The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-09-07

more so than the foxes ana the DlruS,
Paul was poor. having few or no pos
sessions but the cloak and the narch-
ment:' Peter was poor. 'Silver and
gold have I none" Poverty is no dis
grace, unless it be the dregs of a
wasted life. Wherever there is hon.
ored poverty there should be generous
benevolence.
To pity distress is but human;
To relieve it is God like.
When Jesus was upon earth He said
that every benefactio which was be-
slowed upon one Of the least of the
brethren in 4 loving spirit was accepta-
bic unto Him. InasmucE is a word
which is full of Significance to all char
ity workers. ''All the beautiful sentl-
ments in the world will weigh less than
single lovely action" Many of the
fraternal organizations might teach us
who are members of the church lessons
in charity. 4 short time since l re-
ccived in my mai! by mistake Il posta!
sent by one member of 4 fraternal or
sanization to another. askin" him to
call and assist sick brother. How
often does our fellowship prompt us to
do this? Yet the Bible says. DO good
unto all mer. eSrecia!ly unto those who
are Of the household Of faith" No Gift
Of means or might will ever fail to he
thrice blest. Let the largest enc of
Your generosity be beneath the surface
if it chances SO to be: let the number OF
your benefactions be :: secret If YOU
will. but. whether secret or public,
crowd your life with endless benefac-
tions and countless mercies.
Edwin Markham has 4 beautiful
poem entitled "Inasmuch." He pictures
watchman. Ivan by name. on Mos
cows caStled height guarding the cit
adel. The driving snow was hearing
itself against the citadel wall when q
half bare beggar man tottered past.
The watchman ran and threw his own
coat around the half frozen hecgar. hut
that very night died himself from OK.
poSure:
Put waking in that Better Land that lies
Beyond the reaches OF these cooping skies,
Behold the Lord came cut to greet nim
home.
Wearing the coat he gave at Moscows S
dome
Wearing the heavy, hairy coat ne gave
By Mo<cow's tower before he left the
grave.
"-And where. dear Lord, found You this
coat of mine.
A thing unfit for glory such as Thine?"
Then the Lord answered with look of
light:
This coat. Ny son, you gave to Nc last
night"
But here is another way to again
offer the sacrament of service than by
giving food to eat and raiment to put
on: It 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 pessimistic and
discouraged and distrust all the world.
There are others who are in some vo-
cation which does not measure up to
their ambition, and they need to have
some one tap them on the shoulder and
say, "Be Of good courage" There are
q 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
Thn;r nd
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 a handshake when
given in a brotherly way. One of Wei
lington's officers when commanded to
so on some perilous duty, fingered a
moment, as if afraid, and then said:
Let me have one clasp Of your all
conquering hand before so, and then
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 2"
should be turned into the sacriticial
sentiment, "Some one ought to do it,
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 I am Il
negro" To say to weak brother with
all the meaning in your soul, "Be OF
good coura &C." will often make him 4
moral giant and suffer him to rise
above his difficulties and his shortcon!-
ings. There are very few persons who
do not need words Of encouragement,
who do not need to have some one say
to them, BE Of good courage"
No one has ever been able to speak
this word with such pathos as Jesus,
and no hearts have ever been lifted into
the presence of their best selves rs
those to whom He spoke. When the
woman was brought to Him taken in
her sin, it was "Go sin no more
When others would condemn the wom
IN who stole her way into the house of
Simon the leper to anoint Jesus feet
He said: She hath done what she
could" When Mary and Martha were
mourning the loss of a brother it was.
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