The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-05
A SATURDAY
~ NIGHT
4 SERMONS
BY
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THE TRIBE OF THE NINE INGRATEs.

THE TRIBE OF THE NINE INGRATES.
Text. Were there not ten cleansedf
Where are the nine ?"-Luke xvii, H.
Afternoon In Samaria. The blazing
Syrian sun beats down fiercely on a
little lazar colony. Quarantine for the
lepers huddled there No wife, chill
dren, neighbors, synagogue for them.
Only loathesome. polluting. reforming
disease. The air of the azaretto Is
fetid and sickening. Hair falling from
head and eyebrows: nails loosening.
decaying. dropping off: gums absorb
ed, teeth falling; nose. lips. eyes rot
ting. They venture near the road call
Ing for aims and crying the warning.
"Unclean. unclean!' There's a COM
motion down the road. God Of
Abram! It's the Nazarene. Jesus.
Master, have mercy on us!'' Go show
yourselves unto the priests" They
start Can it be? What? No. Look,
Ben Ahaz, thy skins flushed pinkw
"And thine, Ben Ezra. glows like a
CHILDISH "As they went they were
Ii,
now home, loved ones. touch of baby
fingers, synagogue on Sabbath day!
One stops running. whats wrong.
Ben Ezra? Hast forgotten something
In lazar house?' His eyes swim with
tears. Grateful Samaritan, On thy
face in the dust before Jesus.
Thanks, noble rabbi Thou son of
God, accept a poor leper's gratitude"
David's son looks-it is despised
Samaritan! A ruby shining in the
dust! "Were there not ten? Where
are the nine?" Their cries still ring
on the air. but it's as sounding brass
and tinkling cymbal. Cool evening
breezes chill the carpenter as he treads
mountain height toward his place of
prayer. Something makes him draw
his cloak closer about him.
Eaten Bread Soon Forgotten.
In the ninth circle. the lowest hell,
Dante puts the ungrateful. It's a
crowded circle. Among the lepers
one decent out of ten. and he
foreigner! Nine-tenths ungrateful.
Is that about the proportion?
David said in his haste all men
were liars. Carlyle said in his
leisure that England's population
was so many millions, mostly fools.
Ingratitude is the most common sin.
1t is one Of humanity's meanest traits
And also the most exasperating. Fair
weather and prosperity find you sur
SQunded by friends. A storm scatters
them. Rats forsake q sinking ship.
The friend of today is the Judas Of
tomorrow. You give nine times and
refuse the tenth, it brings bitter re-
proach. The most trifing offense
makes all else forgotten As
Polonlus said, Loan oft loseth both
itself and friend" The ungrateful
man has no sin but one. the rest are
virtues. Iron can be melted, but not
IN ungrateful spirit. 1t is one animal
trait we get from the swine; he new
o. looks up to the apple tree to see
from whence the fruit falls. The dog
| wags it's tail and looks gratitude in
your face. In the big black catalogue
hatred is an active sin. ingratitude is
passive. 1t consists in doing moth
ing. II lives in the road that leads
to envy, malice. Denying Peter. doubt
ing Thomas and treacherous Judas
live on the same street
Where the Shoe Pinehes.
Mrs. S. F. Norton of Troy. a philan-
thropist. died the other day. Pinned
to her will were these pitiful words:
'This is the end-friendliness, disso-
luton. death Let no one play the
game of philanthropy who would de.
sire peace and peaceful end" CARR
son and LovejOy are mobbed. Manila
is remembered, Dewey is forgotten
Men speak Of the Merrimac-Hobson
is jeered. Ingratitude is robbery; 1t
withholds that which Is Justly due
1t is cruelty as we'll Physical pain
can be borne: mental pain is like this
ties in your pillow. Sharper than a
serpents tooth 1t is to have a thank
less chile." Children have no kiss for
q mother. because she Is old and
wrlnklsd. Unlovely. When they were
small, sick, fevered breath. loathsome
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