Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-10-21

young tutor. He was just out Of col
lege himself. lie ought to have had
sympathy with the struggles of college
life If any one should have had. He
was diSlkcd by his own classmates.
You learned that from your older broth
or. who graduated the year before you
entered the university. But though
thai young tutor was just out of col
lcge himself and ought to have had
sympathy with the boys. yet he spent
most OF Lis time spying upon them. He
conditioned" as many as he could at
exa 'uinations. He asked the most I'M
fair kind Of questions In the class
room lie had perfect genius for
saying bitter things. lie seemed to
feel that the chief end OF every college
tutor was 10 make the lives OF the stu
dents just as miserable rs possible.
Not only that. but outside OF the class
room he was always roaming around
TO find some delinquent and to report
some breaking of the college rules.
The chief butler Of Pharaoh's court In
college life forgets the Josephs whom
he has left behind In prison.
The Worst TasLmaster.
What Is true In reference to school
life is equally true In reference to the
factory and the department store. The
head OF the department who Is most
cruel and hard hearted and remorse-
1t.
only few years ago groaned and suf-
fcred and prayed to God for deliver
ance under II like treatment. What is
true about Ovcrsecrs Is true about capl-
talists. The rich man who IL the most
cruel In collecting the last dollar. the
last cent. owing him and who will
strike the hardest bargain Is invariably
the man who was once so poor that he
knew all the pangs of hunger. all the
bcnumhments of cold. all the horrors
that come from facing a fiinty eyed
creditor. My friend. where IL the chief
butler OF PharaolI's court who has for
gotten the trials and agonies of the
past struggles of life In his dealings
with others:
oh. that we would be more like Jo-
our dealings with our fellow men. II
you are II man you have without doubt
read that book which Is so dear to near
~ all boys hearts. called Tom Brown
ut Rugby" There the English author,
Thomas Hughes. writes an autobiogra-
ply of his early life. lie gives an ac-
count of the flag system Of the great
public school of England. the school in
which Dr Arnold made his name as a
teacher honurcd for all time. The lit
tie boys In Hughes day were not only
allowed 10 be- 'liazed" by the big boys.
but they had to- be their servants. They
had To carry the water and black the
shoes and run the crrands Of the older
students. on bitterly cold nights. with
their little shivcring bodies. they had
to crawl In between the sheets Of the
big boys beds aud warm them before
they could go 10 their own beds They
had Ia do everything the big boys Or
dered them TO do There we find the
law % Rugby was the same rs IL the
boy who had the hardest time ms lit
tie boy was the hardest upon his flag"
when he became big boy. What
American boy has not had the big
lump come into his throat when he
read OF the struggles OF little Tom
Brown? And. oh. the prayer OF CRATE
fulness we uttered when the big boy"
of that book that good big boy" came
to the rescue Of little Tom, My friends.
cannot we he the good big boys" OF
lifef All of us have served our APP
prcnticcships as flags" We have had
our hard times Shall we not try to
make the burdens OF the little flags"
about us lighter. M Joseph tried TO do.
or are we going TO be hard upon our
fellow men. rs was the chief butler
who forgot about the troubles OF J0-
scph. who was once his fellow pris-
oncr?
In the ButIcr's Place.
There Is n ecntripctal as well as n
centrifugal lesson resulting from this
butler Of my text ignoring his past mis-
fortunes The one forgetfulness blinds
his eyes and hardcns his heart to the
sufrerings Of others The second for
gctfulncss blinds his eyes and hardens
his heart 10 the threatening misfor.
tunes which are ahead Because this
chief butler had safely weathered one
hurricane on the sea Of life he Is very
apt to forget 10 look To the seaworthi-
ness of his craft and 10 feel that from
now on there will he nothing but
smooth passage AMI no threatening
storms ahead Because he has lain
down upon the operating table AMI had
the surgeons knife cut near his vitals
and successfully remove the dangerous
tumor he foolishly supposcs that he
will never have another tumor and
never have To undergo another similar
physical and mental ordeal. Then
what Is the result; As he forgcts his
past troubles he also forgcts TO guard
against the sins and evil habits which
might have brought him into his late
difficulties. Let us for moment put
ourselves into that buffers place.
Three days after the Interpretation
~ ths .hiaf huflpr's nnd tho chief huk.