The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-09-27
LOVE GOD.
The BEST THING TO DO.
Accept Christ, Love Your NeighbOr,
Obey the Command "Feed My
Lambs" and You Will Get a Resi-
denCe i'm the New Jerusalem.
New York Herald. !

self and IS torgettul OF his Obligations
to others doesn't count for much
either in this world or the next.
a purely selfish man who wants
everything and gives nothing, lives IN
the suburbs of purgatory and will not
have far to 90 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 a man to the best
advantage when the soul WHICH isprone
TO selhshness evicts its tenant and
makes room for the occupancy OF
Heavenly visltan,s.
The man who seeks for this world S
goods exclusively, whost chief posses
sion is a bank account, will find him
self out of place in Heaven, stranger
in a strange land.
Money IS a good thing to work for,
but it isn't the only thing, nor the
best thing.
1t is not we'll to despise money, but
you should remember that while 1t Will
buy neither character nor happiness,
unless you generously share it with
those who are unfortunate it will make
you narrow and mean.
The most pitiful spectacle that eye
ever looked upon is the man who has
more than he knows what to do with,
but refuses to give his surplus to keep
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 Door
mans child eat bread which you have
furnished than in sitting at your own
table when plenty abounds, if you
| ignore the poor mans children and lie,
them go hungry.
True religion is very simple matter
You can get along without doing good
to your fellow creatures who need your
| help.
The world is full of sorrow and
struggles. Tears fall like showers and
signs 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 nave nc
right TO be Indifferent. 10 be
neglectful is a crime. If you can lenC
a helping hand, but refuse to do it or
the ground that you wish to use bott
hands for yourself, you lose an oppor
tunlty which Providence has presented
and you will have difficulty in explain
ing your conduct when the hour O
reckoning comes.
Doing good to others is the bes
way to get blessing for yourself.
You will find the strongest proof:
that the religion you believe in is from
God if you will cease studying the
theology which is in books and devote
an equal time to Gods poor in you
neighborhood.
When a man gives cheer to another:
heart the angels mysteriously put chez
into his own.
1t is right and proper to pray, Give
us this day our daily Bread" but God
asks i price for His answer, and tina
prize is that you shall give some one
else share of the bread He gives t
you.
If you are suffering from an aftlcton
what will you do? How shall yol
seek relief? BY asking God to lighter
your burden? No; by doing wha,
you can to tighten the burden of some
equally troubled soul. If you bring {
smile to the trembling lips of another
you will soon discover that a smile i:
alighting on your own lips like butter
fly on flower.
Would you increase your faith
Would you dissipate your doubts
Would you convince yourself that life
is very well worth living, even when
the shadows throw their gloom on your
path Then visit those who are
YEARLY plodding along, hopeless and
friendless. You will find yourscl
stronger by forgetting yourself and
saying a kindly word to some poo,
creature who would think he was in
heavenly surroundings if he lived under
your roof and enjoyed your advantages
When you are in the presence of the
Lord, who was Himself poor and
oppressed, and who was so lonely that
He knelt in Gethsemane TO ask for help
you will be poorly off if you have moth
ing better to say than that you &C.
Cepted all the creeds of the church anC
kept yourself unspotted from the world
But you will be we'll off if you car
assure Him that you kept some one
else unspotted from the world at grea
pains and sacrifice.
Love God, love your neighbor, obey
the command, Feed my lambs" anC
you will get residence iii the New
jerusalem.
You may be worth a million but i
you have done nothing to make tn,
world better you will die d beggar.
You may be counted among the
poor, but if you have been a brothe
to your fellow men a group of angel
gather about your bed and usher yol
with songs into the presence Of Hin
who said: 1.-The first shall be last
and the last first
No one yet loved God acceptable,
who did not love His children.
There is no room in the house no.
built with hands for a soul that ha
not made some sacrifice for others.
If you love your kind and NANTES
that love by generous deeds it vii
be but a step from your grave t
Heaven.
When man begins to feel bette
than his party he at the same time be
gins to feel like holding office for life
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