The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-01
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THE HUMANE: soci cry

few sentence concerning the work Of
our Humane Society,"? y
4 In the first place the writer would
state that he is not and never has
BEEN q member OF the soclety.t y He is
t.9pll tightly acquainted with any oil
those. ilsseti lug Us work and until;
Quite recently knew very little about
that work. What infCipatIon he has
reseiyed cape, hqt, fropI these young
lattek, but Edns s. HE friends who are.
'inEerhsted n srs s and n in in m
In the course OF a conversation In
squiry was made as to why the HUI
name Society uses such method OF
obtaining funds. The reply was thai
they were forced to do it because II
seemed impossible to get the money
in any other. way. The children were
on their hands to be cared for, they
could mot get funds elsewhere, so
they were forced to accept the Offer
Of the picture men,. rs
The seeker for information then in.
nocently inquired why they did not ap.
peal to the churches for aid. With a
smile OF pity for his very apparent
ignorance OF the ways OF churches and
church people, the friend replied that
many. such appeals had been made
without much result. There would be
an. occasional spasmodic collection
here and there, but nothing which the
society could depend upon! regularly.
This set the ignorant one to think
ing, and the first thing that$came into
his mind was text that he had learn
ed in childhood from the great Text
Book OF those same .churches-a text
which runs something like this:
Pure religion and undefiled before
/, God and the Father. Is this, to visit
the fatherless and widows in their af,
Fiction and to keep himself unspotted
from. the world" And Immediately
there came before his mental vision a
Sscene which he had heard described
by many preachers in many churches.
The authoritative description of the
scene runs something like this:
When the Son OF Man shall came
in His glory and all the holy agents
with him, then shall he sit upon the
throne of his glory, and before him
shall be gathered all nations, and he
shall separate them one from another.
Then shall the King say unto
them on his right hand, Come we
blessed OF my father. inherit the king
dom prepared for you. For was an
hungered and We gave me meat; was
thirsty and We gave me drink; l was
q stranger and ye took me in; naked
and We clothed me; was sick and We
1 visited me: i was in prison and We
came unto me- Then shall the right
eous answer him saying: Lord, when
] saw We thee an hungered, and fed
thee? or thirsty and gave thee drink?
When saw we thee stranger and
took thee in? or naked and clothed
thee? Or when saw We thee sick OF
In prison and came unto thee? And
the King shall answer and say unto
them: Verify ] say ur.o you, mas
much as We have done;it unto one Of
the least OF these my-obrethern, ye
have. done 1t unto me- Then shall he
say also unto them on the left hal.d
depart from me for was an hun
gered and We gave me no meat:
was thirsty and We gave me no drink
was stranger and we took me no
IN; naked and We clothed me not,
sick and in prison and We visited me-
not" IN - >
But Just here the Imagination o
the Ignorant one left the beaten tract
OF the words OF Holy Writ and h,
seemed to hear something like the fol
lowing in reply:
! But Lord. Lord, did we not bull,
J immense and costly churches in III,
name? Did We not erect 'magnificen
pipe organs and employ the most tai
, ented operate singers to make face
at the people on the Lords Day |,
me name OF religion? Did we no
nave the best trained choir and tn
j, sottest carpets and the most beautiful
: stained glass windows and the mos
comfortable pews and the most aris
/ tocrauc members Of any church l.
town? And did We not serve turke
suppers and hold fancy bazaars In tn
name; and did We not go to churc
every Sunday and hear a good sermo
}. ana come home and eat good Dime
:, ana have good comfortable afte
noon nap and thus keep the Lord
Day holy? Did We not?"
" But here the mind Of the ignorar
one came back to the beaten trac
and there echoed through his brai
a the old familiar words which he ha
heard read from the pulpit so man
y times: Then shall he answer thel
r saying: Verify say unto you, ina
j much as ye did It not unto one of til
y least OF these, We did It not TO me-
Coming ut Of his dream the igno
ane one tried one more question: "B,
J. why do they not appeal to the people
). Surely there arc enough well.to.t
b people in this town to raise $10O.t
Q per month for such cause"
" Again the friend smiled. "You see
9 he replied. there are SO many appea
to the people for SO many things, the
J. cannot give to everything even whe
y all the causes seem worthy.
q Again the questioner put on h
q thinking cap. He thought of the tv
y, large confectionery stores mot to me
g ton smaller ones) which do a flor
u ishing business in this town al
" which probably sell hundreds Of d,
e lars worth OF candy alone IN mont
IL OF the two flower stores and the qua
e titles of expensive blossoms viii,
e are, bought there each week; Of d
L many. automobiles that on yvbizzi,