Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-30
A HEAP OF FUN
Address of a Clergyman Who May Not
Have Been X. p.

Have Been X. r.
The Uniform Division Knights of
Pythias and number Of the members
of the two subordinate lodges paraded
to the First Presbyterian church on
Sunday evening to hear special ser
mon by the pastor, Rev. G. r. Max
we'll
lie took as his text portion of the
twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew, 81
was hungered, etc" The subject of
his discourse was benevolence. In
spite of the optimism and boosted
marks of progress of this century, he
said, all is not well with common hui
manity. There is the grandeur OF
great monopolies, the buoyancy or
stocks and shares magnates and mil
| lionaires, but in spite of these there
exists a perfect pandemonium or
wretchednesS, misery and distress.
The pampered children of wealth for
get that around this island of riches
is a sea of poverty ever surging, beat
ing and moaning. We are getting
richer you say? In some respects we
are getting poorer all the time. We
are too fond of climbing the hill of
hope and looking away off to a dis
tance-beautifed future. Let us
not think so much of that.
What requires attention is not
what will be but what is. Look
around us and see those of our broth
ers palpitating under the grinding
heel of that huge soulless thing called
capital. The children of poverty are
crushed beneath the weight of want,
a hopeless future and the lash of pas
sion. They are ever struggling up
and falling back, the play thing and
sport of every move on Change. They
have poverty of food and paucity of
.attire-Hell! Why, these live in hell
all the time The Croesuses and Cleo
patras Of today have their horses and
races, the betting and card playing
their wasteful magnificence. 1t is the
magnificence of a Pompeii that's soor
to be overthrow by the earthquake
of the peoples indignation. You SEE
the Son of Man. To him came the
sick, the halt, the blind and he gave
life, light, peace and gladness. Christ
came into the world to seek and save
souls, but he also came to seek and Il
save bodies from the bonds of earthly
conditions. If we are to be like Hin
we must have regard for other selves
rather than for our own selves
Benevolence wherever revealed
incites concern for other
The servers of self hav,
dared, bought and sacrificed for self
They have lowered, pampered anC
fed their own selfish feelings to tn,
dwarfing of all other feelings. If you
wish to rid yourself of this, go GU
and sit and talk with your brothers o
sisters in distress. If we are to fol
low the footsteps of the Master W,
must forget self. Benevolence tell
us that care and concern for others i
best manifested in deeds. 1t has
contempt for mere empty words. Blu
the deeds it prompts us to are no
evil deeds. They are the finest an
best. Jesus Christ was benevolenc
persOni fed. lie was cOntented wit
His lot. He thought it better to b
poor than rich. and He was prompted
| to do deeds noble. chivalrous an
, grand. Benevolence asks us to d
noble things not dream them. You
not be asked on Judgment Day wha
you believe, you'll be asked what 20
have done, and if you have been sell
server you will stand self-condemneC
, Beneyolence takes pleasure in maxim
, others happy. The benevolent do nc
, misrepresent and misjudge. They d
= not put words into others mouth
! that were never said or ascribed [
, them or deeds that never occurred
! Benevolence practiced makes tn
7 practicer happy. 1t blesses bot
, ways. Under its magic influence di'
content, ennui, despair, gloom, sac
, ness, moroseness, disappear like mis-
/, before the sun. The man of benevt
, lence seeks to get the most and bes
= out of others. 1t is the test of a
creeds, churches and organizations.
religion that is not Christlike is g
bad as idolatry. The order of Knight
of Phythias is founded on Friendship
Charity and Benevolence. 1t recol
niZes God and the Bible. 1t enforce
what we should do for the orphan
and the widows. 1t calls upon you t
90 and sit by the bedside of the su
ferer. 1t is the auxiliary Of the churc
in the fight against the ever increa
, ing wave Of disease and death. II
, hoped the order would go on CROWN
in strength and numbers.-Vancouve