Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-07-04
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Gal. vi. 2.
/ If No. is ourself No is the 9th
er fellow. every man shall bear his
own burdens" says Paul, and almost
in the same breath he says, Bear ye
one anothers burdens Surely! My
weaker brother is to do all he can,
and /, who am strong, am to help
him. We hear much about the white
mans burden the "black mans bur-
den," the nations burden" the bur-
den of society, the burden Of our
brothers in the iron mills Of Bethle-
hem or the textile workers Of Law
renee. My brother who is blind and
he who is crippled have burden to
bear, often more than they are able to
Iendure Indeed, life Itself is burden
to many. The object In taking care
Of No 2 Is not to make a strong man
helpless, but to help him until he is
capable of taking care of himself.
The poor fellow on the Jericho road
needed help only till he got to safety
and relief. The good Samaritan didn't
tarry longer, and the traveller didn't
ask him to stay. I'm mighty fayorably
impressed with secret fraternal organ
izations. They care for their sick
brother and then for his widow and
orphans Goddess institutlonsY Don't
you believe 1t. They are Christian in
spirit I've often found them the
handmaiden of the church.
Doubling the Gift.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
When person is strangling with an
obstacle in his throat he wants help
of a definite kind and that Immediate
ly. Don't ask him what it is, how he
came to swallow it, when or why.
Get at that obstruction with spoon or
finger, and do 1t quick, before his eyes
bulge and his face blaekens. There's
4 another odd psychological fact in CIV
ing, and that Is that there must be the
human touch in 1t. Ever noelce the
inscription on the monument In front
of Pratt institute in Brooklyn erected
In honor of the founder? THE giving
that counts is the giving of oneself"
The flower In the florists window is
beautiful but in the hand of your sick
friend 1t is more, for it is then giving
it's perfume, part of It's own self
Human nature is so constituted that
this is and must be true. You must
put two men together on the desert
railroad tracks or lonely lighthouse
tower The Master sent the disciples
forth two by two. That human touch
makes the difference. "Why are you
gazing SO at my shoulder" said John
B. Cough to newly introduced ac-
quaintance. Il was looking for the
spot where Joel Stratton touched you
that night when you turned from drink
to God and humanity" So, too came
the sick and women with their babies
that the Man of Nazareth might touch
them.
mot Ashamed of the Chain"
/ stood back of the United States
census bureaus exhibit Of tuberculosis
shortly ago and watched the faces be-
fore me. The thing that fascinated
them was the red electric death bulb
between two white ones. Every two
minutes and thirty-six seconds that
red one flashed, indicating that some
A one died of the dread disease. At first
they looked with curiosity; then it grew
on them. There a man stood sobbing;
yonder a woman was led away faint
ing. Some weaker brother had gone
under with the white plague. I slipped
O bag Of crisp doughnuts to a company
of Lawrence strikers children as they
stood ragged and forlorn in the biting
wind of Philadelphia's streets. 81
wouldn't give 'em nothin; they're da-
goes" said a proud American" near
me. don't care. They're my 'dago''
brothers child, then. Somehow could
not help thinking of the homely Mis-
souri, Ozark mountain folk song:
Makes no difference if he is a houn',
They've gotta quit kickin' my dawg
aroun'.
''Other sheep have / that We know
not of" said the Master For he oft
refreshed me and was not ashamed Of
my chain" SO Paul wrote to Tim
othy concerning Onesipnorus. Paul
was In prison, and this disciple came
and administered and pretended not to
notice the chain. Most Of our broth
ers are carrying chain of some kind
or other.
The Password to Heaven.
What is your claim to heaven? What
will you say to the angel at the gate?
VIII you murmur your little creed and
whisper your UNCONVENTIONAL name?
"I'ye never known you," will be the
answer. Christ had a trick of strip
Singpa man of his external trappings
and judging his naked soul One day
near his death, when the mob was
crowding the street the conspirators
were in the palace, and the Jewish
leaders and Roman officials had agreed
on his blood price, when his feet were
standing on the brink of the great Sc
cret he lifted the veil, and men saw
God in humanity the little orphan
child, the slave, the ragged prodigal,
the broken hearted sinner and said,