Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-11
THE WIND FROM THE NORTH.
INio,lSc City InlYnall


49, The poor arc always with us
the poor thru fault Of their own. and
the poor thru suffering they had not
strength to master. There is nothing
more heroic than the fight made by
many familiar with tho pinch OF pow
erty. Among them is the high example
of self denial the steadfast preserva-
| ton OF personal honor, the continuance
OF faith in loving kindness. In this
great field OF struggle the men are not
supreme; the women are Thru the
devotion of mothers. with the wind
| sharp and cold out of the north. in
Vulnerable families have been preserv-
ed: in some strange way the wolf has
been kept from the door, and at every
nightfall love has taken station as
shepherd Of the flock Strong men have
come from these homes equ'pped for
battle and for tenderness. They have
taken M with THANKSGIVING the divine
office of feeding his lambs and his
sheep.
The nobility of lifc hos cradle in
poverty. There is the school of self do
ing and Of courage, and from the man
ager of It's humility the compensation
Of service appears in the sky as star
Of gladness. And why is this? Because
the best OF life is in helpf,,lness in
sympathy. in the love that counts not
pain nor death in the constancy OF its
devotion to the children clothed by It..
whose hunger and thirst arc satisfied
by it, which gives surcease of trouble,
and which. when the night is dark anf
the cold comes out of the north. gath
ers them as under wings and gives
them peace in the hope Of n day when
the sun shall make merry with the
frost os
Blessed is love: fruitful 1t is. and
powerful.
The wind ont OF the north is a chal-
lenge to generosity. and it instructs
well all thotful people. Men lister
to its shrill cry. they hide themselves in
winter wraps. they hasten to places of
warmth. and they say one to another
that the pity is for the poor. They
provide helping hand. they give to
missions OF charity: they send coal and
food and clothes and forget to add the
donors name. Splendid II is that men
forget themselves: and in their forget
fulness is the reward OF remembrance
1t is worth While to live where the cold
comes out Of the north. putting selfish
ness to SILVER and giving the currents
Of June to the heart.
The most deserving Of the poor are
DISPOSED to hide their necessities: and
nothing should be more delightful than
to search them out in way that gives
answer to their prayers and kindles
anew their faith. The deserving shrink
lest suspicion follow them. and harity
that has no higher title than human
ity. patronizi7gly bestowed. they hone
by some means to avoid. They Rave
pride in themselves and they will do
what they can to spare their pride from
unjust asperson. Integrity does much
to keep out the cold and IT feeds many.
even as Elijah was fed 81 have hcen
young and now am Old" said the
rsalmist: "yet have I rot seen the
righteous forsaken. nor his seed beg
cling bread" The progress Of civiliza-
ton has advanced many things. but not
all things.
That the riehteous have the best in
surance there can be no doubt The
overcoming OF sin means the overconl-
Ing OF poverty and tho great hope OF
the world, yesterday. today. and for
ever, is in the kinship OF men under
the rule Of love one for another. Where
love is the wind out OF the north is
tempered. and the spirit OF mutual
helpfulness is like the play Of the sun
shine on the frost. Love is gladness;
it measures not burdens. but chooses
the heavier load. 1t gives sparkle to
the eye; it sits long in the company OF
hope. while the hands do whatsoe'er
they find to 10. 1t is pentl,, at the bed
side Of sickness: 1t brings the cup OF
water and it gives nourishmcnt to the
languishing flower of life.
Tho troubles OF tfa world its mains