Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-06

In other words. with so many children
in our founding asylums who need
your help, are you going TO turn your
back upon them and keep on growing
more selfish and mean as you are
aging? For Gods sake, for your owp
sake as well as for the children's SAKE,
adopt child just as soon as you can.
God never meant you to live without
the loving influence Of some little child
In your home. Take some child to
your heart and throw your protecting
arms about it,
The Helping Hand.
We are to help those standing upon
the threshold Of life We must do
more than that-we are to extend fnan-
cial aid and spiritual help 10 those
who seem to have made complete
failure of life. We should extend
the helping hand to those whose sins
and errors have flung them down. and
to those who have lost faith in them
selves, and to those whom the world
has cast aside as useless and OF no
account One of the hardest tasks in
the world is to save a man after his
backbone of faith in himself has been
broken. Men are often spoiled for
life by too much censure. A man does
wrong; be commits an awful sin, and
at once the world pitches into him.
He is driven out of the store. out of
the church, out of respectable society.
No matter where he goes, his sin dogs
his footsteps Now, my friends, l
want to tell you that no man has ever
fallen so low in sin but there is yet
some good in him. If we only go
about it in the right way, we can win
that man back to the paths of truth
and of right. Don't growl a man into
being bad, but love a man into being
good.
Lastly, we should help those who
have lived their lives and are now in
the Indian summer of their earthly
existence, as well as the middle aged
who have erred and those who are
young. We should help the aged and
the cripples and the chronic invalids
and those whose lives will always be
dependent upon others. You are to
do this not only for those who are
your kith and kin, but also for those
who have no direct claim upon your
benefaction.
Pity the Unfortunate.
Now, why should you not help the
manned and the halt and the deaf
and the dumb and the blind? Are
you going to save your money and
leave it to your ablebodied children, so
that they can lie around in ease and do
nothingI Do you not realize. that ev-
cry dollar you give to your children
after you have given them Il good edu.
cation In all probability will lessen
their mental and physical vitality? If
you want your boys and girls to be
strong and brave and self reliant.
then you must teach them to labor as
you have labored. Are you going to
turn your backs upon Gods helpless
sick and aged and give your all to
your children, so that they shall be-
come weak aud helpless2 Just run
over for me the list of the sons of
wealthy men OF your youth How
have they turned out. handicapped
with their fathers wealth? Would
you like your children to become as
those sons of wealthy men are? Are
you going to take this necessity of n
struggle away from your boys and
girls? Are you going to unman your
children and take from them the very
discipline and struggle which have
made you what you are? Then. il
you are not going to squander your
money upon your ablebodied children,
Will you not spend IL where L Is so
much ceedsd, fn IeTpIGg aIong the .'oIi
f0lkS' homes" I'm enCiOwinV hoSnftol
beds for the sick and in helping to
alleviate the sufferings of those who
are dependent upon human medica-
ment?
In Gods Vineyard.
And plead with you thus to scatter
your money for another reason. When
you begin to give your money to the
lame. the halt, the blind and the aged.
the time will not be far distant when
you Will gladly give your own per-
Eonal strength to the care OF the I'M
fortunate as well as your money. 1t