The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-10

they have to maintain againFt q
sharks in their profession the dignity OF
that calling which was honored py the
fact that the only man allowed 10 stand
on Mount Sinai beside the LORD was
Moses, the lawyer. and that the Bible
speaks of Christ as the advocate. En-
courage lawyers in their profession OF
transcendent Importance profession
honored by having or the bench aChtef
Justice Story and at the bar a Rufus
Choate.
Encourage the teachers in our public
schools-occupation ar0ous n poorly
Compensated. In all the cities when
there comes a fit Of economy on the part
of officials the first thing TO do Is al
ways to cut down teachers salaries.
To take 40 or 80 boys whose parents
suppose them p~recocious and keep the
parents from finding out their mistake;
to take an empty head and fill It; 10
meet the expectation of parents who
, think their children at Is years OF age
ought t be mathematician and meta
! physicians ant rhetoricians; to work
successfully that great stuffing ma
chine the modern school system, is a
! very arduous work. Encourage them
by the usefulness and the everlasting
ness and the magnitude Of their occu-
patton, and when your children do well
compliment he instructor, praise the
teacher, thank the educator.
. Encourage all invalids by telling them
how many you have known with the
same ailments who got well, and not
by telling them of their sunken eye or
asking them whether the color of their
, cheek is really hectic or mentioning
cases in which hat style OF disease
ended fatally or telling them how bad
ly they look. Cheerful words are more
soothing than choral, more stimulating
than cognac, more tonic than biIIcrs.
Many an nvalid has recovered through
the influence of cheerful surroundings.
SPEAK KINDLY TO THE YOUNG.
Encourage all starting in life by
yourself becoming reminiscent. Estab-
lished merchants, by telling these
young merchants when you got your
first customer, and how you sat be-
hind the counter eating your luncheon
with n eye on the door. Established
lawyers, encourage young lawyers by
telling of the time when o broke
down in your first speech. Established
ministers of the gospel. encourage
! young ministers by merciful eXamina-
ton of theological candidates, rot walk
around with a profundity and over
whelmingness of manner as though you
were one of the eternal DEGREES. Doc
tors established, by telling young doc
tors how you yourself once nlistook
measles for s~carlatina. And if you
have nothing to say that is encouraging
o man, put you teeth tightly together
and cover them with the curtain OF
your lip; apr your lips and put
your hand over your mouth and keep
still.
A gentleman was passing along,
crossing a bridge in Germany, and a
lad came along with a cage of birds for
sale. The stranger said, How much
fer those birds and the eager" The
was announced, the purchase was made,
and the first thing the stranger did
was to open the door of the cage, and
the birds flew out into this unlight and
the forest. Some one who saw the pur-
chase and the liberation said, What
did you do that for?" All" said the
stranger, Il was a captive myself once.
and l know how good it is to be free"
o We who remember h%ardships in early
life, but lave come beyond those hard
ships, sympathize with those who are
in the struggle! Free yourself help
others to get free.
sisted in having business matters
brought to his bedside. There was on
the table a petition for the pardon of
a distinguished criminal, the petition
signed by distinguished men. There
was also on that table a letter from a
poor woman in the p~enitentiary, writ
ten n signed by herself alone. Dy-
ing Alexander Stephens said: You
think that because I have been ill so
many times and got we'll I shall get
wen NOW, Uul you are MISTAKEN. L
shall not recover Where is that let
ter by that woman in the pe~nitentiary?
1 think she has suffered enough. AS
neal as I can tell she has no friends.
Bring me that paper that I may sign
her pardon" A gentleman standing by,
thinking this too great a responsibility
for the sick man, said: Governor, you
are very sick now. Perhaps, you had
better wait till tomorrow. You may
feel stronger, and you may feel bet
ter" Then the eye of the old governor
flashed, and he said, ST know what 1
am about" Putting his signature to
that pardon, he wrote the last word
he ever wrote, for then the pen fell
from his pale and rheumatic and dying
hand forever. o my soul, how beauti-
full that the closing hours of life should
be spent in helping one who had no
helper!
ENCOURAGE THE AGED.
Encourage the troubled by thoughts
OF release and ~reaSSociation. Encourage
the aged by thoughts of eternal juve-
n~escence. Encourage the herdsmen
amid the troughS Of sin to go back to
the banquet at the fathers homestead.
Give us tones in the major key instead
of the minor. Give us Coronation in
stead of Naomi" You have seen cars
the hill rolled another car up the hill.
They nearly balanced each other. And
every man that finds life up hill ought
to be helped by those who have passed
the heights and are descending to the
vale. oh, let us e one another
burdensi
A gentleman in England died leaving
his fortune by will to two sons. The
son that staid at home destroyed the
fathers will and pretended that the
brother who was absent was dead and
buried. The absent brother after awhile
returned and claimed his part of the
property. Judges and jurors were te
be bribed to say that the returned
brother and son was no son at all, but
only an imposter. The trial came on
Sir Matthew Hale, the pride of the
English courtroom and for twenty
years the pride of Jurisprudence, heard
that that injustice was about to be
practiced. He put off his official robe
He put on the garb of a miller. HI
went to h village where that tria
was to take place.. He entered thu