The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-25
The following is taken from tho New
York Herald of Sunday:

Inc foIlowing Is taken from the New
York Herald of Sunday
Inasmuch as ye have done 1t unto one 81 the
least OF these my brethren We have uonc,is untN
mo:-Satt- wv, 40.
1t is one thing to talk about Christi
anity and quite another thing to be
Christian. There are mem who do so
much talking shat there is no, time. left
for doing. The man of good Deeds, done
through enthusiasm for humanity.
stands better chance for bliss in the
other life than she man who relies on
the soandness Of his orthodoxy, Pretty
nearly every man in the world believes
enough to keep him busy during the,
longest life that was ever lived, The.
gods in our nineteenth century Pam
theon are not those who have merely.
acquired fortune, but those who hayt,.
used 1t for their fellows.
Peter Cooper, foT instance, was T.
homely figure on the streets of New
York for many years. When he built
the institution which is known by his
name he could afford to die, for 'as ye
have done 1t unto one OF the least OF
these, ye have done 1t unto me-" That
great beneicence was his patent of
nobility. and the memory he left
behind is still fragrant and will remain
80 for generations to come. Like a.
stone thrown into q lake, the circle Of
his influence is ever widening. How
many boys and girls have re-
ceived their start from his gener-
cessful and perhaps rich look back
with profound gratitude to him as the.
best friend they ever had He held his.
wealth in trust and dispensed 1t with q
noble motive and for the accomplish
ment Of high purpose. What had he
to fear when standing at the bar of
eternal justice with the Master as his
judge-the Master who spent Himself
for the cause of the poor and oppressed?
His life was the illustration of his faith
and the proof of an honest heart.
And now another citizen has gone who
worked in the same field and who lived
to see rich harvest from his efforts
Colonel Auchmuty was ono of those
peculiar Christians who never let their
right hand know what their left hand is
doing. So modest that he Stunned ap-
plause, he did good in secret and took
curious satisfaction in the fact that the
great world knew nothing about it.
He was convinced that the happiness
OF American youth depends on their
becoming skilled laborers. Toll is the
natural condition of man, he argued,
and the best capital boy can have is
the complete mastery of some trade.
The world Is overorowded with common
workmen, but the man who knows how
to do his work well-as we'll as it can be
done by anybody-will never look in
vain for employment. Nothing is more
honorable than firStclass ability in all
branches Of industry, and the man who
can do something with his hands, and
do 1t thoroughly, will never be without
dollar in his pocket.
These ideas took possession of him
and he determined to create an oppor-
tunity for every youngster who has the
will and brains to avail himself of it.
1t was an inspiration and it reused him
to devote not only his energy but his
money to the project Knowing, how
ever, that even benefaction is expert
mental, he began in very quiet way.
His frat trade school was opened in
1851 and the expense of carrying it on
came from his own purse
Hardly any one knew of its existence
except the score and half of 'lads," as
he always called them, who were the re-
cipients of its benefits. 1t was soon dis
covered, however, that his movement
was fully appreciated for at the end of
the second year the score and half of
young men who were learning to be-
come skilled workmen had risen to five
score. During the next year the num-
Der rose to ten score, and the last grad
uating class was close to six hundred
strong.
The project grew in his hands, and
although he spent more than one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars it soon
reached such magnificent proportions
that outside help was needed. Then
MIR. Pierpont Morgan endowed the in
stitution with half q million dollars,
and the founder. who had fallen upon
i'll health, prepared to leave it. He
has Just passed away, but in its best
sense he still lives, for there ia an i'm
mortality of earth rs we'll as of heaven.
And now throughout the immediate
future that work will 60 on. 1t Is one
OF the grandest tasks man ever eet
himself to do, and it has heen done with
humility and without noise. Every
year young men will graduate thor
oughly equipped to earn good living
and to support their families.
There is religion OF belief, and 3
noble religion it is, but there Is q
religion OF action, which is nohler still.
The world can't get on without theolog.
icsl discussion, and the creed has an
important place in all communities but
the fact is much more emphatic that
the world gets on most rapidly when
the rich and the powerful remember the
momentous statement that las We hsve
done it unto one of the least of these,
ye have done 1t unto me-"