Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-06-03
Dying Poor.

what | Spent'l had;
What saved lost;
What | gave have:
Therein is summoned I'D the vDo,.
philosophy of the uses of wealth tn.
man who had spent some of his -
tune and had lost some of it. I'm, n.
death he considered himself wei "a
because there still remained 70 hi,
credit that part of his estate tha, h.
had given away. "What pave
have"
Only the other day another Non
York philanthropist announces hi,
intention of dying poor by spending al
his wealth for good works. ",
though he stripped himself of hi.
penny, such man does not die moor
BY putting it to good use, ne in.
creases the worth of his fortune. He
converts dollars into social values
And, though in the end he be As roo,
as Lazarus he is richer in the genuine
treasures of spiritual satisfaction and
contentment far beyond the dream,
OF those who pile up dollars witrou,
end and never find riches.
what he gave he has"
Here is another epitaph in roir,
1t is carved on the tombstone If
Schoolmaster who died without, for.
tune, but was rich in the treasures O.,
work we'll done"
LIES Safety Rope. !
1t had turned cooler. and was loeb
ing after the furnace. There was drs,
on the floor of the furnace room. and
there were cobwebs here ami there n
me corners and hanging from the cell.
ing.
As looked across toward one OF m,
Easement windows saw somethi,,
hanging from the timbers ,boy.
Looking more carefully, saw that il
was spider letting herself down from
me ceiling in the darkness AMI N.
DIRT. She had some business there
and that | knew nothing of. Down
ana down in jerks she went until sh.
disappeared below the line Of Iipbt
from the window and into the black.
ness of the coal.
AS tar as my eyes could tell. she wa,
lost IN the darkness; but as watched
| saw slender, shining. gossamer
rope Swaylng back and forth in from
OF inc window. 1t was her anchor rore
connecting her with her home above
vas sure that, although she might 20
Town INTO the Darkness Of the coal bin,
she would never once get out of touch
Win the anchor cord that meant her
Saiety; and, sure enough, in few
minutes saw the swaying thread
feilOie ana jerk, and up into the lighi
OF the window she came. climbing
easily and quickly out of the darkness.
one was not afraid, for, although she
nad gone far from home and deep INTO
TIE darkness and uncleanness below,
SIG mad the darkness cSphrdlchmrdul
she had never once got ont Of touch
WIN the light and the things above.
ohe mad kept hold of the anchor cord
'hat was her safety and her way back
nome when her work below was done.
what a lesson there is for the shild
u ood In the visit of the spider to the
coal bin! 1t is not possible to keep out
oi danger all the time. 1t is not POS.
'iole to live in the world without
'e'"ng IN the way of sin and going into
places where there are darkness and
ihcieanness. The Master prayed that
We should be kept from the evil. rot
nat we should be taken out of the
"or!a' But safety for those who have
zone down to darkness on the path Of
iu'y does not consist in their own
'Ucngth or purity. 1t consists. like
he safety of the spider, in the anchor
nam that reaches 20 our home above
''h and death may be about us on every
Ide' out with our hand on Christ We
Ne safe, for we have the way of cs-
ape 1t is our refuge to lay hold
non the hope set before us; wh',h
opc We nave as an anchor of the soul,
oth sure and steaifast, and which en-.
sreth into that within the veil"