The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-08-10

buy his clothes, and what he ate was less
than q common workingman. 1t would
not have cost much for house to shelter.
What can q man get out OF money In It
self beyond food and clothing and shelter
when used on himself and for himself?
That which in our lives is really OF the
treasure OF life is something beyond the
money that We can exchange or that we
can use for ourselves.
NAPOLEON's TREASURES.
When Napoleon Bonaparte was at the
height OF his power, he established an
orphanage for girls in a little town in
France. After his return from Danish
ment at Elba he made a visit to the Or
phanage, which remained untouched. The
girls crowded about him as he left and
gave to him the most touching express
sion of their love and admiration. They
covered his hands with kisses. They
took the rings from their fingers and put
them on his, and warm tears fell on the
great emperor's hand while they crowded
around him, claiming the privilege of a
last grasp and of last word as he left.
Afterward came Waterloo and transpor-
tatiOn and Punishment and the rocky
island of st. Helena. The old guard
went down in blood and death, and his
empire fell with crash. The magnif-
cent temple which he had built of matter
crumbled in a night. He was left in
poverty, prisoner.
But there were some things that sur
vived Waterloo. There was one thing
that survived the crash of the empire
the words of love, the tears and the
kisses of those orphan girls. They abided,
they cheered the hours of loneliness, and
their faces lowered over him even in the
hours of death to whisper words of cheer
| and courage. We really live not in self,
| but in others.
THE BOSTON PHILOSOPHER.
Is life worth living? asks your modern
philosophy. In reply We would ask:
What life? What life? A distinguished
| citizen of Boston recently read a paper
before philosophic club on the subject,
els Life Worth Living?" He was man
| who possessed millions of dollars. He
| lived in a luxurious palace on magnifi-
| cent avenue. He was a man of culture,
OF thorough education. He was writer
of brilliant power, and in his essay he
sought with determination and with some
| degree of logical power from his point of
view to show that human life was not
| worth living.
|
While he was reading this essay before
this assemblage of clubmen and philos
ophic students simple, pioneer teacher
was addressing great assembly in Ire
mont temple on the subject of western
missions. These two men had been
schoolmates in boyhood. They were
both men of culture. The one had given
his life to making money and made it.
| The other had given his life to men in
sacrifice. He was a poor man-this mis-
sionary. The great crowd listened with
breathless attention to his account Ofhis
work in the western world. They hung
thrilled upon every period. He was a
man of masterful physique, of magnetic
face, behind which beat great, loving
| heart.
He told of the wonders that God had
| wrought among the people in the far
west. His face flashed with power divine
as he told OF the needs of the great COM
| mOnwealths that were growing on the
borderlands of the nation. He swept the
souls of all who heard him with divinest
enthusiasm, that dominated and lifted
them up with the highest faith in God.
He refused invitations to attend dinners
in his honor, and when he closed his adj
dress was seen hurrying across Boston
common on his way to ca tch train to
return to his duties in the west. To him
life was full of meaning, and he was eager
to return to the fight. Life was q glori-
Gus opportunity in which to bless his
fellow men, and he was as impatient as
had given him!
Is life worth living? What life?
YE DID 1T MOTT
Fourth-Eternally. Life is the vesti-
bule OF eternity. Life here is a spiritual
reality. Life in it's full compass includes
not only the here, but the hereafter. Life
here is a boundless opportunity in which
character is fashioned, and which must
tell upon the eternity.
We hear the message of Christ, "Inas-
much as We did not, DEPART This must
be a solemn sentence to the ear and heart
of the man who possesses 500, OOO,O 900
"Inasmuch as We did it not What of
, oil the battle for self now that the body
has been laid in the grave? True, he met
his enemies in the great railroad battle
when giants were pitted against giants
when millions were marshaled against
, millions and on the issue hung inesti
mable fortunes, and he won on that
Black Friday. When thousand hearts
: grew sick unto death from it's horrors
, his face was seen smiling above the chaos
} master of that dark hour.
: TO THE LEVEL OF THE HOD CARRIER
True, he brought his enemies to his
feet and made them crawl on his magnifi
cent carpets and beg for mercy when they
had defed him. And yet what of it, thai
the battles are over, that life is done
and he can not occupy much more thar
six feet of earth? The casket that con
: tains his remains is no longer than tn,
l casket that contains the remains of the
; hOd carrier that removed the swill from
his back door, or of the italian that
broke stones on the pavement in from
1 OF his palace.
BATTLES OF THE AGE.
"Ye did it not" Great institutions
: were built in his lifetime-hospitals
! homes, asylums, colleges One hundred
million dollars were his, and he did moth
> ing. PhilanthrOpists dreamed of th
t alienation of human suffering. Thei
! dreams crytalized in brick and mortar
stone and cement. Missionaries wen
with their burning message to foreign
, lands. In the dark quarters OF the city
:, Jerry McAuley built his missions. Gu
Salvation Army carried it's standard int
the dark quarters of the city. Our mis-
sionaries built their hospitals and homes
But this man of supreme Commercial
: genius cared for his fortune, and it grew
apace. People were oppressed. The.
: cried in their despair, and others hear'
= and tried to rescue and to save. TIL
. world in his lifetime became a great wills
{ :. pering gallery in which every cry of sui
;, fering and distress from earths sremotes
:, bounds rang in every other mans ears
IL l was his opportunity to bless not onl
i his own country, but foreign lands, il
u that broader ministry of humanity. Hi
= yacht sailed the seas of the world, locke
:. on the depths of the Mediterranean, Gil
cled the earth in search of health TO
I self!
Great reformers labored and battle
. for the uplifting OF the people, for tn
II saying of the nation, for the saving {
:. the city. Men bore on their shoulder