The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-16

y, Md; j. Russell Mccarthy, Hunt
blind to their pltlable condition? If we
could but realize IT. the surest way TO
help ourselves and tighten our load Is to
help others. While we are engaged in
shifting our burden sin order to make
room for another we are often surprised
to find that in the shifting il has disap-
peared or at least is of so much less inn
portanee than our brothers that 1t be,
comes as nothing, and we can straighten
our backs and remember that It is the
whole duty of men TO help others. How
many tears have been dried, how many
heagtaches lessened. how many breaking
backs Strengthened by the three sl:rple
little words. Let me help?"
Few, indeed. are the people who will
ask Us TO aid them in carrying their bur
dGn but the Opportunities will be many
II we but watch for them and then opti-
mistically remember that there is never
burden so wearisome nor a cross so
heavy but we shall be given sufficient
grace to bear up under il and strength to
meet its demands if we but seek it.
Optimist Bisbee has been adjudged the
winner of the third prize. and he, too,
contributes verses. There seems 10 be an
unusual number Of poems this week. l
am glad the inspiration was so strong.
7 have a burden 10 bear" says the sea,
For the worlds argosies pass over me"
MY burden is great" SAYS the ocean
bed
With ships and the sea and the storms
overhead"
And what Of my task, says the starry
sky.
For l light the world from my throne
on high"
"An your tasks are great" said the soul
Of man.
And wei have We labored since time
began
The planets dazzle and the pillows roll,
But ye 90 your work without a soul.
My burden is greater than sun or sea:
The life of the infinite rests IN me.
Ny burden IS ever to do the right.
And help my brothers along in the fight:
To cheer the weary and help the weak,
To the faint of heart kind words to
speak.
The injury Of one concerns US all
Together we either must stand or fall
There's strength Of soul in the optimlst
band,
And the world moves up when they lend
a hand"
Nv. BIsBEE
SO Taylor street northwest.
After a great deal Of consideration !
have succeeded In making the selections
for the five 81 prizes, but I have a con-
victi0n that there are many other COntrt-
buttons worthy of prizes. Here are the
five which in my opinion are the leaders:
There is a good deal of the heroic in
the spectacle Of the person who not only
fights his own battles. but aids and as
sists his falterlng brother in the struggle
for existence. Every day we rub elbows
with these unsung heroes. and our faith
.u human nature grows as we learn of
their uuselfish deeds.
Bearing burdens. our own or those Of
others, is truly a magnificent virtue,
cOunseled by the Scriptures and praised
alike by ancients and moderns.
ARTHUR LENOX.
LocI Box III.
Bearing burdens" is to meet ones
duty and do IL. rejoicing to be deemed
worthy Of the service, the divine pur-
pose of life. the kindness Of God" feel
ing. thinking. speaking, acting with good
viii and patience; the call of the heart
10 help proclaim the holy principles
taught by Christ: the goodness, nobility,
truth, beauty and sincerity Of character
which make one deplore every form OF
selfshness and have a broad love and a
helping hand for all with whom one
comes in contact; the loftiness of nature
that fins Gods world with a beauty and
glory that has love for a crown and I'M
selfshness for a mantle
ALLIE SHARPE BALCH
1926 Euclid street.
Bear We one anothers burdens, "
spoken by the Galilean peasant about
100 years ago. holds good to-day and
has an eternal val1e This saving should
De an incentive toward the spreading of
optimism. This is not essentially the best
world il can be. but it is far better
world than many think or even imagine.
BY bearing the Nazarine's phrase in
mind and working 1t out in action the
cause of optimism and the uplift of man
kind can be materially aided. The good
mother, bearing the trials and Affections
OF her sick or Maynard child, is an ex-
Cellent example of vicarious suffering
and atones for much misery. The pow
eTty-stricken father seeking to hold his
own in the battle for existence is another
case Of burden-bearing. The sister or
brother toiling for another is further
instance. 1t is by such self-sacrifce that
the race is saved from misery, misfor-
tune. and sin in their multitudinous
phases.
Beginning with the immature creature
on the cress next TO the dying Jesus,
many have been led to a brighter out
look for the future by the inspiring bur
den-bearing Of others, and in turn num-
bers OF these have been the means Of
recreating the kingdom OF heaven in still
others, moved almost solely by example.
There is hardly brighter thought for
optimists, considering its manifold posi-
bllties, than that OF burden bearing.
FREDERICK e. RECHTEN.
lis Euclid street nOCthwest
When your back is near to breaking,
Bent by fardels sore to bear,
There's a solace, there's comfort
That will tighten every care
Seek you out a sinking brother.
Lend your hand 10 hold his share.
For the pain you bear for others
Is the pain that has no sting.