The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21
TRUE CHARITY.
some Good Thoughts Contributed TO
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Dear II. L. c. Friends True charity
does not mean what we give from our
worldly possessions alone; true charity
comes from the heart also, by sympathy
and words of cheer
If we have nothing else to give let it
be smile or kind word to cheer others
on their way in life What the world
needs among other things is more Of
those people who possess the invaluahl
charm of happy disposition. Who
doesn't enjoy coming in contact with
such persons? They carry radiance
Of soul with them that seems to effect
the very atmosphere. They possess such
pleasantness Of disposition. such sweet
ness of temper. such Eentleness of spirit
that they become endeared 10 us while
we may differ with them We all appre-
Ciate the presence of a sunny temper.
Ia ppy spirit, a frank. candid manner.
One OF the purest pleasures that anyone
can enjoy is that Of helping others 1t
is an unsClfish pleasure and the child
or grown person who engages in il is.
to some extent at least. q follower Of
Christ. who came not TO be ministered
unto but TO minister unto others.
u. Pirates" and "Fidelia FAY" your
suggestions about distributing pure liter
AZURE is good. This is the way l have
been doing for some time. 1 lend my
books and papers that | have read and
know to be good literature Ny friends
come to me wanting something to read.
BY lending them nothing but the best.
by this means ! think they they will get
the habit of choosing the best. ! tell
them to take care of them and bring
them back when they have read them.
Then | lend them to others. Sometimes
I supply several families at once. When
! find choice pieces / put them in scrap
books so 1 can save them.
The story of the wicked son reminds
me Of an incident that happened in early
times. a man was making a wooden
trough, his little son stood looking at
him. At last he asked his father what
he was making. He replied. Il am max
ing a trough for your grandfather to eat
out of We'll father. said the boy, when
you get old | will make you a. trough 20
eat out of" The man just quit and never
finished the trough. | think the moral
Of this is TO always respect the aged.
This is a true happening Now, shall
l tell you another incident that happened
in early times on the farm that l was
raised on. A young lady, my great aunt,
went out to the cornfield in the even
ing to gather pumpkins and put them n
the shocks of corn to protect them from
the frost. AS ii was getting late she
was N a hurry to get them slowed
away. The last shock she came TO, when
she began to put pumpkins in it, she
heard something moving about in the
shock. Away she started for home
never stopping to see whether il was the
pumpkins or Indians after her. as there
We're plenty of Indians at that time. She
did not tell anyone about il until the
next morning, then she went and ex-
amined the corn shock. They found out
that it was Indians that had been IN
there.
Peach Blossom have you caught the
silence fever from some of them you were
scOlding last year. Dora d, - card re-
ceived; thanks. With best wishes to all.
INVALID JOHN"
North Vernon, Ind. March IS.