Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-29
The Best Thing TO DO.

The Best Thing TO DO.
And let US consider one another to provoke
unto love and to good works-H ebrews, X "a.
The man who thinks only of himself
and is forgetful of his obligations to
others doesn't count for much ether in
this world or the next.
A purely selfish man, who wants ev
erything and gives nothing, lives in the
suburbs of purgatory and will not have
far to go when he dies.
To recognize your rights and ignore
your duties is to pursue policy which
angels deplore and devils rejoice at.
God can use man to the best ad
vantage when the soul which is prone
to selfishness evicts its tenant anG
makes room for the occupancy of heav
emily visitants.
The man who seeks for this worlds
goods exclusively, whose chief posses
sion is a bank account, will find him
self out of place in heaven, stranger
in a strange land.
Money is good thing to work for
but it isn't the only thing, nor the bes
thing.
It is not well to despise money bur
you should remembp nat while il will
purchase much that is desira bic il viii
buy neither character nor happiues.
Unless you generously share il witt
those who are unfortunate iJ will max,
you narrow and mean.
The most pitiful spectacle that eye
ever looked upon is the man who ha.
more than he knows what to do with
but refuses to give his surplus to keel
the wolf away from the door across the
street
The noblest men are those who give
not those who keep, and there is more
satisfaction in seeing poor mans chill
dren eat the bread which you have
furnished than 10 sitting at your OWL
table when plenty abounds, if you
ignore the poor mans children and lei
them go hungry.
True religion is very simple matter
You can get along withoutl creed. but
you cannot get along without doing
good to your fellow creatures who neeC
your help.
The world is full of SORROWS and strug
giles. Tears fall like showers and sigh.
fill the air as when the wind sweeps
through forest of pines. Those who
suffer are part of the family to which
you belong. You have no right to be
indifferent. To be neglectful is IA crime
If you can lend a helping hand, but re
fuse to do it on the ground that YOU
wish to use both hands for Yourself
you lose an opportunity which Provi
dence has presented, and you will have
difficulty in explaining your conduct
when the hour of reckoning comes.
Doing good to others is he best wa,
to get blessing for yourself.
You will find the strongest proofs thai
the religion you believe in is from tod
if you will cease studying the thtni ",
which is in books aud devote an eqila
time 10 Gods poor in your neiglfbor
hood.
When IL man gives cheer TO another.
heart the angels mysteriously put cheer
into his own.
1t is right and proper to pray. '''ivr
uS fhis day our daily bread,n hut GOD
asks IL price for His answer, and fi,,t
price is that you shall give some one
else IL share of the Ir al H. gives Il,
you
II You are suffering from an fl .rtou
what viii you do? How slal ,u >rcl /,
relief? BY asking sod TO igilteu your
burden? No: by doing what yon Gan
to Tighten the burden nf some equally
troubled soul. If yoE bri;ig II In,i,,- t.
the trembling lips of another you will
soon discover than IA >iuile is alisiiiin4
on your own lips like II butterfly on :,
flower.
Would you i'll .re.lSe your faith ?
Would yOu dissi pate your doubts ?
Would you convince yourself that life
is very well worth living, even when
the shadows throw their gloom on your
path z. Then visit those who are weari
ly plodding along, hopeless and friend
less.
You will find yourself stronger by
forgetting yourself and saying kind
ly word to some poor creature who
would think he was in heavenly sur
roundings if he lived under your roof
and enjoyed your advantages.
When you are in the presence of the
Lord, who was Himself poor and OPP
pressed, and so lonely that He knelt in
Gethsemane to ask for help, you will
be poorly off if you have nothing bet
ter to say than that you accepted all
the creeds of the Church and kept your
self unspotted from the world. But
you will be well off if you can assure
Him that you kept some one else IN
spotted from the world at great pains
and sacrifice.
Love God, love your neighbor, obey
the command, Feed my lambs" and
end of the journey after death.
1t is not what you believe, but what
you do, that will entitle you to a resi-
dence in the New Jerusalem.
You may be worth a million, but if
you have done nothing to make the
world better you will die a beggar.
You may be counted among the poor,
but if you have been a brother to your
fellow men group of angels will gather
about your bed and usher You with
songs into the presence of Him who
said, 1.-The first shall be last. and the
last tirst'
No one ever yet loved God accepta-
bly, who did not love His children
There is no room in the House not
built with hands for a soul that has not
made some sacrifice for others.
If you love your kind and manifest
that love by generous deeds it will be
bnt step from your grave to heav
~. Y. Herald.