The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-11
Died for His Newspaper.

rifices will grasp the hand of sacrihces,
and gospel love will receive from the
heart everywhere kindly responses
Died for His Newspaper
Would that by our self-sacrifice we all
could teach men that we love them and
would do anything and everything to save
men, even as Christ's sacrifice has taught
us that he loves us. During the DARK
days of a Partisan riot young reporter,
Matthew Donzelot by name, was sent by
the Petit Journal to report the uprising.
The mob like stampedng herd of cat
tie. broke loose and swept down the
street to where the young man was. The
stones were flying, and death was every
where. Run for your life, Donzelot?
cried one of his friends. Run or you
will be killed. Il am not going to run, "
said the young man. Il was detailed
here, and here 1 must stay" A short
time after the soldiers appeared. The
guns were raised and fired. The mob
melted away in an instant. -Four wound
ed men lay struggling on the ground.
One of them was Donzelot. instantly the
surgeon rushed up to him and said, Man,
are Won hurt ?" yes I think seriously"
Then he said Don't be in a hurry
surgeon. There, take my pencil. To each
man his duty Mine is to get the story
to the office in time. Here write at the
foot of the page g 20 D. IN. At the fire of
the troops three men fell wounded and
one was killed." "Why, which one Is
killed." asked the doctor. Il am" re-
piled the reporter, and he fell back dead.
oh. my friends, if Donzelot could lay
down his life for his duty to a newspa-
per. should not we be willing to lay
down our lives for the Christ whom we
serve? Shall we not like Paul, try to
open the hearts of those whom we would
lead to Christ by sacrificing ourselves for
them? Cannot we make them learn to
love us? Carry your flowers to the sick
room. Carry your food to the hungry.
Sacrifice yourself for men, and then you
will teach men to do and to sacrifice
themselves for Christ.
But this is not the end of Paurs sur
prises on the island OF Melita. These bar
barians welcomed him with kindness
After he had healed their sick they
opened the doors of their homes in glad
some welcome. But they did more than
this. After three months sojourn of
preaching and caring for their souls as
well as for their bodies they came down
to the sea to bid him goodby. They
crowded his prison cabin with many
things. Some brought warm cloak,
some heavy shawl some one thing.
some another. And when we departed
they loaded us with such things as We're
necessary" Now, what do you think
these Melita friends talked mostly about
before that ship set sail when they came
down to the beach to bid Paul goodby?
Parting Gifts.
Do you suppose their conversations
were as silly as some l have heard when
the great transatlantic steamers were
about to pull out of their docks in New
York harbor? Do you suppose Publius
came to him and said: Now, Paul, eat
some peppermint and you won't get sea-
sick?' DO you suppose some one else
said: "Now, Paul, when you get to Rome
want you to hunt up my sister. She is
an antiquarian, and she will tell you all
the interesting facts about the ruins of
ancient Rome" No, no. No such fare
wells as that were said. We know that
during all his three months sojourn in
Melita Paul was preaching the gospel
lie may have visited the sick and helped
the harbarians here and there and every
where. But Paul did all this for the
great purpose of preaching the gospel
of Jesus Christ So as Paul starts out for
Rome and the people come down to bid
him goodby | think and know it was
about his gospel message and his gospel
teachings that they conVersed and it
would be with prayer and apostolic bene-
diction that Paul would utter his fare
we'll
Then think see a young girl come to
him and put her hand lovingly and gent
ly upon his shoulder as she says: Paul
my brother is in Rome. Oh, how | love
him, viii you hunt him up and tell BIN
! about Christi" Thus / think the difforrr
Melita friends crowded around him VITA
their farewell messages. Nearly all Of
them must have had friends in Caesar $
capital Nearly all of them after they
had found Jesus as their Saviour. must
have wanted Paul to tell their loved ones
bout the same Jesus. 1t is surprising to
ne how little some people get out of the