Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22

formed her club for Negro children; one year. when
apples were so plentiful that they were rotting in
the orchards, Dr. Hale's folks gathered the fruit
and distributed thousands of bushels among the
poor of Boston; the gray shirts worn by the men
the Spanish-American War saw fifty thousand
Lend Hand workers busy with relief; and
when the struggle was over seeds and ,plows were
sent to the Philippines Money has been raised
many times to send some poor fellow West for
fighting chance; the Armenian massacres found
Dr. Hale's workers banded to lend hand; crippled
children, orphans, working girls,-only the book OF
the Recording Angel knows the details of these
countless merces. DR.. Hales door is always open,
clearing house for universal charity And behind
him is his great unpaid army of willing workers.
At moments notice he calls out his forces Earth
quakes, typhoons. fires, war. well as every day
disasters, find him and his and women ready
to lend hand.
talked with the aged philosopher that morning
for an hour or more: He had before him. as you
his writing desk dozens of manuscripts
devoted to the He told me l might look
variety of things under way, also special reports
% M Mix or s. Sick 1f Babes e sa fixing
A~ag on s the R
One Hundred Miles South of Tuskegee,' Com
ments on Sir Henry Campbell Bannermans Limita-
Di on Timber MRoSe for
New Cabinet Officer: National Secretary of Health"
Nss Of hberan Our Churches
Indian Rights Society" odd Age Pensions
International Congresses Since 1876" and many
Others that do not now recall.
An Impromptu Sermon
THE old gentleman in his chair, with his wooden
blanket on his lap. read letters and dictated re-
plies. Without thought of the infrmities of age, he
was laboring on. He struck sort of bond ser
want for humanity was deeply impressed with his
wisdom, his gentle ways, his kindness of heart At
times he reminded me of Gladstone, again OF Toll
sto He has that largeness of view that is without
creed charity as universal as that OF the monks OF
rd / was a1tOQether
remembered. He told me that the three eternltleS
are faith, hope, and love.
He told me that cannot undo the past; even
God cannot. We must then look forward, not back.
He told me that the true man comes not to be
minstered unto, but to minister
He told that behind all parties, policies names,
and men, is God the Father, and in turn we are His
children.
He told me that the thing to do is to seek the
Kingdom of Peace.
He told me that the time is surely coming when
the sword is to be sheathed and men need
This world is one that is the lesson, he said To
the great God there is nothing either great or
small for He made them and all. Everything
is in harmony, moves to its destiny The fisher
boy who killed the seal in Alaska, for the oil,
droplet of which keeps the Hale watch running is
brother to the universal good; and the fisher boy
who steered the boat from Troas to Neapolis which
carried Paul with message of peace, was serving
Gods appointed end; and 50 on Mt, through every
does not the great elm in the dooryard support
each leaf and in turn each leaf support the elm?
Fate is kind, God is Father, and we
all His children. That IS the beginning and the
end.
If, then, the mountaneers round Berea need
help, must that they have it if Dr. Grenfell
needs reindeer in Labrador. we must help him to
get Them and if the rice crop fails in Liberia,
must send food; 1t is our plain duty to do these
things, to lend hand Finally, the political,
will concern itself more and more to bring about
united world. The Hague Peace Tribunal is the