The San Francisco call., 1905-08-08
Occidental
ACciidentafS
BY f.. j. WATERHOUSE
tI' We seen this world fer quite a
while" says Uncle ST to me,

So We seen this Worlu lei 4uA0 =
while" says Uncle 81 to me,
i "An' I've kinder watched the ac-
tions of the fellers that l see;
An most Of them is austlin round Ter
what they do not git.
Though zactly why they're hustlin so
they hevn't learned as yit.
They're all in various classes in the
worlds tremendous school.
An some is gittin' credits, some Is on
the ounces stool;
But however they may diner now
some'er they scheme an plot
THEY'RE all alike in yearnin' fer the thing
they hewitt got.
"Old Rockefeller, L have heered, with
some success has met,
An John p. Morgan, 1 am eold, kin buy
his vittles yet,
An they's also sev'ral others tnet mas got
a middIin' store,
But the hui shebang is husthn cause
they want ter git some more.
An so II goes clear down the line, frum
magnet unto tramp,
Their longin' fer the unattained Is ike
ter cause a cramp.
Yew kin take the hull percession in the
drafted human lot,
An gamble thet they're pinin' fer the
thing they hevn't got.
''I knowed one man" says Uncle Sl'
''that said he wus content
With what the Lord he'd give to him, the
thing by heaven sent,
An / would not cast reflections, Ter they
are against my rule,
But twas mentioned at the grocery thet
he wus a clotted fool.
I ledge the gen'ral scheme is sound; L
guess we orter be
Still reachin' fer the things we think IL
hotter Won an
Per'aps Wen git some good thet way out
if we do er not,
You kin bet the hull percession wants the
thing it hasn't got
THE GOOD MAN WAS HUMAN.
UTHE love Of money is the root Of all
evil.''
The good man laid the Book down
reverently and for some time sat and
mused.
How true it is.' he whispered to him
self; how exceeding true! Every day.
and all about us, we see the fact exempIi-
fed. Men who have comfort yet reach
ing for more; those who have luxury still
reaching out hands of covetousness;
those who have great wealth greedily
grasping for more, and yet more. All,
the old, inspired words indeed are true.
May my feet be led far from this com
mon evil; may Il
The good man was interrupted in his
pious musings by the ringing of the
doorbell. He went to the door and re-
ceived letter from the postman. 1t
read
Dear Brother We are authorized
to inform you that the brethren and
sisters were pleased and benefited by
the highly spiritual sermon recently
preached by you before them, and are
unanimous in extending you call to
act as their pastor. If you accept this
urgent call, the salary will be $4,000
per annum. While this would be double
the amount you are now receiving, We
do not urge this fact as an argument
in favor of your acceptance, feeling
that you will do as the Lord may di
rect.
Trusting that you will see your way
clear to come to us, we are
Yours in the Cause,
''The Committee"
Brethren and sisters said the good
man from his pulpit the next Sunday,
Il have received a summons to another
parish | have struggled and wreStled
in prayer, and 1t has been made clear
to me that it is the Lord who is calling
me. 1 shall leave this little flock with
tears and regrets, but L cannot refuse
to heed His call
MOral-beIOTe you sHJ IHO AOON
which 1 notice you have in your hand,
would it not be we'll to sit down and
have little talk with yourself? What
would you have done If you had been
in the clergyman's place? Wouldn't
YOU have hung out a mighty alert ear
to catch the first intimation that the
Lord wanted you to accept that call?
And would not your other, ear have
been somewhat afflicted with deafness?
Pastors are a good deal like the rest Of
us, anyway And how do you know
that the Lord did not really call the
good man? Anybody ought to see that