of my business Rbou
the people at large, but abont the young
men in his employ had right to b'
concerned. Then Issac suggested We IN
vi,e them all up some evening for an oysieI
supper and general good time in The
evening.
We tried It aud guess every body hsc
a good time. Still | was not satisfied
What was one or two evenings out Of th'
whole winter 1t no. worth my while to
tell you how long talked to "Isace, mol
what | said but at last | have my plans al
laid and hoping that they may induce some
one else to Try to be 'helpfaf in a simlisl
wav I will tell Won them.
Every saturday evening thess young
men sre TO come to our home ior supper
They are not to expsct great supper
but plenty of it and plenty OF welcome
with it.
In the evening We we'll have MUSIC and
take UP regular course of reading,
/ OF course it will be necessary to become
someWhst acquainted with the young men
| in order TO know just what style of reading
will be most helpful TO them.
Ii will doubtless be necessary as well as
pleasant, to have it full OF variety and in
that way all tastes will be suited.
If this is a success and why should II
not bel have plans for having these
young men form my company Of helpers
and bring to our ntetingG other young
boys and men, with whom they are
acquainted.
| may not be able to carry out my plans
as fully as would liks-blt peFhapssome
Of your readers who have larger houses and
greater meaus may get an idea Of how
people in very small houses and with very
limited means, can throw sunshine on the
pathway Of other lives. Try it and you
will find the bright light reflected on your
own home and life. REgEKAH.
A STORY OF THE SILVERY SEA,
The Way "a LaDdsman Made Old Neptune
Merry for a Month.