The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-04
MRS. JELLEBY OUTDONE.
A THOUGHTFUL DISCOURSE ON
GIVING, CHEERFUL. AND
UNCHEERFUL,.

Us dispense with Cateh-Penny Sys.
TENS, as well as with all Boot.and.
Thumb-Screw Measures for Extort-
ing Money.
Especial Cor. of STATE CHRONICLE.)
4 recent article in religious Journal
treats Of the Utopian newspaper. The
writer tells how the editors of certain
department discover most of the promis-
ing young men and women of Utopia.
even in the remote provinces. 'sThey
search for good deeds as many other edi
tors search for sensation" Delectable
land. But how long time will the trans
ition period last ?-the period in which
ordinary mortals are becoming full
tiedged Utopians whose vanity will not
be touched by the advertising process.
Until the purified state shall be reached,
how many seemingly good acts will te
just little favored with desire for
prominence Will not that be letting
the left hand into the secrets of the
right hand, sort of trumpet blare call
ing attention to charity
| am not ready to answer these ques-
tlons, bat | am ready to say that Utopia
will be widely different from this Amer
lea Of ours, else men who give literally
will find that country an intolerable
one. In this day let a man give Of his
wealth, his name is taken up, passed
along the line, heralded FROM mountains
to sea until that man is bound hand
and foot. Granted that he is one OF the
blessed few, free from vanity, whose
motives remain pure under any circum-
stances, his peace of mind is none the
less assailed. He is met on al sides bY
an army Of petitioners, an organ for this
church, a bell for that, a parsonage in a
distant State, subscription for any
thing from a ten cent quilt square to
the moral enlightenment Of the Borrio-
b0Ola Cha.
The average public man is in worse
plight, perhaps, than the rich philan-
thrOpist, since he is oftener beseiged per
sonally and is apt to be in like condition
with Bill Arp, who sighs for the charity
fund which he has not, but which is con-
stantly being supposed and as constant
ly attacked. Ambitious politicians learn
TO win the friendship Of churches by
timely kindresses. Not that any vote is
ever directly bartered in this way, but it
is unfortunate for man who is "loOk
ing up, as we like to say, to get the
name Of being close listed fellow
Lawyers seeking popular favor and
wishing 10 hold their clients, sometimes
feel constrained to have care for the
heather. \ Superior court judge, dur
ing the recent holding of a session in this
State, was met before twelve O'Clock
Monday morning by three petitions fol
help in church building. Truly, WE
know a hawk from hand saw-of q
surety, We make unto ourselves friends
Of the mammon of unrighteousness.
| am 30 preacher-not even the son oi
a preacher; but on general humanita
rian principles | would, if possessed Of
pen trenchant as Perseus' sword, dc
some wide slashing in favor of tha
much prosecuted class, the ministry
In the first place the members of tha
class ought to learn to not conspirt
against each other. AS matters stanG
now pastor who has the Stepheni.
spirit of martyrdom, who cheerfully
goes i'll fed and poorly clad will unwise
ly ask help Of other ministers, not hell
for himself, mind, but for the furthtrin
of Gods cause as he recognizes it IL
some local church enterprise. But it il
not here that the sapping process i
greatest. Most Of our ministers decid
early in their ministerial life to Civ
tithes, however littlei mint and anis
and cummins they may have. 1t would b
something to outsiders If body 0
ministers, say the North Carolin
Conference, should be carefully exam
ined at the end of year in regard t
their givings. In all probability the ma
jority habitually spend their tenth bt
fore the half year is out and continue t
give while they have cent The peOpl
, are not entirely, but 70 a great extent, rt
sponsible for this We have no right t
allow our pastor to feel that he mus
start the ball rolling by giving it sue
{ impetus that he is disabled thereby.
q church is being built we are to blam
if our minister mortgages his house
5 keep this work going. We have no rigE
5 to tax him through the medium of h
$ wife-that, however is too broad a ma
r ter to be touched within the limits of
few paragraphs One thing we can DR.
: frain asking him to advertise hir
f self by means Of quilt.
) Something in regard to quilts, not b
: cause Of any special merit or demerit b
Y longing to them, but because this reli
5 ious quilt-if 1 may use the terms b
a type Of species. The giver of sms
It sum, a few cents, has his name embroi
i cred or stamped on his square; the Civ
e of a larger sum has the satisfaction
i seeing his name and occupation. 7
d conceiver Of this plan is to receive ct
,s tain per cent of the proceeds as qu
n rent. This has had its day, but doul
S less something else equally praisewort
20 succeeds it and gives the good women
le the churches some employment. Pare
le thetic Mrs. Jeiiyby is being outdo
le hourly by the women Of to-day. | ha
known a pale, hollow-eyed invalid
canvass a town, getting up money
church furnishing of some sort, VII
nothing short of Jesuitic zeal kept
ne up under physical strains. At the eli
of the day she calmly remarked that SO
of the men gave her money because