The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-02-04

TIL" cbh--in it's over present .,rnndrnr
fills 'i,' mind with Thoughts :hn run
in Erni'n's@ which h,i;,s - H. lat the
tru;h that "Thrrn il II 4,r,nu, the
rivers whereof shall MAX, u,rI The
City Of God"
Then thor" is the battery, nup,hnr
quiet and n most d"l'ghtfnI - 4, Il
! fnvori'" place whrr" the =. Opt" con
gr"S"t" and promonndr on pIrnssut
days to enJoy th" fresh Anr hrnrz'
which rides gin on the crr-t a ,d in
tn" spray Of tho waves nnl bi!Inws
rolling "nd dashing from tho brond
Atlantic, just s"roSs and beyond tho
bny, of which the "y" never tics and
tn" heart is always ready 70 nndcr
stand why it is the pride Of every
Charl"stoninn who loves his city.
II you visit tn" cry hospital and
SO" the crippled and suffering ones
wrlthlnG in agony, you will have
mingled IN yonr pity gratitude for
tn" health and strength and capacity
for enjoyment which morciful
Providrncr so richly hcstows upon
som" and in his wisdom withholds
from Others
But the rich and the poor, the
well and the sick, tn" hurry and the
nnhnppy, NIL hear and in their DIFF
f"ront moods drink III the sweet
chimes which ring out from ST.
Mirhn"FS and st. Matthew's, and
which tell to tn" afflicted moro than
I" tn" strong that somo day, somr
where, thrr" is joy for them; for it is
tn" weak and suffering on" who is
strengthened hy the chnrs, Just rs
tn" v"'r" Of the singer is most
t"HrhlnG when her heart Is hlording.
Th" highest appreciation of lifn and
blessings comes through sickness and
struggles. Tho chimes carry the
thoughts upward and onward
But there ar" many Sights and
maHy things to attract attention
hero. You are full of life and an
tlcipntion; y"n want to- rn,v" along
with tn" crowds up Ku,H street on
your way to tn" exposition. They
have somr pretty stronts hero, but
klnG street is whore tho thronr is
ever to br found, day and night. a
con%t"n, stream Of poopl" is always
pushing along, coming and going,
on both sides. Crowded trolley cars,
carriages and othor vahicles are in
limo Richly attirod mon and women
and chlldrcn crowd the magnificent
stores and buy to their hearts, con
tents Will" the blind brggurs with
trembling hand hold up their cnps in
vain for the dirncs which fall not
thor" from the rich mans purse OK
r"pt occasionally. Tho blind raceive
their living from the nickaIs and
p"nnirs Of those who know by expo
rl"ncn what it Hloans to shivor in the
cole and feel tho pangs Of hunger
and want.
Bat we leave and forgot the poor
b"ggar in his blindness and wretch
"dn"s'; we are all in tho pursuit Of
happiness; we want to see life and
beauty; what caro- wo that the
blind mans wife and children are
hungry and cold; it's no bu linrss of
ours; give us our daily bread and
dinn"rs and cigars; wo can treat and
b" treated with money to burn and
throw nwny--it is not for tho blind
and tho sick, the widows and the
orphans, but for our iill-and do
| Strnction
Jostling along up King, in aldi
tion to crowds Of Charl"stunians and
other Cnroliniuns, white nnd black
and colorod, aud the American from
other states, we SEQ the Indian, tho
l'ndan"s", the Cuban, the Jnpanesr,
the Chinese, the Egyptian, tho AL.
s,'rian, tho Turk, tho Arab, tho Es
quimnw, tho Filipino, and porhnps
| others that cannot ho recalled ut this
writing, all bound for tho exposition
--somo boarding the trolloys, others
walking to tho grounds, whllc music
fills the mir and intermingles with
tn" rattle of tho drays, helping to
IL tbn land y,inn, r tl> L.,l.