The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01

and one cold, bitter evening, as they
were going home, they met a poor
half-clad woman with child huggeo
to her bosom, and she was struggling
along through the snow. Fisk stopped
her and felt in his pockets and found
them empty, Turning to Gould he
said: 'What have you got?" Gould
says: II drew out roll of small bills;
I never did know how much, and was
hunting for a dollar, when Fisk
snatched the pile and handed it all
to the woman, and said to me, as we
fastened away, :D-n it, Gould, I
wouldn't count charity money on a
woman like that, charge it to me and
I'll pay you tomorrow"
Our Presbyterian folks took a
notion last summer that they would
remodel and refurnjsh the old brick
church. It was about forty years
old and had memories, hallowed
memories, clustering around it. 1t
had a great big crack meandering
down one of the walls. But old
Father Miner loved the crack be-
cause it heightened and widened
with his own decay, and he loved
the hard old pews and the amen
corner and the faded carpet and the
ting-a-lng of the old time bell The
old church had steeple that it was
no sin to worship, for it was not the
likeness Of anything that was in
heaven above, nor in the earth be-
meath, or in the waters under the
earth. Old Father Miner loved
that, too, because it tpointed toheaven.
He was one of the original builders,
and the old man :els like everybody
was dead but he and the church, and
he would like for the same old bell
to toll bis funeral and his coffin to
rest for little while in front of The
humble altar where he bad so long
and so devouGly worshiped. But he
meekly surrendered to the work we
proposed, and committee was ap-
pointed to see how much we could
raise. We did not have faith like a
gain of musoa-d seed, but we all re-
solved 70 do something. We are
poor folks here, we Piesbyterians,
aud there are noS many of us, but set
to raise 1880, and Sam Jones heard
of it and came along and made iun
Of US and said, ''You fellows can't
raise that much money without help,
and so you may put me down for
$3.50 as a STA ter" Thea another
man put down $3.50 usehe didn't
warS Sam to beat bin, and then :oec
more got mad and did The same
thing, and before we were thinking
about it We had 81, 500, and in :ew
days it was $4,000, and we we 1T 10
work, and before the clurch was lalf
done we had $50 more, and When
it was finished and furnished we SUI
owed 500, and We thought the Dot
tom was knocked out and we had
cotton The last dollar we could get,
but the ve-J first day we had services
in it, orr preacher made a talk and
ne raised $500 more on the spot,
and the whole Ching looks more Ike
8 miracle Of grace than anything
else. We never wrote to Jay Gould
nor Joe Brown for a dollar and they
never sent any, because they didn't
know We were building church.
We just got in a way of giving
that's all. 'Heaven helps those who
help themselves" and so our Baptist
brethren and Methodist brethren and
others came modestly around and
asked the privilege OF helping Us.
The truth is, our church people are
mighty close Lin in this town, and
all poll together. Old Father Simon
Peter Richardson is coming here to
preach next yea :, and between him
and Sam Jones the sinners Will have
10 hiGe out or leave or reform. Car
;ers7ille mus have lad bad name
10 the conference or surely they
Roulden't have doubled up on Us in
hat style. It is going to be like two
fellows cross-mauling on a tough
I'D log where they come down over
hand upon the glut, you are going
% hear something crack
But don't forget the orphans at
Clinton. Gainesville has got two in
charge, and sends the money every
month, and that makes S12O year.
There are thirteen towns in Georgia
arger and richer than ours. If they
will take two apiece and twenty-five
more towns will take one, that will
oe caring for the biggest half, and
Georgia will be proud. I wonder if
Alabama and Mississippi and Arkan-
'as haven't got some cranks who will
start some orphan asylums on DR..
Jacobs plan. Every Southern State
ought to have one for each dencmi-
1ation. They turn out heroes. DR..
Jacobs keeps a record Of his gradu-
stes, and they are all doing we'll
But there is an orphanage worse
han that made by death. A poor,
unhappy mother wrote to me not
ong ago that she had been divorced
rom her husband, and was awarded
he child, but he had stolen the little
,irl twice and she feared he would
10 so again and take her away of,
md she begged me to have some
,ody come and take her to an orphan
!sylum. Her preacher and her doc
or endorsed what she wrote and
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