Gloucester County Democrat., 1905-05-04
THoRoFARE.

frOwn;
With that wild wheel we go not up or down;
Our hoard is little, but our heats are great,
Smile and we smile, the lords of many lands
Frown and smile, the lords OF our own
hands.
For man is man and master OF his fate
1t has been said that philanthropy is al
most the only virtue which is sufficiently
greatly overrated; and it is our selishness
which oyerrates it. | once heard reverend
lecturer on England, man of learning
and intelligence, after enumerating her
scientific literary, and political worthless,
Shakespeare, Bacon, Cromwell, Milton,
Newton, aud others speak next of her
Christian heroes, whom he elevated to a
place far above all the rest, as the greatest
Of the great. They were Penn, Howard
and Mrs Fry. Everyone must feel the
falseness of this. The last were not Eng
lands best men and women; only, per-
haps, her hest philanthropists. | do not
wish to take from the praise due to philan-
trophy, but merely demand justice for all
who by their lives and works are a bless
ing to mankind. Philanthrophy is not
love for ones fellow-man in the broadcast
sense Howard was no doubt an exceed
ingly kind and worthy man in his way, and
has his reward; but, comparatively speak
ing, what are hundred Howards to us, if
their philanthropy does not help us in our
best estate. When Phaen, wishing to prove
his heavenly birth by his benefcence. had
the chariot of the sun but one day, and
drove out of the beaten track, he is said to
have burned several blocks of houses in
the lower streets of heaven, and scorched
the surface of the earth, and dried up every
spring, and made the great desert OF
Sahara, till at length Jupiter hur ed him
headlong to the earth with a thunderbolt,
and the sun, through grief at his death, did
not shine for year. 1t is told in the
Gulistan, or Flower Garden, of Sheik Sadi
of Shiraz, that 'They asked a wise man,
saying: OF the many celebrated trees which
the most High God has created lofty and
umbrageous, they call none Azad, or free,
except the cypress, which bears no fruit;
what mystery is there in this He replied:
Each has its appropriate product, and ap-
pointed season, during the continuance of
which it is fresh and blooming, and in it's
absence it is dry and withered; to neither
OF these states is the cypress exposed, being
always fiourishing. OF this nature are the
Azads, or religious independents Fix not
thy heart on that which is transltory; for
the Dijlah, or Tigris. will continue to flow
through Bagdad after the race of Caliphs is
extinct. If thy hand has plenty be liberal
as the date tree; but if it affords nothing to
give away, be an Azad, or free man, like
the Cypress.
The Rev. George S. Goff preached to a
large congregation, on Sunday morning
from the text: Nevertheless, when the
Cor, 0f o11o1 L c..I r.
the earth ?' The evening service was
based upon the text: sFor the wages OF sin
is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord " B1th
sermons were able efforts, and showed Mr..
Gof to be gifted intellectually, as we'll as
informed spiritually.
Mr.. Thomas w Wyne was the leader in
the Epworth League service at night.
At the Grange on last Monday night the
following persons were admitted: Mrs.
Clement Budd, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Wiki
ins Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Budd, and the
Messrs. Samuel Mills, and Edward Heri-
tage Farmers are realizing more and
more the advantages of this institution.
Mrs. Robert Montgomery, of West Phila-
delphia, visited Mrs. Rogers last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Jehu Cline and their
daughter Miss Anna Mary Cline, from
Philadelphia, spent last Sunday with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Philip Cline.
The planked shad supper. which will be
given in Wilkins Hall, on next Saturday
night, May 6, under the auspices of the
social department of the Epworth League,
will be the feature of the week in Thoro-
fare. Deputy Sheriff Charles B. Platt and
wife have promised TO come down and see
that the shad is properly cooked, and every
effort will be made to render the occasion
success. 1t is hoped that the friends of
Thorofare will come en- ndsse and help eat
that supper. The proceeds will be devoted
to the new church fund.
Miss Laura DeHart graduated on last
Friday from the Union Business College of
Philadelphia. She made very high
average.
Mr.. and Mrs Joel Sagers, of Woodbury.,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs Philip Cline,
last week.
The Misses Lille and Laura Budd are
the happy possessors of handsome new
organ.
Mrs. Morris Kruse, of Philadelphia spent
last Sunday with her aunt. Mrs. Rogers.
Miss Ellen Adelaide Shute made her first
appearance in the home of Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Shute a little after four o'clock on
last Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary E. Murphy and Mrs. Isabella
Carter, sisters, were both born on April
Both, and yet, they are not twins, but the
birthday Of both was celebrated on last
Sunday afternoon, at the home OF Mrs
Carter, wife of Mr.. James Carter The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs John Krim and
family. Mrs. Jacob Muller and family, and
Miss Marcella Weathers, from Woodbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Eastlack. Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Heritage, Mr.. and Mrs Chas.
II. Budd, Mr.. and Mrs Clark Reed, Mrs.
Maggie Cloak, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis c. Reed
Mrs. Mary Holbon. Mr. and Mrs. Edward
E. Morris and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos
Robb and family, John Murphy, Miss
Naomi Hughes, from Red Bank, and Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. /. Bonner, from Paulsboro
AT five p. m., an elegant banquet was
served The tables where crt-plaSs and