The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-04-07
Ghelemorraf-S Star
iRP'S SYMPATHY
Fer anybody Helpless. and EspeeIalIy
the Yenng.

the fenng.
Atlanta Constitution.
Here she comes running and
wants somebody to hold her while
she coughs and coughs uni! the
blood darkens her face and the
tears run down her rheeks. The
poor little orphan. wonder what
The whooping cough YVES made for
and the measles and humps and
scarlet fever, and the collie and all
these ~infaniile diseases that prey
upon and distress The POOR lille
1nnocents-whai they have done
that they should suffer. know
what have done and left undone,
and 1t is no wonder that grown
people, except a lew, have head
ache and toothache and rheuma.
,ism and consumption, and a whole
doctors book full of complaints.
feel that deserve my share of all
these bodily troubles. and event il
don't, know that they better pre-.
pare me for heaven. They make
me so tired That | am willing to ca
when my time comelh. But
can't understand why these little
children, who are all Unconscious
OF original sin or any other sin.
should suffer.
But suppose that we can't un,
dersfand II. what are we gong to
do about ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
course, and so the best thing TO do
IS to accept all Til. conditions of
lie and be thankful. Though he
Stay me yet will | trust in Him.
On this beautiful spring morning
while the sweet South wind i,
breathing lis balmy Cd RS upon us.
l was Illuminating upon lie and its
measure Of JOY aud sorrow, and |
wondered why both were not more
evenly distributed. Why should
bad luck and peril overtake some
and leave out othelsy Why should
the lli-lated Naronlc go down with
all Oh board and the Aurania come
safe TO port? Why should one
man fall in battle aud his comrade
escape unframed l. il fate or
providence? Is il chance or desli.
ny that n should be taken and
The other lett? know not and |
Will not let II disturb me. | do
know that am here and have -
duty to perform. know that
Life is real, life is earnest.
And the grave is not its goal.
| know that virtue is everywhere
respected and thai good people
save The world just as ten good
men wonld have saved Sodon.
What a shock it is to the c%iviliz.
ed world when a ship goes down
at sea and passengers and crew
Sink into the depths with bubblinu
groan, |,
Unknellcd, mcoiiined, aud unknown.
Why is it, why does it so harrow
up our feelings and provoke our
tenderest sympalhies? Here are
5000 people dying every day in
the United States and they would
make a funeral possession 500
mile, long. Not less than $4,000
kindred are bereavcd and mourn
for them, and yet all these collins
and graves and saddened heart, |
and homes Go not concern The pub.
lie like the sinking of a ship at sea. !
The manner of death is moi so hor-
rible. lndee !, drowning is said to -,
be The least repulsive OF all deaths It
is painless and the agony Of |
mind is soon over, and yet il i, an
awful calamity. No help, no kin !
dred, no last words, no messages of 1
love, 40 requiem, no flowers On
The grave! In my early youth the
shock If the los, of the pilot in
which Theodorsea AlIslon perish.
ed, had not passed away. She was
the beautiful daughter OF Aaron
Burr. That ship went down with
all on board and no one knew
when or where, and the whole
was grieved. She had mar
a distinguished son CT South
and was herself the great
gran daughter of Jonathan Ed
wards, and her Leanlv and her
loveliness had saved her father
from being convicted Of treason.
was a tender story that my faith.
er used to tell me and | loved such
things, aud love them yet. The
next disaster that shocked The
Country in my youth was The loss
the Home, that went down on
he Carolina coast when almost IN
of land. | remember how !
Georgia mourned her Oliver
her most distinguished
who sank with that vesse'. Y
He was our United States Senator y
aud the glf'ed author of MANY = :
sketches. Had he sjckened and K
lied at home moi half the .ri land y"
,ympathy would have been mani.
ested by the public heart. We 2,
re more reconclled to the mevil1
de Than to The unseen, unexpected 7
trOke thai Clmes at sea from the 81
hand of God. We all de-
ire to die at home-al home where
owing hands can smooth the arh.
NJ head and loving eyes Look -
own into our own and weep. '"
and If ! don't gel better, | am NJ
gong far away any more.
here is nothing sadder to me Han
o sec kindred, who are near AID
ear gather at The depot to meet f,
he CORPSE OF a SNn OF q uaunhier =