The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-03-26

HUMAN SYMPATHY.


The world is always within six
months Of starvation without the adj
vent Of such special calamities as have
overtaken Japan.
There seem to be 100000 people In
Chicago today who have nothing Pc
tween them and starvation, except the
hand OF ~benevolence. A letter from
Chicago dated January Ia, tells me that
there are $4,000 men there out Of work
and that the bread line is daily
~iengthening, and t municipal lodging
house is packed from cellar to garret
by human waits glad to sleep on the
bare floor" This certainly implies
10000 suffering people. My friend
goes on to say that he feels guilty when
he sits down to a comfortable meal
There is something terribly out OF
Joint with our general economy when
q country so rich as the United States'
| with no storms OF serious proportions,
no earthquakes, no tidal waves, no vol
canoes hurting widespread
no sweeping catastrophe of any KIND,
should have within our borders so much
Of want and misery.
The recent act Of the Ford Automo-
bile company in distributing mlllons
among thousands Of employees empha-
sizes the fact that very many great IN
dustrial establishments are making a >
Il DIOULS. III OI "DlS 1CAAAo SAS
by a few so-called owners, While the
multitudes of operatives get just wage
enough to keep them in working con-
dition. -. -
we must not for a moment lose sight
Of the many other manufacturers VIM
are working along this line OF improv-
ing the condition Of their operatives
| but there seems INFINITE room for an m
finite extension OF the grace OF human
sympathy. We are much inclined 10
arrogate to ourselves vast Improve
ments on the systems Of morlpunu
Europe, but q short V1sltr say ~
Munich, q city Of 100000, would con-
vince one that even In that country OF
high pressure militarism there is little
real poverty. And children whose pa a.
ents cannot properly care for them ~
fed and clothed and schooied ~ puD
Some time ago a Chicago paper print
ed an incident having the true ring %
human sympathy. 4 DISC Ss uis1ted
young doctor In New York was VlslIe"
by his father, a Jersey farmer.
well my son how are you getunS
1T am not getting on al all, I am not
doing anything at ALL" SAID n youns
man, ..-. a.. -
The old gentleman spoke Of persever-
ance and patience. Later in the a ne
went with his son to a free d~ispensary
where the young man had an un-
salaried position and spent an nour OF
more there every day. The father sat
by, a greatly interested spectator,
while Is poor patients received help. A.
the last unfortunate went out the
door closed the old gentleman burst
forth, II thought you told me that
you were not doing anything. Why. X
I had helped Is people in q month az
much as you have in n morning, !
would thank God that my lie counted
for something" -.
There isn't any money In 1t though"
said the young man somewhat ashamed
Money" shouted the old man scorn-
fully Money, what's money In COM
parison to being useful to your fellow
man? Never mind about money, keep
right along at this work every day. /
will go back to the farm and gladly
earn money enough to support you as
long as I live. Yes n sleep sound
every night with the thought that I
have helped you help your fellow man"
This incident is reprinted by zoe
Mitchell Chapple in his great book,
Heart Throbs," n II lifts the old
Jersey farmer into a higher nick In
famo's Val Halla than many a n
whose name is sounded DER h earth.
He brings to mind a story told of John
Wesley. Toplady, the author of Rock OF
Ages, abhorred the popular methods of
Wesley and his followers and in talk
ing over the situation with Doctor Gil
he said, Doctor Gill, do you think we
shall see John Wesley when we get to
heaven" DR.. Gin was by no means
an admirer ot Weslev, but he was
modest and honest. H~esitating a mo-
mr.$t he replied, mo, brother Toplady,
I don't think we shall. John Wesley
will be so close up to the throne of
God and you and / so far away that
we shall never get sight Of him"
(Signed) e. r. Lewis.