The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-11
HELP THE ORPHANS.
Bill Arp Says Everybody Should
Give to Them.
Wants a Day Set Apart-Mrs. Arp Il
willing to Give a Dollar
II Bill VIII Work
1t Out. fE Z

Come how, let's divide out. There a.
300 good working days in the year.
| Suppose we call one of them Orphans
day. We have Labor day ap1 Wash
ington's birthday and Independence
day and other days set apart for OBJ
servance, why not have a day for the
orphans of Georgia? The orphanage
at Decatur is in great need, and the
good men in charge have asked the peo-
pie to give the goth day of this month
to their service. the labor and earnings
of one DAY. What better can we do with
it? Nine. DeStael said that our bank
account in Heaven would be made up
of the money we gave away in charity
while we lived on earth. Huntington
died worth $4,000, 900, but he could not
take it with hirA, and it is feared that
he will have very small bank account
up yonder He could have endowed a
hundred orphanages and had plenty
left for his kindred. Surely we can al
give something that day. l am going
to give two dollars. Mr.. Crumley shan't
shake his Methodist locks at me. He
that giveth to the poor lendeth to the
lord" "And now, if you like the secur
ity down with the dust" as the old
Scotch preacher said when he sent
around the hat for charity. The word
fatherless means an orphan-a child
bereft of a protecting parent, either
father or mother, or both. The word
motherless is not in the Bible, but the
word fatherless includes it. and it is
found in the Scriptures SO times, and is
always coupled with a reward to those
who befriend the orphan, or some
calamity upon those who Cypress them.
Job says: IF have lifted my hand
against the fatherless, may mine arm
fall from my shoulder blade" and St.
James says: Pure religion is to visit
the fatherless and the widow in their
affection Good friends, it will not do
to say you have never wronged the or
phans. Neglect of them is a wrong, If
nobody gave what would become of
them? Everybody ought to give-give
according to your purse-give as the
Lord hath blessed you. II is peril not
to give. St. Peter keeps the books, and
| want him to find my name on them
with a good bank account attached.
I had a funny conference with MY
wife about this. She says she viii give
a dollar if l will work it out. What
do you want me to do?" said l. The
window cord is broken" she said, land
the sideboard lock is out of order. and
the long-handled broom that l brush
down the spider webs with is worn
out and needs another broom on it."
rs that alp" said I. "Oh! no. The
hall papering is pealing off and needs
repasting, and there is a leak in the
roof over the dining-room." rs that
all?" said l. "Well, you can finish
the day sitting the ashes and putting
some around the rose bushes. Mr.,
Berckmans' book says that ashes are
a good fertilizer for the roses" pom
dered awhile and then ventured to ask
where she was going to get the dollar
to pay me. "Why, from you, of course"
she said. where did you expect me to
get it? Didn't 1 give you everything
had, and didn't you promise to give
me everything you had? Didn't you
say: With all my worldly goods |
thee endow?' What's mine is mine
and what's yours is mine, too. accord
ing to that" But my dear" said l,
haven't 1 supported you and main
tanned you for all these years and
responded to every want ard wish l
could?' 'Why, yes, of course you
have; but if a wife was TO keep ac-
counts with her husband she would
bring him in debt every time. Board
and clothing don't pay for nursing and
night watching and sewing and darn
ing and housekeeping and raising up
ten children through infancy and |
childhood. and doctoring measles and |
cough and boils and collie. |
etc. I made a thousand little gar |
ments for them with my needle before |
there was ever a sewing machine in |
vented" ''Yes," said I. Il remem Der: |
and you made your own clothes and |
my shirts-my plated bosom shirts,
with pearl buttons-yes. remember.
1 can't find any as good now" Then
she remarked: You couldn't get a
good housekeeper for less than 500
per year, could you? And that would
make over 5000. and the interest
would make five times as
much more that you owe me. and you
ask me where l am going to get the
dollar" But, hold on. my dear" said
I, you forget that had to support
and educate your ten children-you al
ways call them yours-and that old
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