The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
GENEROSITY.
If All Hogs Had BrsstIes Hair Mat
tressrs Would be Cheap.

tressrs Would be Cheap
Sam Jones.
l,,-l.eve the spirit Of generosity is
as catching ~ the sntriu OF miserii-
uerss. Every lesson ct eferosity we
learn aHd lJraeJie, teas has rs that il
= more hieesed To give than to re-
ceive. II other words. il is more
blessed 10 be where YOU can give
than whore You have To receive. |
had rat her lie Il Christian man in
Christ ian land and give oI:e hundred
dollars annually towards lie Chris-
tlanIziug OF China, than 10 hp 5, poor
heather Chimes and receive the bene
tit ri tie one hundred dollars over
IN China. bad rat her b. the nus
band If good q ifa and the father
of vigorous, healthy BOYS and give
one buudEed dollar q wear to an
orphans home. than to be a little
orphan in an orphan home, and re-
ceiVe the benefits purchased by the
hundred dollars. I would rather be
man in cOmtOs Ga ole circumstances
aud give till it hurt me re the poor,
than TO he HGubeted among the
poor and receive the benefits which
/ come from apotber's clarity. Il is
more hle-s; q 80 give than o receive.
Il I.s0= IL good e3rcu uI,t ances could
iearn tnaC lesson well. aud the labor
= < people al our country who are
pnoe COULD learn the lessons OF flH-
: = and ects3r1v aad ltr hy Ia
> orr f0r 6 rsf ny DIS which il to
come, this would ne a d.t1-reu: world
aHsi 4 better worli
Ir X either misfortune or a sin,
one OF the other, when titniy in
this country should come to want.
Too many of our people live from
hand TO mouth, and the worst of all
Is they seem to be satisfied With such
a living, with nothing laid by to
Uaeet emergencies or sickness. They
are, as a rnle, as repreheneibEe Tor
snch u lite as fht. man, who out of his
ahundnnce refuses to contribute to
the wants of Others when they are Ia
distress.
A man can be hog ia two ways.
He can be Il hog by wanting it all
and keeping it alio himself if hecan
get It. But there is another and
more numerous class of hogs who are
never satisfied until they eat up
! everything in sight If all the hogs
in this country had bristles, hair
mattresses would he cheaper than
| mattresses made from shucks.
! Preparations TOR times like we have
/ just passed through should be made
/ every year. II the severe weather
! with the SHOWS and the storms did
7 not come, We would be that much
better off. But it they should come
1 let US be prepared to meet them. We
/ must do TINS on the one eide by pay
/ ing labor all We can, and on the
/ other by the l3boriGg men saving all
/ they can. II Is better to We than
! to starv4. 1t * better t. contribute
I TO the wants OF others titan to sit
down in stin2y Indifference until
others wants snail +, rec them TO
! violate Law to obtain the nectssaries
OF life
VI uerever men suffer there are
women AMI children To suffer, aud
40 nation aud TO community De
serves tn ! " = hi,:h does not provide
( in some way Ter the hunger and
nakedDess OF voGien and children |
a III told that sDortmeu ii some OF
i our large clries send ont gram to-
farmers 30 iced so The birds "a iiiie the
ground contiuu $ coverc1 ,y,ti4 Snow
tiiat their sports may not be inter
( feFred with the next season. Surely
with means aud facilities and sup
plies that We have in America today
10 l. an eternal shame ii any human
belgg should want for bread or fuel