The Brookhaven leader., 1888-06-07
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divided among them the spoils. Lame,
lame, yet they took the prey.
was riding along the country road one
day, and saw a man on crutches. l over
| took him. He was very old. He was going
very slowly. At that rate it would have
taken him two hours to go mile. said :
"Wouldn't you like TO rider" He said:
wrhauk you, would. God bless youW
| When he sat beside me he said: "You see,
/ : am very lame and very old, but the Lord
| has been a good Lord to mo. | have
! buried all my children. The Lord gave
/ them, and the Lord has "a right to take
/ them away. Blessed be His name. was
very sick, and had no money, and my
neiChbors came in and took care of me,
and | wanted nothing. | suffer great
deal with pain, hut then have so many
mcrcics left. The Lord has been a good
Lord TO me-"
/ And before we had got far l was in
doubt whether was giving him ride or
he was giving me a ride! He said:
Now, if you please, III get out here.
Just help me down on my crutches, If You
( please. God bless You. Thank you. sir.
Good morning. Good morning. You
have been feet to the lame, sir, you have.
Good morning"
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var and in No wars ir,r,eIiotnIv follow
inc how many IbiI1ron we hoard say.
"Obt my father was killed in the war. {"
Have Won ever notira1-I fear Won have
,o+-bov VOL tbnsc childrnr hYve turned
ont. STARTING under tbe greatest disad-
vantage. no orphan ASYLUM could do for
them what their father would have done
hal he lived. The skrmisher sat one
night. by the light OF fagots in the swamp,
writing q letter home, w!"V u sharp
shooters bullet ended the letter which
was never folded, never posted and never
read
Those children came up under great dis
advantage. No father To fight their
way for them. Perhaps there was
in the old family Bible an oil yellow let
ter pasted fast, which told tie story of
that fathers long march, and how he SUI
fered In the hospital: bat they looked
still further on i'll the Bible. and they came
{ t. the story OF how God Is the father OF
the tatherleSS, and tn" widows portion,
and they soon took their fathers place IN
that household. They battIed the way Tor
their mother. They cam on up, and
many OF them have III the years since the
war taken positions in Church ana State.
i While many OF thoS" VII" suffered MOTH
ing during those tunes have h4d sons go
out into lives OF Incidence and vaga-
. bondage, these who started under SO
many disadvantages because they were
50 early berett, these are the lame who
took the prey
\ step further: There are those who
would like to do good. They say:
+ "Oh! if | ONLY had wealth, or if | had
cloquence, or if | had high social position
how much | would accomplish for God
and the Church."
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