Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-10-13
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Messiahship by his divine h%elpfulness.
H vent about doing good" His
deeds were the most direct proof of his
doctrines. To every man that had need
of him, he was II brother. In this life
long h%elpfulness he is the Christians
model For the only time he ever said
to his disciples. Il have given you an
example, was after he had performed
a self-abnegating act of mental service.
The highest nelp is help towards self
help.
Helpfulness sometimes hurts. 1t is
mistaken kindness. Many mothers and
sisters and wives are doing for sons
and brothers and husbands what the
latter should be doing for themselves,
so that the latter are deprived of their
proper perogative of the habit Of SER
vice. 1t is no real h%elpfulness to do
for one What he should do for himself
One unwisely unselfish member of a
household may beget a selfishness in
the others which far outweighs any
possible benefit That mother. for in
stance. is wisest who trains her sons
to wait upon her, to consider her COM
fort and pleasure, and to expect all
ways to be at the service of all woman
hood. when my husband used to
bring home candy" said n widow whose
sons are notable for their chivalry
toward her and toward other women
II would lay aside my portion for
the boys, SO that when their own share
was done l could give them mine This
afforded me more real pleasure than
eating the candy myself. But one day
my wise husband discovered What
was doing and demonstrated seriously.
He showed me that / was doing wrong
by the boys. and ] have many times
since had occasion to see the force OF
his wise counsel"
The strong should help the weak, we
Gov, ,,htrh &c trina. h,1f ~ 10 o1cO tn he
remembered that the weak may help
the strong. We take 1t too much for
granted that the strong man. the great
helper, the eminent person, feels no
need of encouragement, cheer n slim
illus. Yet many a man of the heights
is crying out in his spirit for a word of
comfort, of inspiration n of appre-
citation. We take is as Il matter OF
curse, that such persons live in an at
mosphere of praise and uplift. and SO
nobody extends that which he thinks
everybody gives.
The helpers of men are the partners
of God.
the untalented may possess richly.
Each person has something in the
way of h%elpfulness which every other
man needs.
The eccentric person-that is. the one
"Out Of center and in improper relation
to things-is he who lives for himself
| alone. Nothing ran ever go right for
such a man. He is out of tune with
his environment. For the Lord has tied
US up in the great bundle of life. and
each is dependent upon the other. mo
man liveth to himself" says the good
book, which has the knack of compre-
hending great life principles in a
phrase.
In the early days of the young peo-
pies society, much was made of the
motto mot to be ministered unto. but to
minister This description of the mis-
sion of Jesus described their missions.
too. They live to serve. Look up.
Lift up" the Epworth league watch
word, contains the same idea. Only as
they are helpful to their mem
bers, to other young people. to
the church, and to the needy world
around them. do these organizations Of
young men and women truly fulnll
their purpose.
The woman's pages OF many news
pagers abound IN inquiries from curl.