The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-02-16

mittee about It." And he passed on.
l pity these men who are always wait
ing for q committee TO appoint them.
Some years ago, there was a mar in
this town who lived near the North
River, and in the afternoon Of u cold
winters day he hoard u Uun .~riiiug
for help whU had fallen through he
ice. he sat in his house aud beard
the mar cry over and over agar, and
did nothing to help him, but let him
drown. The nextday the people learn
cd about IL and they drove that cruel,
heartless man out OF town.
That was right, wasn't it?
Oh, it was? Then look at yourselves
and see what you are doing. Are you
not doing worse than be did in letting
that fellow drown? All around you in
New York cries for help are being
heard, and you are passing by on tho
other side.
You say when you see a mar in dis
tress, "Oh, how | pity him."
L wouldn't give the snap OF my finger
for the pity that does not help him 10
get up again.
The next one that came along the
o a was the Levite. He was u sort Of
church warden, q steward. The wound.
ed man lay about one hundred yards
away when the Levite saw him. He
had another turn OF mind. He said I:
Its dreadful that q mar can't take a
simple little journey in broad daylight
without being molested by robbers.
When | get back to the city LII see
PLATE and have an act passed by the
legislature to appoint u committee to
guard the roads, and very likely my
name will be put at the head of il. It's
a great shame" And he passed or.
There's q Christianity Of won ks as
well AS OF words. Words are cheap. We
Can get carloads Of fine Sermon, but
what we van is with hauus
h feet on them. Enough beautiful
sermons are preached to convert the
whole city.
Tho next person that came along was
the samaritan. | can sec his cheerful
smiling face as he stopped to help the
suffering man and batho his wounds
and pour oil in them. Some carry oil
to pour in tho wounds of those they
meet. A good many more carry vine
gar, and they always give you vinegar.
Don't DO like them.
That Jew was sick and wounded,
and that good Samaritan put him on
his beast and went afcot himself. He
took him to an inn. He fed shim, and
left money to pay for his beard until nc
returned.
Don't ask me the creed of that Sauna.
rltan. l don't know his creed. Some
people are 70 particular about creeds.
L tell you that any creed that will
prompt you to put your arm under an
other man aud help him up to God is u
grand creed.
The Jews hated the Samaritans,
Don't condemn them. Lots OF us are
just rs bad ourselves. I've sat in a car
n seen an Irish woman pull her
skirts away from y cOIored woman who
sat beside her, and q few minutes
later We seen the colored woman pull
her skirts away from II Chinaman.
Why, there are men in this city who
Will tell you that q Chinaman hasn't
any soul.
A few years ago [ was in San Fran.
cisco, passing along the street, " hon |
saw q hoodlum grab u Chinuinan by
the queue and pull him over backward
and kick him and beat him horribly
L intsrfercd, and the hoodium looked
at me, and said What, you take the
part OF g ~Cninamap, y miserable Deg q
and he pulled q knife on me, ana !
cam near losing my life.
III we q more good Sama"itare
there would he an end to the cry OF
capital and labor. There would be
happier homes, too, for there would b
more good fellowship in the world.
You ladies with your carriages cou'd
preach sermon all around the city BY
taking the poor to drive.
| don't bellows there's q man in New
York who can't be reached by love
and kindness. We've got TO have q
d'iltreat sty.u o. preaching to lift this
world up. a little kindness goes q
great way. Try it.
N2vcr look for gratitude and vou,ll
never be disappointed.
L remember the first good Samaritan
l ever met. | wa sent away from
nome when | was about eight ear
Old, to DO chores on 4 farm and 80 t(
school. | was feeling terribly lone,
some and hom"7.,h when an cid mar
met me ana gave me q cent not one o.
the little cents wc have now, but "A BIZ
cope. one, ard that encouraged mc
and made me feel good.
How can we get into sympathy with
people. Do you want TO know Che
receipt? Put yourself in the otner
mans place.
that lino which | hope He viii move,
have occasion 10 rercat. In Chicago
during tue Summcr | mad q mission
StbbaLh-sclool with 1900 scholars
INC season wGs not and tho children
died rapidly. | otficiatcd at three nnt
1our funeral services u day, and got 81
used to 1T that | repeated the service
mechanically.
One day l received word that &
mother wanted me to go to her hous,
rs her little girl was drowned. Taking
my four-year-old Emma | went apc
reached the home.
1t was q drunkard's home. Thu
father sat in one corner tipsy, while
the poor mother hung over tho bod,
of her child, which had Just beer
br, ugbt in from tho river and la,
GrlppiLg on dirty pine table. Sh.
had no money To bury the child, upd
stood there taking the measurement
Tor the shrnu1 and coillu, while tho
mother stood at my side weeping.
left the house carrying MY owt
little girl in my arms. After we hat
gone little way she said, Papa, sup
pose AID you were very poor
~ had to go u to the river ever,
day TO pick III wood, and one dey
reached out too far and fell in, wouiC
you feel bad ~ | strained the child fl
my heart, and said Yes, darling.
should" did yen feel bad for TIA,
mother. papa 2" she asked.
All, that was putting it in q new
llght. l hurried home with my Owr
child, and then FASTENED buck to tia,
mother. wcpt with her. r,a,
Gods precious promises. | told SCR o
the beautiful homo where her cnio
had gone, end when / left that mn;h