The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-02
BE More Charitable.

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N. E. church over three years ago,
Will N. King was tie editor of the
Helmet, published in that city. We
Immediately began building, and Mr..
King promised IS provided he did
not 60 to prison for . cowardly as
sault he had made upon a prominent
citizen. He did not laneuish in pris-
on, though no fault Of his, however.
Neither did he pay that subscription.
Now this young man is allowed to 60
to the poor farm Of Douglass county,
to end his days more comfortably
than in Jail, being in rapidly failing
health, and under sentence for for
gerry. The poorhouse would contain
an interesting throng should it envel-
op all the delinquent subscriptionists
to church enterprises.--Nebraska
Methodist July IL, 1889.
The above is a sample, it may not
be uncharitably assumed. Of the char
ity Qove) felt in the hearts of many
such men Of God-falsely SO called
in the church for which the Nebraska
Methodist is a mouth piece. Paul
complained of Alexander the copper
smith doing him great evil, but in
what the injury consisted we are not
informed. 1t may be that Alexander
being in some way connected with
the treasury raised some obstacle that
gave that great preacher serious troy
bic. Then too, Paul alludes to It
simply in a letter to the brethren.
Now. Will n. King had a sore beset-
ment, viz, an appetite for strong
drink. But just what may have been
his disappointments and troubles and
sorrows in life leading up to the mis-
take of trying to drown his sorrows in
the bowl, no one now can tell. For
since the publication of the editorial
now being discussed, the spirit Of Will
n. King ceased to longer occupy the
poor diseased and emaciated body at
that date lying upon the humble cot
furnished by the peopl. for the un-
fortunate poor. But who can say
that when the spirit of Will n. King
passed the threshold Of the other world
there we're not angles of mercy there
offering to shield Linn from the rays
of heat that eminate from the throne
of an angry God.
After all, who can say that in the
economy Of grace it has not been so
ordered that all who pass the threshold
of the unknown world may at once
enter upon a course that will, if not
rejected, lead up to a higher and more
exalted state of being. Who can say
that Will N. King did not intend to
pay that church subscription when he
subscribed and would have done so
but for the fine of $4,000 which he
had to provide for?
Who a sa; that the very fact of
his having to pass through that ordeal
did not cause him to overlook ais
church subscription?
Who a say that the mere fact of
his having in some way failed to pay
that obligation made the above edi-
torial in relation thereto either manly
OF Christian?
Why, in the prize ring even the
spectators all with one accord cry out
shame upon the head of the pugillist
who spurns with his foot his fallen
adversary?
But hsre We find the once generous
hearted and brilliant minded editor
foored BY the hand of disease and
while the grim monster Oath stands
over him with hideous grin his COM
Petitor IN the literary arena kicks his
PROSTATE form.
Will n. King was not himself for
several years last proceeding his death
add was not considered morally re-
sponsible for his conduct.
Those of US who knew him best will
attest to his generosity of soul as we'll
as to his possession Of no mean ability
- . journalist.
W. are sorry to feel that the author
Of the foregoing editorial was prompt
ed by q spirit such IS might prompt
q meaner man to write upon the hum
bic slab that marks the burial place
of the deceased, the following epitaph:
"Here lies all that is mortal Of the
man who failed to pay his church sub
seription." j. NJ. CHAPLIN.
Harry Pond received the following