The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-24

conscience between his school BOOKS
and his fairy stories. IL was n great
day for himl Any boys first struggle
is. But the man in the hoy won the
fight and in order to establish himself
beyond the possibility of a lapse. he
threw his book of fairy stories into the
, brook. His father, n precise, unimug-
inative, dutiful soul. saw the beau
tiful book floating away and proceeded
to thrash his conquerlng boy for his
wanton destruction. That Is about all
many fathers appear to know how to
do effectively What wonder he did
not spoil his boy, What boon bit
of appreciation, of sympathy would
have been to the suffering but victor
ious lad. He needed bread and his OBJ
tuse father gave him Il stone! The
father could do what he thought was
his duty, but he had nothing to share
with his boy. He was q monumental
parental failure!
Large Christian service is always in
quest of the joint of sympathy; It
makes its alliance with what is. help
ing 1t to what it ought to be. and avoids
the folly of inverting the divine order!
This type of helpfulness may be
meager in its ability to do. but is for
ever finding to its unspeakable joy
that II has n boundless store to divide!
Sharing sympathy is an infinitely more
royal privilege than donating cast of
clothing. or stale food. for 'lf bestow
all my goods to feed the poor, but hath
not love it profiteth me nothing
Sympathy as an elective of Christian
service forever pushes soul on toward
democracy. Surely one may confess
with Lowell that while his tastes are
with the arlstocrats. his convictions
are with the people and yet, like low
ell, he forever more and rlore puched
into the very heart of humanity and
glory in the push too.
The preacher who confessed to n
friend that he loved to preach and
who was met by the singing, search
ing question, "Do you love the men to
whom you preach as we'll as you love
to preach?" felt the thrust Of the sword
between the joints of his harness.
which sent him to his study to fall
upon his knees and passionately pray
that he might b. delivered from his
temptation to love his sermons better
than he did souls, preaching better than
persons. The appeal of humanity must
outstrip that Of hoililetics.
tlllSiiun StINItt AO-t-uH lDuSl Dt IN
mersed in the Ccmocratic spirit: its
mission is to umanity-humanity as
represented by Ellis Island. also by
Clinton avenue: by Greater New York,
also by the lumber camps of Michigan.
Every man is son of God. Every
woman is daughter of Cod. Co find
your man, and by the shining truth in
your soul, by the sympathy in your
heart, by the humanity in your out
stretched hand, make him believe that
you seek not his, but him.
This-this alone-is Christian service!
Christian service after this fashion be-
comes at once an interpreter. 1t makes
Gibraltar out of Il Instantaneous
position; it transforms an ordinary.
commonplace ability into n shining
angel of privilege and achievement
Everything counts; all things work to-
gether Because the world is one and
the kingdom one nothing is lost. moth
ing trivial, nothing inconsequential. 1t
makes a man grow tall and strong and
confident to really believe the constant
assurance of Christian service. that
All men ignored in me