The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-09-17
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Van Vranken, of New Brunswick The
oIogical seminary, wrote for me, a boy
under him, when vas seeking set
Element in which to preach the Gospel
The letter gave me my first pulpit. DR.
Van Vranken has been dead more than
thirty years, yet feel the touch of that
magnificent old professor. Strange
sensation was IL when received a kind
message from Rev. Thomas Guard, Of
Baltimore, the great Methodist orator,
six weeks after his death BY way Of
the eternal worid7 Oh. 10, by way OF
this world.
did not meet the friend TO whom
he gave the message until nearly two
months after ThouuGs Guard had as
cended. So you san start "A word about
some one that will be on its travels and
vigorous long after the funeral psalm
has been sung at your obseQuies. Kind
ness! Why, If fifty men ell aglow with
it should walk through the lost world,
nethinks they would almost abolish
perdition.
INSPIRING EXAMPLES OF KINDNESS.
Furthermore, there is kindness Of &c
ton That is what Joseph showed to
his outrageous brothers That is what
David showed to Mephibosheth foT his
father Jonathan's sake. That IS what
Onestphorus showed TO Paul in the Ro
man penitentiary That is what VIII
liam Cowper recognized when he said
he would not trust man who would
with his foot needlessly crush worm.
This Is what our assassinated Presi-
dent Lincoln demonstrated when his
private secretary found him in the
Capitol grounds trying to get bird
back to the nest from which 1t had
fallen, and which quality the illustrious
man exhibited years before which hav-
ing some lawyers in the carriage on
the way to court passed On the road
swine fast in the mire, after awhile
cried to his horses, Hop and said to
the gentlemen, II must go back ano
help that hog out of the mire." And
lie did go back, and put on solid
! ground that most uninteresting quad
| ruped.
That was the spirit that was mani
tested by my departed friend, Honor
able Alexander II. Stephens, of Georgia
! (and lovelicr man never exchanged
earth for heaven), when at Washing
ton. \ senator's wife, WHO told my
wife of the circumstances, said to him,
''Mr Stephens, come and see my dead
| Ind l, No
l could not look at the poor thing
without crying"
That is the spirit that Grant showed
when at the surrender at Appomattox
he said to General Lee, LAS many of
| your soldiers are farmers and will need
the horses and mules to raise the crops
to keep their families from suffering
next winter, let each Confederate who
can claim a horse or a mule take it
along with him."
That is the spirit which last night
ten thousand mothers showed to their
sick children coming to give the drink
at the twentieth call as cheerfully and
as tenderly Ms at the first call. Sup
pose all this assemblage, and all to
whom these words shall come by print
er's type, should resolve to make kind
ness an overarching. undergirding and
all pervading principle of their life, and
then carry out the resolution, why, In
six months the whole earth would feel
1t. People would say:
what is the matter2 1t seems to me
that the world is getting to be better
place to live In. Why, life after all is
worth living. Why, there is Shylock,
my neighbOr, has withdrawn his law.
suit of foreclosure against that man
and because he has had so much sick
ness in his family, he is going to have
the house for one year rent free. There
is an old lawyer in that young lawyer
Office, and do you know what he Ia.
: gone In there for? Why, he is helping
: fix up case which is too big for tn,
= young man to handle, and the whit,
9 haired attorney Is hunting up previous
t decisions and making out brief TO
: the boy.
t Down at the bank I heard yester
= day a note was due, and the younj
t merchant could not meet it, and an ok
e merchant weCt in and got for him tire
] months extension, which for the youn;
r merchant is the difference between
bankruptcy and success In business
u And in our street IS an artist who ha,
{ T. fine picture of the Rapids of Niagara
s. and he could not sell it, and his famiI
!: were suffering, and they were them
u selves In the rapids; and o lady hear
g of 1t and said, I do not need tn
e picture, but for the encourag cement c
l. art and helping you ont of your Iii:
) tress | will take it, and on the DRAWN
c room wall are the Rapids of Niagara
a ''Do you know that a strange thin
% has taken place in the pulpit and a
the old ministers are helping the youn
y ministers, and all the old doctors al
|, helping the young doctors, and til
q farmers are assisting each other
IL gathering the harvest, and for tha
10 farmer who is sick the neighbors hav
le made bee, as they call it, and the
/, have all turned in TO help him get h
II crops into the garner2
AN ALMOST INCREDIBLE INSTANCE
II And they tell Inc that the older an
u more skillful reporters who have perm;
70 nent positions on papers are helpin
- the young fellows who are just begir
ie ingto try and don't know exactly no
to do it. And after a few erasur,
and interpretations on the reporter
&c pad they say: Now, here is a readab
Is account of that tragedy. Hand 1t
o and I am sure the managing edito
y will take it And heard this NOR
~ ing of poor old man whose three chi
I'd dren were in hot debate as to VIII
t. should take care OF him IN his declinir
days.
at 1.-The oldest son declared it was b
tie right because he was the oldest, al
tn the youngest son said it was his rigl
lr- because he was the youngest, and Ma