The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-21

loving and gentle and forgivlng all
helpful to y''ur fellow men they will b
kind and loving and forgiving and gen
tie and helpful to you. Why: Becaus
each day of your life you come int
personal touch with your little world
and the friends and the people of you
community see you just as you are
! Would you not like to be loved by tn
people Of the community in which 20,
live? When you go to sleep tonight
would you not like to feel that som,
tired, sick woman who is tOss!n,
around on her bed unable to sleep /.
smiling over the good cheer you brough
her this afternoon by your visit and i!
| saying, God bless you, God bles.
your Would you not like to have PEG
pie always speaking your name ant
saying, mo one is ever in trouble, bu
he Is ready to help them if he can!'
You can win this love If you will
Come, get a good name for kindness
and love. Come, make the people by
The love Of those with whom we come
in contact is one Of the most priceless
boons offered to man, whether he live
in palace or a hut
Taking another step forward in nv
subject, l declare that a good name is
the most glorious Of all inheritances
which man can leave to his children
1t means more infinitely more, than
gold. 1t means more than fame, more
than social position, more than landed
estate. 1t means more than anything
else on earth that you can give Most
Of US want to leave our children the
best we can. We must not forget to
give them this treasure, which is of
more value than great riches"
The Greatest of Inheritances.
How can parents financially poor
leave to their children the greatest of
inheritances? Let me explain more in
detail The adjective good" comes
from the substantive God" To be
good" in the highest sense means to
be ''goodlike' or like Christi There
fore, when father bequeaths to his
son a good name" he gives to him, in
the highest sense, a Christian example
we'll lived. He seems to step to his
boys side and put his hand in his boys
hand and say: MY son, I want you to
come with me and kneel in prayer. I
want you to come with me and learn
to read the promises Of God in his
holy book. My son, when sinners entice
thee l want to tell you where I have
found strength in the past to resist
as come they will, want you to learn
where you can find Gcd as refuge
and strength" Side by side with their
children the Christian parents walk.
Side by side they go with them through
life. Long after the parents have pill
cries Of their good names or their
Christian examples live ON to guide
their offspring. Are you not going to
leave to your children the inheritance
Of good name or q Christian exam
pie, such an inheritance as that which
your fathers and mothers left to you?
If any young men and women need
to be held to the cross Of Christ by the
Christian example Of a parents life.
In God and being with God.
those children of yours need it. They
have exactly the same kind Of tempera-
ment that you have. They are high
strung They are impulsive. They
can be easily swept off their feet by
success and discouraged by defeat
What are they going to do in the
swellings Of the Jordan?" My brother,
even with all the advantages of the
Christian surroundings of your boy
hood, still you have had a hard strug-
gle. What, then, are your children 60
ing to do when temptations assail
them? They have never seen their ia
Their kneeling in prayer or walking with
Christ. They have never thought that
you had divine succorer. "a good
name" as an Inheritance? Why, it IL
simply priceless in value. Is not, for
your children, good name rather to
oe chosen than great riches?
But, if our good names are essential
o our children after we are dead, how
much more essential are they for us
when VIC step out from this life into
he next! The heaviest money bag
hat was ever secreted in the dark
vaults of the rich man who despised
he poor Lazarus groveling Oh his pal
ice steps cannot be carried by him or
lis friend one single inch beyond his
,rave. Do You notHthink it an absurd
hing for rich man to struggle and
@ keep OH struggling for something he
:annot keep over a few years at best?
This money may and in all probability
will do his children damage after he
s gone. 1t Is an old saying that
'shrouds have no pockets" yet many
men seem to live as though their
hrouds would be different from all
'ther shrouds or that they would live
N forever and never have a shroud.
Death In Sure.
But, though death may postpone its
oming, death will surely come. Now,
ny friends, what are you going to do
or yeur open sesame Of heaven? l
rant that your name may be a very
important one On earth. How impor-
ant it Is but few Of us, even the hum
Hest, realize. We are all Americans.
70 be American means we belong to
ho mocf hoporo1 nation IN oorth