The National tribune., 1892-07-14

g. Lessons. See below.
5. Lessons.
/. We have fine illustration of the sort of
love (charity) taught in the 18th chapter OF st.
Paups First Epistle to Corinth.
We may help the needy in person. There Is
quality of character which can be inwrought
only by contact with those in want
| Associated charities also have their place.
There is call for hospitals, homes, ylums, and
| the like. Very much more can be done for the
| needy by gathering them according to their
respective conditions into eleemosynary insti-
| tutions.
Help. II you have money, contribute it; If
you have not, at least give mercy. show pity.
The man of the miracle had some friends.
| They could not, because too poor, aid him inan-
| cially, but they carried him to and from the
| Gate Beautiful.
! The giving of aims is all through the Scrip
| lures commended. prov, 10: II; Eco, IL: i !;
| st. Mt, 6: 2-5: Acts, 10 Il; 2 Cor, 8: SO; st.
| James, 2:15, 10.
"Such as have give l." said St. Peter. (V.
| 6) Do what you can to help the distressed
! Render aid in the form most available to you.
| We may not be able to give to the lame power
| to walk, but we can dispense to them comfort,
| and ease the way for them. Poverty is no ex-
cuse for not doing good. If we cannot hand
out checks to sufferers, we can. if need require.
| carry them. r(Y. q Read Is, 50: g. Z; st.
| Mt. 5: AZ; %: 31-46.
| Help the afflicted. IF one be lame and limp,
| do not initiate him and try to embarrass him.
| Do not make fun of the deformed nor abuse
| them. sa
| Blaise Pascal (1623 1862, the French philos-
| pher, once said, 81 love poverty because Jesus
| Christ loved it. l love wealth because it
gives me the means of assisting the wretclled."
! 9. Value freedom from infrmity. Be thank
| full for original possession Of health, as we'll as
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4 make so much of the blessing until we find it
| in jeopardy. There is moro than one man
| worth million who would be glad to exchange
| it for robust physical constitution. Cure is
better than gold and silver. ST. Peter, after
| all. gave to the beggar the greater blessing
| when, instead Of dollars, he gave him sound,
| healthy body.
! g. Take CAFE of health. Cultivate the phys
| cal. man commits grievouS sin who harms
| his body. Mignet. the French historian (b.
1866, declared of Franco that it was consum-
| ing its future before its future arrived. We
cannot afford to make any advance drafts on
| our bodily resources. Emerson says, in one OF
| his lectures, 1.-THE first condition of a success
full life is to be a good animal" Sir William
/ Temple declared, THE vigor OF mind decays
4 with that of the body; and not only humor
and invention, but even judgment and resolu'
ton change aud ianguish with i'll constitution
| of body aud of health"
T. IF lame spiritually. go to Christ for cure
Your defect may be a birthright, or congeni.
tai wrong-a hereditary tendency. Or your
degeneracy may date back 40 years. Never
mind. Christ can cure. He 10 willing to
make you whole Charles Wesley had the
| idea when he wrote the following verse of the
/ hymn beginning, 90 for a thousand tongues to
| sing":
/ Hear Him, yedeaf His praise We dumb,
1 rss. Your foosened tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Savior come;
| And leap, ye lame, for JOY"
| We notice how this verse tones with several
| expressions in our lesson e. g., verse 8, He,
| leaping up stood. aud walked, and entered
with them into the temple, walking. and leap
| ing and praising God"