The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-03-22
WORTHY OBJECTS or CHARITY.

The w0rthiness Of objects Of charity Is
very serious consideration. II is a bad thing
10 encourage people to be beggars. or incl
dentally to help the cause Of idleness. Of pow
erty. or misery II is enough for the general
world to know that a man deserves his fate,
and is a worthy object Of neglect from the
public and Of affection from Heaven. 1t Is
the interest Of society to encourage industry
and enterprise. and 10 Join hands with the
lucky. and 10 eliminate the unwise and the
unsuccessful.
If we are very careful in studying the mis-
cradle who apply TO us for aid, we may save
many nickel and dime we may find seri-
Gus faults in them all. quite sufficient To JUST
fy us i'm Withholding our aims. And yet tins
kind of ccon0mizng in alms-giyiug, tins saw
ing up Of our sympathy, this substitution of
cold Judgment and hard ccusure for tender
pits is q very dangerous thing. I'VE all do
pray for mercy Aud that same prayer
should teach US all to render the deeds of
mercy"
Could the world sec in its true character,
the ratiocination 10y which he OF she Of means
deludes and deceves the soul. and benumbs
the heart for the saving of few cents to
ragged, hungry fellow mortal, or to grind
the faces of the employee and exact the great
est amount of service for the least amount Of
pay. the world would grow sick at the stomach
at the signs Of the profoundly guilty; and
many Of the high-strideIs would be ashamed
at their pictures.
The encouragement Of begging IS wrong.
miudcious help constantly interieres with the
pain discipline OF the Almighty. and a man had
best be allowed considerably to feel the con-
sequences Of misdoing and Incidence. And
yet every sufferer Is a worthy object of chart
". "A miserable man is sacred thing. "
Heathenism propounded that, and the wise
and humane man will he careful that his
heart shall be softened and not hardened, and
made Indifferent TO woe by the familiar pres
ence of wretchedncss and the habltual turn
ing away the face from It.
We do not know how we do underrate our
souls by this close scanning Of the worthiness
of objects Of charity. None of us are worthy.
And We make nothing by congratulating our
selves on our superiority over the most guilty.
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their place? The varying conditions of air
and water keep the world healthy Every
element in nature has its ups and downs.
And humanity is in the great system and
works and is worked like the rest.
Weare brothers with the lowest and the high
est. And we owe 10 all not only discrimina-
ton and judgment that we may not en-
courage idleness and vice. but watchfulness
and general sympathy, that we may break
no bruised reed nor quench a smoking fax,
nor add one grain TO the sorrow Of those who
are ready to perish. 1t were better for us
that milestone were hanged about our
neck and we drowned in the depths Of the
sea. than that we should offend one Of these
little ones whom the Son Of Man honored as
these my brethren"
In the courts Of our own consciences and
judgments we all forever stand confessed
guilty of follies fit for fool to fall by" and
are most afraid of the severe judgments We
have pronounced against others; Of being
| forgiven precisely and exactly as we forgive
others. Of being judged by our own pre-
cedents