The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-05

shipped and preached for many years.
The large house was crowded, and
the expression of love and esteem was
abundant and most feeling. All who
expressed themselves, and these were
many, one succeeding the other,
spoke of his goodness and cheerful
ness, and of the great help he had
been to each individually. Each one
seemed to have been helped spiritual
ly by him. The many testimonials
to his worth and usefulness and help
fulness were unusual and truly COM
forting. The writer, who had known
him many years, knew them to be
we'll deserved. It seemed as though
everyone knowing him loved him,
and had, in greater or less degree,
been helped morally and spiritually
by their acquaintance with him. 1t
is great to have so acted through life
as to command the love and esteem of
everyone.
This communication may have
opened little foolishly, in too light
vein Git may,) but it closes, the
writer hopes, little better. There
is no knowing what this queer pen
of his will do. 1t has a way entirely
its own. I have tried to correct it
to bring it to a realizing sense of its
oddity and shortcomings, but in vain.
I have given it up. Henceforth it
shall have its own sweet way.
Many poor prisoner in condemn
ed ones cell was cheered and COM
forted by the kind words and Thoughts
of the one of whom speak. To the
writer's knowledge he was stay and
a comfort, good advisor, to several
who had fallen by the way. One
particularly, one who, in an unfor-
tunate moment, had been tempted
to do wrong, one of fine requirements
and culture, he had counseled and
helped into a future of usefulness and
prosperity. In the dark hour of dis
tress, when the ban of an unforgiving
community was upon him, he coun-
seled and upheld him and put him in
the way of starting life anew. This
the individual did. He took his fam
lily to distant locality where he was
unknown. He here conscientiously
applied himself to making a living
and to wipe the dark stain out.
But it seems that meanness finds
its way everywhere. After many
years one who knew this mans early
history happened to settle in the same
town. He fancied his early acquain-
tance to be in the way. What did
he do? He Indignantly told of his
former friends one wrong act, and of
the penalty he had paid within prison
walls. A soul so small, is it possible
that it can be saved? But he was in
this mans way. Their paths crossed.
He must be got out of the way. So,
busy was his tongue, with malignity
in his heart.
The poor man, who had made a
name for himself in his new home
Che stood high in the esteem of his
fellow-citizens) was overwhelmed.
He was thousands of miles from his
good friend and counselor, but he i'm
mediately rushed to him to tell him
of his trouble and undoing. He would
be ruined, his family distressed and
disgrace again his Bowed and brok-
en-, he met his friend, saying, "What
am I to do? My home is broken up.
I am again undone p
This, answered the good friend !:
go back and live this thing down.
Be not dismayed. Thee has lived a
good life now for many years. Go
on to do the same. This mans talk
cannot injure thee. One early error,
albeit great one, cannot undo all the
good work thee has since done among
thy fellow-citizens in the many years
thee has gone in and out among them.
Thee has made for thyself there a
good character. Go back and main
tain it. Live this man down." He
did SO, and all turned out we'll. Ah,
what it is to have good friend and
wise counselor. One to stand by
you wisely and feelingly when in
trouble. ga friend in need is friend
indeed"
If physiologists were not always
experimenting and if DR.. Anderson,
of Yale, had not invented what he
calls Muscle Board" the Enter
Prise would not have been troubled
with this article. That article in the
Ad0anee is worth reading, however.
I don't believe many persons know
anything about any centre of gravity
in their bodies. They had better
know, and try to keep it in the right
place. 1t matters not as to the "risi-
bilities. f" They don't count in this
day of physical and mental strenuosi-
-Ver1tas, in Mewto1Os (Pa.) En-
te/11fse