The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-07

n0Wned, ana ms countlymen awaken
ed to a belated sense of duty ha
. caused magnificent shaft of marbl
. to be erected in honor of his mem
. Dry. The poor mother rejecting upol
/, the condition Of want in which he ha,
died, was moved to exclaim in ang
uished tones ooh Robbie, Robbie! V
asked for bread, they gave we stone.
How many are there in our midst to
day who are tigurativcly asking TO
bread and being given stone, asking
for a little genuine, warm, human
sympathy, and being rebuffed by thu
cold shoulder of Indifference ans
selfshness! So it is from such re
Elections that | have reached the de.
liberate conclusion that the greatest
happiness on earth is to be realized
from being charitable; that the great
truth taught US by such occasions as
this is that we be charitable in our at
titude toward our fellowman. Not
charitable in the usual or ordinary
acceptation of the word, but in its
broader and more beautiful meaning,
/ charitable in the sense in which the
word was known to Abou Ben Adhem
of old, who because of the love he
bore for his fellowman had his name
/ inscribed by the Recording Angel at
/ the head of the list. Yea, even before
the names of those "whom love of
God had blest;" and for so doing the
Recording Angel had the authority Of
Holy Writ, for one of the Apostles
tells US in picturng the final judg-
ment "and he shall set the sheep on
his right hand, but the goats on the
left. Then shall the King say unto
them on his right hand "Come yc
blessed of my father, inherit the king
dom prepared for you from the foun
dation of the world; for | was hungry
and you gave me meat; | was thirsty
and We gave me drink; | was stran
ger and We took me in; | was naked
and We clothed me; was sick and
we visited me; / was in prison and
We came unto me-" When asked when
and how these things had been done
the King answered saying "In as much
as We have done it unto ore Of the
least Of these, my bretheren, We have
done it unto me-" 1t matters not
what your religion or your creed may
be; be YOU jew, Christian or Buddhist,
if you will analyze that religion you
will find underlying every idea and
principle the doctrine of charity rs
embodied in the phrase "brotherly
love-" that character Of charity whicn
does not blind US to the faults Of our
fellowman, but which permitting us
to see them, enables us to love him
in spite of the weakness, and thereby
be able to help overcome it; that
charity which means a word of en-
couragemont for the discouraged and
Respondent wayfarer on life's rough
and rugged pathway; that prompts us
to extend helping hand to fallen
brother or sister even though in 50
doing we endanger ourselves. The
charity which means a willing and
cheerful sacrifice on our own part,
when, by the sacrifice, the greater
good Of another may be promoted;
that is willing and ready to forgive
an injury, forget a wrong, aye and
to be grateful for a kindness. That
reaches out to smooth furrowed
brow or to steady a palsied hand;
that prompts US, with equal willing
ness, TO visit the sick in the hovel or
in the palace; that is willing to give
to one who has erred another chance
to make good; that charity which may
be dispensed by the pauper as we'll as
by the prince, and which blesses the |
giver as we'll rs the recipient.
Do a good deed and speak a kind
word wherever and whenever it is pos (
sible TO a living brother Il like to (
believe, and do believe, that no good /
deed was ever done, no good word 4
ever fifty spoken, by a human being
that is not today a living force and |
power in the world; that the world {,
is what it is because Of the deeds done i
and the words spoken by those who /
have gone before, not only by the re- /
membcred great, but the humble UNI !
souls sleeping in I'M 1
known graves. II man is immortal, 4
ard I believe him to be, he as truly +
lives In the past as he will in the
future. We bury the body, but the .
spirit lives and labors. /
Thoughts are forces; words are
agencies; deeds are power" We must
ever bear IN mind the great truth
hat no man lives wholly unto him
self Each Of US is an integral part
IF great body, and every act OF
good or evil that may mark the con-
duct Of our own life leaves its inn
print upon that body. 1t rests with
rs 30 determine whether our life shall
be q blessing or curse. to our fell
owman. and to ourself. No man is
without influence. He may be "a blot,
-adiating his dark influence 90 the
very circumference Of society; or De
nay be a blessing. spreading bcnedic-
ion over the length and breadth of
iclds he cannot be. The seed sown in
he world in which he moves
q life spring up ir harvests of bless
ug, or harvests of sorrow ln the
-rave the dead dust may b. buried.
lut the character walks the world and
tie H.-...1 .