The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-09-06

fty workers. "All the beautiful sentl-
ments in the world will weigh less than
single lovely action" Many of the
fraternal organizations might teach MS
who are members of the church lessons
In charity. A short time since | re-
ceived In my mail by mistake II postal
sent by one member of n fraternnl or
ganization TO another. asking him to
call and assist u sick brother. How
often does our fellowship promnt us to
do this? Yet the Bible says. do good
unto all men, especially unto those who
are Of the household of faith" No Gift
of means or might will ever fail to bc
thrice blest. Let the largest end of
your generosity he beneath the surface
II II chances so to be; let the number of
your benefactions be secret IL YOU
Will. but. whether secret or public.
crowd your life with endless bencfnc-
tions and countless mercies.
Edwin Markham has beautiful
poem entitled "Inasmuch." He pictures
n wntchmnn. Ivan by name. on Mos
cows cnstled height guarding the cit
ade. The driving snow was heaping
itself against the citadel wall when n
half bare beggar man tottered past.
The watchmnn ran and threw his own
coat around the half frozen beggar. but
that very night died himself from OK
posure:
But waking in that Better Land that lies
Beyond the reaches of these &C hing skies,
Behold the Lord came out TO greet nim
home.
Wearing the coat he gave at Moscows
Wearing the heavy. hairy coat he gave
BY Moscow's tower before he left the
grave.
"And where. dear Lord, found you this
coat Of mine.
A thing unfit for glory such as Thne?'
Then the Lord answered with a look of
This coat. My son, you gave to Me last
But there is another way to again
ofrer the sacrament of service than by
giving food to eat and raiment to put
on: 1t is suggested by the last half of
the text: And every one said to his
brother, BE of good courage" There
are men and women in this world who
need an encoura ging word more than
they need bread. Man does not live
by bread alone. There are men on our
streets who have been unfortunate in
their lives. They are pessimlstic and
discouraged and distrust all the world.
There are others who are in some vo-
cation which does not measure ND to
their ambition, and they need to have
some one tap them on the shoulder and
say, "Be Of good courage" There are
good many men who become discour-
aged before they become drunkards.
There are others who lose their hope
before they lose their good name.
There are many who need to be met
at the door Of the factory at the close
of the days work and led beyond the
saloon to the doors of their homes,
that they may be saved to themselves
and to their families. They need words
of strength. Their wills are weak and
must be reinforced They need to be
inoculated with courage, and the power
to resist evil.
Very few of us realize how much
help there is in n handshake when
given in brotherly way. One of Wei
lington's officers when commanded to
go on some perilous duty, fingered a
moment, as If afraid, and then said:
Let me have one clasp of your all
conquering hand before / go, and then
l can do it," The majority of the
needy ones of earth ask not for our
money, but for our sympathy, and our
sympathy We ought to give "Some
one ought to do it. but why should ~
should be turned into the sacriticial
sentiment, "Some one ought to do il.
so why not II" Frederick Douglass
appreciated the uplift which Lincoln
always gave him when they met. for
Douglass said HE is the only man
who does not remind me that | am Il
negro" To say to weak brother with
all tho manning in soul ssTla Of