Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-20
SUNDAY SERMON

The world is full of peDp'e who
have to be carr ed. They are bonn
weak and helpless and they never
get so that they can sttnd alone.
Four men carrying one man IS no
unusual sight. The chronic Invalid
who was taken into the presence OF
the Great Physician in Judaa CEN
turtles ago was only a type OF vast
masses of the human race IN all
lands and in all ages who are
burdens upon society from their
birth to their death. They are the
victims of heredity. Besides these
unfOrtunates who are not to blame
for their condition there is a great
host composed of men and women
who are suffering the effects of
their own folly -reapiug the har-
vest of pain they themselves have
sOwed.
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They have recklessly maltreated
their bodies and are paying the pen
atty Of abuse. They have steered
their physical vessel upon the rocks
and what there is left is only bat
tered wreck pulled out of the jaws
of death. And then there is in
every community a considerable
contingent OF the shiftless lazy
ne'er do-well happy-go-luckY in
dividuals who depend upon society
which they claim owes them Nv
ing-to cover their nakedness and
to keep them from starving. 1t is
no longer possible TO enforce the
rule that if any man will not work
neither shall he eat. Whether we
like it or not society as at present
constituted saws these people must
not die on our hands. 1t is because
Of this condition of things that the
strong are perpetually reminded of
the presence of the weak and the
duty of caring for them. Those
who have money must give it.
Those who have influence must use
it. Those who have strength must
exert it. The cry for help or the
piteous appeal of the sight of suffer
ing is ever with US and whatsoever
we will we may do good.
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And after all that is as it should
be. All human trouble ought to
roll itself on the broadcast shoulders
not on the weakest. The best men
ought to be the most patient and
the most deserving should be the
most forbearing 1t is better to be
one Of the four men who carry than
To be the fifth man who is carried.
Rich men ought to bear the in
firmities of the poor. Wise men
ought to bear the infmities of the
ignorant. ShC1g men ought to
bear with the feeble men Cultured
people ought to bear with the rude
and illiterate. The highest should
stoOp to the lowest Humanity
should rise as a whole not in classes
and sects. If building needs ele-
walton we do not put the jackscrews
under the caves to life the roof off
but under the foundations that the
whole structure may rise together.
The solidarity of the race demands
that the classes and the masse s
shall be so inextricably Joined in
the human structure that they can
not be treated apart from each
other. That which affects the head
will affect the foot and neither can
say TO the other I have no need of
you"
This law is recognized in the
family. The baby is the ruler of
the household because he is the
most helpless thing IN it. And the
weaker he is and the more NEEDLE.
some and cranky as he grows older
the more is this law observed. The
neighbors may think the child
ApOllyOn-to the mother he is
aways Apollo. Let but that child
whimper in the night and the
mother is instantly by his crib and
his wall arouses the whole house
hold. So it is in the school. The
dull scholar gets more attention
than the bright one-the stupid
mind taxes the strength and vitality
of the teacher to a greater extent
than a dozen of the show pupils.
She brings out the glib students on
visiting days, but she puts her
strength into sowing the seeds of
knowledge in that obtuse child's
head. So it Is in the state. Good
men pay the taxes of bad men
Virtuous men pay the bills of dis
slpated men. Patriotic men settle
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