The Washington herald., 1910-07-31
PAGE COVERED WITH THOUGHTS ON CHARITY AND HUMANITY

something, that It is doing something
and that 1t viii do something in the
future Harry W pRDtFR
2 Ffth street northeast.
Every good act Is charity Smiling il
your brothers face is charity: an ex
hortation Of your fellow-man TO vlrtuou:
deeds is equal to almsgiving; your put
ing a wanderer in the right road is char
ity; your assisting the blind Is charity
your giving water TO the thirsty is char
! ity. A mans true wealth hereafter is
the good he has done in this world TO his
fellow-man. When he dies people will
say. What property has he left behins
him But the angels will ask. "Wha,
! good deeds has he sent before him?"
Mrs. J. J. OCONNELL-
$50 street northwest,
/ When the chill is in the air and the
SHOWS Of winter cover the ground. those
who are charitably inclined ind many
opportunities for filling hungry mouths
and supplying shivering mankind with
clothing and shelter. And in the sum-
mer time there is just as urgent call
for sympathy and help that must be rec
ognized. Babies. handicapped from the
very start in the struggle for existence.
must be nourished and cared fortified
mothers must be given a period Of relax
ation-older children an occasional day
OF fun-aged men and women must be
relieved to some extent Of the burdens
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the spring and autumn, the philanthro-
pists prepare for their busy campaign
The poor shall never cease" and pow
erty means that pain and suffering must
be alleviated. Hence. the ministering
angel Of charity steps in and takes a
hand. But charity this fairest OF all
virtues, does not only require that the
purse should be open; the heart, too.
must be open and one must look upon
the flaws OF humanity with a kindly eve
For. after all, charity is not only giving:
II is forgiving as we'll NJ Z. BAILEY.
E3 Columbia road.
Though I give all my goods to feed
the poor and have not charity. I am moth
ing"
When I was a child that sentence
seemed puzzle 10 me. but learned
from wise teachers how much the char
ity Of spirit, Of thought, and good will
could mean. This name Of the camp is.
or rather the camp itself is, the very
realization and embodiment OF the word
so many faiths, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind
When all this old world needs
Is just the art Of being kind"
&. Z. HUNTER.
l22l Massachusetts avenue northwest
St Paul said: IF I speak with the
tongues Of men and Of angels. and have
not charity I am become as sounding
brass or tinkling cymbal; and II l should
have prophecy. and should know all mys-
teries and all knowledge. and II I should
have all faith, so that I could remove
mountains, and have not charity. am
nothing. And now there remains
faith. hope. charity: these three. but the
greater Of these is charity"
The rule OF the optimists should be
First relieve the needy, then II need be.
question them. We should not shut our
purse always against painted distress
Rather should we act as did the great
Aristotle. who. when reproached for Civ
ing aims 10 a bad man, answered, Il
did not give It TO the man; I gave IL
10 humanity" N JOSEPH pyAN
% y street northwest
II, on a cold, dark night. you see a man
picking his way up a rickety pair OF
stairs where one Of Gods moor children
lives, with a heavy basket on his arm.
you need not stop him 10 ask II he loves
the Lord. Whether he is orthodox or
heather. he is laying up treasures in
heaven, for He that hath pity upon
the poor, lendeth unto the Lord. and that
which he hath given. will He pay him
again" Mr. " r HArrEcIz
Sax Nfarvla IA ovr,,,, vc-.he.et