The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-17
therefore He despised the shame. rhe
Joy that was set before Him was

Therefore He despised the shame. The
| 10y that was set before Him was
the Joy OF tic self-sacrince. 1t was
as the Joy OF the soldier In the bat
tie, OF tho nurse in the hospital SER
vice. OF the athlete IN the struggle,
OF the scholar In the problem, Of the
mother IN mintstering to her child.
Whist do we mean by se1'f-sacriflce7
What VIC ought to mean is the sacrifice
OF self. Self Is forgotten. put aside,
lost sight OF, az Paul says. put to
death; II is MS IL 1t were not. There
Is no JOY like that OF service Of
love 30 absorbing that one ceases to
be conscious Of self.
Or. Grenfell, young physician In
London, with good prospects opening
before him, abandons them and gives
his life to the service OF = forgotten
community OF seanen and fishermen
and Eskimos on the coast OF Labrador.
He becomes their servant as doctor,
preacher, merchant. magistrate. police-
man. Any post which has in 1t the
promise OF service he Is ready to all.
Exile from home, cold. Ice, storm, sleep
lessness, poor food at the best, hunger
at times, are his life companions. "Do
not pity me-" he says TO his American
friends. II am in q hurry to get back
to my Labrador life: I am happiest
there" He might write In his diary,
II have never known what self-sacri-
fec means" OF course not. When
self Is dead, there Is no self left to
know what sacrifice means.
When one Is trying to serve two
masters; when ono Is trying to serve
self little and others little, to
divide ones energies between self
seeking and service Of others. no is
always unhappy. Ills service Is incom-
plete; he has not the happiness that
comes from conservation TO unselfsh
service. His self-service Is incomplete;
he has not tho happiness that comes
from undated self-indulgenee. But
when one is 20 absorbed In. his work.
so dedicated to his mission. 80 full OF
a great purpose that he has no thought
for self, his life Is one OF unalloyed
1oy-the Joy Of aelf-sacrifice.
Buddha tells his followers that the
secret OF happiness Is In the loss OF
consciousness: Nirvana is heaven.
Christ tells His followers that the Sc
cret OF happiness Is in the loss OF
self; conservation to service is heaven.
The way to find comfort in our own
sorrow Is to forget 1t in carrying COM
fort to another. The way to tighten
our own burden is to add to it the
burden OF another. The highest OF
all Joy Is tho Joy OF life so conse-
Grated to service that there is left no
thought OF self. Of a self-sacriflce SO
complete that self does not know that
1t is sacrificed.
Tho death Of Colonel ). II. Estill.
(. Of the Savannah News. brings out the.
fact that that newspaper was founded
In 1850 by w. T. Thompson, author Of
Major Jones's Courtship." whose hui
morous work Is ranked along with that
OF A. B. Longstreet of Georgia
Scenes fame.
The News also had the distinction
OF discovering Joel Chandler Harris
and bringing him into public notice.
Harris had had experience In a
country newspaper Office and with a
short-lived monthly magazine, the
Crescent Monthly. in New Orleans: but
his first serious efforts upon live
daily newspaper were associated with
the, Savannah News.
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The American Federation OF Labor
goes on record by a vote Of 1874 to 80
as being opposed to government owner-
ship Of railroads. The surprise is that
as many as fifty OF the delegates
should favor such soaialIstic scheme.
Government ownership of railroads is
opposed to every principle of independ-
ence for which organized labor stands.
The Charlotte Observer announces
that 1t has added Rev. Plato Durham
to, It's staff. and now that newspaper
will be more than ever a great re-
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