The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-11-22

near to llVIl9 up 70 the ideal which people
have Of him as does Phillips Brooks, says
tue Boston Homo Journal. The good he
does in the world cannot be oy~erestimated.
He possesses that ready tact and those
quick perceptions which aid man not only
to do good but to discover opportunities to
do it. He is not a man whose aid springs
up only in reponse to an appeal.
An illustration Of that will be found in
a story recently told me. Some time ago
a lady had occasion to travel from Prov
idenee with her father, who was very weak
in his mind. Whether it was the excite
ment of the journey which developed SO
suddenly in this usually quiet and inofen-
sive nan an unruly disposition, or whether
1t was merely the ordinary course of his
disease, | do not know, but at all events
long before they reached Boston he became
possessed of a fancy that he must get off
the train while it was still in motion; that
some absolute duty called him. His
daughter endeavored to quiet him, but it
vas difficult to do it, and she was just CIV
iE2 up II QCSDdif lit SlAS liJbiCCQ q fEiy
large man just across the aisle who was
watching the proceedings intently over the
top of bis paper.
AS soon as he caught her eye he rose
and crossed quickly to her. II beg your
pardon, y he said. s'You are in trouble.
5Iay l help your AS soon as he spoke
she felt perfect trust in him. what is
your fathers name?'' he asked. She told
him and with an encouraging smile he
bent over the gentleman who was sitting in
front Of her and said a few words in bis
ear. With a smile the gentleman rose,
crossed the aisle, aud took the vacant seat,
and the next moment the large man had
turned over the seat and leaning toward
the troubled old man addressed him by
name, shaking hands cordially with him,
and engaging him in a conversation so in
teresting and SO c~leyerly arranged to keep
his mind occupied that he forgot his need
to leave the train and did not think of it
again until they were in Boston Here the
stranger put the lady and her charge into
a carriage, received the assurance that she
felt perfectly safe, had cordially shaken her
baud, and was about to close the carriage
door when she remembered that she had
felt so safe in the keeping of this noble
looking man that she had not even asked
his name. Hastily putting her hand
against the door she said. pardon me,
but-you rendered me such a service-may
| know whom | am thanking?" The big
man smiled as he answered Phillips
Brooks, " and turned away.
An excellent foil to this, as showinga
different side of his nature and yet identical
in its tact, Is another story which
was told me recently. The great
divine has no stronger interest in
the world than that which he feels for the
young men who sit within reach Of his
voice. Last winter he noticed three young
men who came to hear him quite regularly,
and as they looked like workingmen he
took pains To find out who they were, and
made an opportunity to speak with them.
Having ascerJained where they lived and
n4t they did ne went one day to call on
them. He climbed several flights of stairs
kaecked at the door. All three of the
ang men we're 10 and they were taking
comfort IN their shirt sleeves. Ma
they were a trifie embarrassed at
SURPRISED BY this man to whom they
iot4sdu up - it'll SO much respect. Mr.. Brooks
5 nznds al round and then said, with
s cheerful siniie: We'll, boys, it's a lit
lie warm aere. | think, if you will let me,
l All take off my coat, aud he did and
sat down aud made his call in bis shirt
sleeves. 1t IS needless to say that hose boys
will never need any better influence in their
lives than Phillips Brooks will keep there,
for it is remarkable how many men he can
carry in his mind and keep safe in his ill.,
duence.