The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-05-14
Bill APPS Philosophy Of Life. Some good
Thoughes to Think.

good of it and the bad of it. Give
the Lord credit for all the bless.
ings enjoyed, not forgetting health
and food and raiment, sunshine
and shower. good neighbors and
good schools and liberty of con.
science. These are capital stock
and do not vary much with the
passing days. But in every ones
daily life and in our dayly bust
ness there is an ever changing null.
titude of little things-little
pleasures and little pains and
these should be footed up and
balanced. What good have
done, what pleasure have received
and given to Others today? should
be a question every night. For
as the poet saith:
Count the day lost if the de-
scending sun
Sees from thy hand no worthy
action done"
Lost" is sad word-one dav
lost shortens life that much, but
how many people lose almost
every day. No charity, no kind
words or pleasant smiles-no
sympathy for the poor, but go
along through life for themselves
only, or perhaps muttering that
selfish prayer, Lord bless me and
my wite-my son John and his
wife, us four and no more. Il verify
believe that selfshness is the
most universal sin of mankind.
How is it possible for very rich
man to covet more when there
are thousands near him who live
and languish in misery and want
l cannot understand. 1t was n
sweet lady who wrote the "Emi-
grants Lament and said:
"I'm very lonely now, Mary,
For the poor make no new friends
But oh, they love the better far
The few our father sends"
These millionaires deserve little
credit for their gifts to colleges
and Libraries, while the poor are
starving in the great cities and
are penned up in garrets and
novels and earning scanty liv-
ing by working for the rich. /
was Eliminating about this when
| read that Mr., Holdcrby, that
consecrated minister IN Atlanta,
was getting up an ice fund for the
poor. What a blessing that will
be to the tired toilers who can
only afford the tepid water that
comes from the city hydrants.
How refreshing to the sick who
languish on hard beds and have
no comforts that the rich enjoy.
The poor we have always with us
and most of them will suffer rather
than beg. Mr.. Holderby is al
ways doing good and can balance
his books every night and lie
down to pleasant dreams. Edu-
cation is II good thing and we are
gratified at the recent movements
of philanthropists, but a move
ment TO lift up the poor and give
them chance would be a more
blessed thing than to educate
them in books. Peter Cooper and
George Peabody have a higher
seat in heaven than Rockefeller
and Carnegie will ever reach.
George Peabody built whole
blocks Of tenement houses in Lon
don for the poor. The rooms
were all ventilated and supplied
with pure cold water and the
windows looked out upon grassy
lawns and flowers and shade trees.
There were bath rooms attached
to every tenement and few pref
ty chromos on the walls and the
rent charged was only a pittance
enough to make repairs and pay
the taxes. This was doing more
for the poor than education could
do.
A clean shirt and a comfortable
home will lift a boy up quicker
than books. 1t has been said
that a right hungry man can't
get religion, and / reckon a hun
CRY child can't study to do much
good. Education is not always
had in schools. 1t is the life
work of every ono Ednoo+;on