The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-20

wonder in the city OF Detroit, reporter
called little bo0black in the street to
polish his boots. The little fellow came,
but as he got out his brush and was
about to begin big, brusk fellow, came
along and said: "You, go, away, jimmy;
you 60 away. I will do this" And the
What do you mean by this?" 80, that
is all right, boss. Do you know that Jim.
INV has been sick in the hospital for more
than a month and he is not very strong
and we boys when we are not doing any,
thing turn in and help ,him,. Is that right!
Jimmy" Eyes, that's right And 50
boy was plying his brush and his cloth,
and while he was so doing the reporter
piled him with questions: what per cent.
of what you earn do you give. to Jimmy?i
"Eh?" "What per cent. of what you, earn
do you give to Jimmy? II don't know
money that you receive do you keep and
how much do you give to jimmy, do
you think I am sneak? [ give all of it
to him, and so do all the boys; we don't
keep any of it." So when he finished the
reporter said: "You are pretty good fell
low; here is a quarter, and you keep ten
cents and give fifteen, cents to jimmy
mo, you don't" and he gave the quarter
to Jimmy. That was diviner, that was
nobler far than the grandest eloquence
that Brooklyn ever heard.
Now notice in the second place, and /
will make this point brief, the comparison
by which Paul sets forth the superiority
of love to eloquence. He says, Ii speak
with the tongues of men and angels, but
have not love, / am become as sounding
brass as changing cymbal. The gift with
out the grace is lkened to the sounding
of brass, to the clashing of cymbals OF
bronze: A great many preachers boast
themselves of their soundness, sound IN
their theology-and / am not saying any
thing against soundness in theology. And
one is sometimes tempted to say, Sound,
| yes, that is what it is, but it is without a
ministry and without meaning for hum
CRY world. A changing cymbal-noise, con-
| fusion, but no ministry, never helpful
| for a weary, hungry worlds Let us
| be something more than Janghng
voices, changing noises, Let us have
| ineness of love, genuineness of rei-
gion; that is what tells. That is what
the world wants. That is what it is look
| ing for. That is whas God Is begging
for. | read story some months ago IN
| one OF your newspapers: Two men who
| had met to talk ON the corner of a street.
| While they were talking hand organ be-
| gan to grind out it's dismal music. One of
| the men said, let us go ON and get away
from that wretched stuff. And the other
said, now, l will not let you talk like that
about that music. Why, do you know
that that was "See the Conquering Hero
| Comes" composed by the great Handel,
And his friend said: IT want you to come
with me to a Handel festival. So month
later, he invited his friend to the concert,
and so when the lively choruses were sung
and the great symphony went on, this
friend of his became enraptured. And he
said: "Isn't that glorious; isn't that beau
| tiful" eyes," said his friend, ''do you
know what it is? It is See the Conquer
ing Hero Comes 1t is what you heard on
| the organ" Let love conquer your hearts
and the world will make way for your COM
| ing, and we shall startle the world by the
| originality of our unsel6shness. eff I
| speak with the tongues of men and angels,
| but have not love, I am become as sound.
ing brass or changing cymbal." Let us
i have love-