The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-04-22

CHARITY
By r. n. WALKER

NOR some five or six years we have
Il had riot Of charity appeals.
There have been drives for this and
campaigns FOR that--tag days and all
other Kinds of days.
Rightly the people have responded
with promptness and generosity to all
the appeals, touching the bottoms of
their pockets occasionally when the
drives came very close together and
always giving something, however lit
tie they were interested In the cause.
The war was responsible for the
most Of the appenis. But the war ~,
technically. at least over. and II would
seem as If there ought TO be a let-np
and good breathing spell so shat
pocketbooks mny.recover and charities
get down TO normal basis.
Charity ought 10 mean something TO
the glver as well as 10 the receiver.
Real charity means giving real help.
Moneyls frequently long way from
being the best thing that you can give
to poor and suffering individual.
IF you saw man In a pit and all
bis efforts to get out we're unsnecess.
ful, you would scarcely be doing him
any very great service by finging q
dollar down Into the pit with him
Nor would II be the best thing 20
get down N the pit yourself.
The best thing 20 DO Is provide the
man way ont o. MS predicsment--a
way 70 better himself--n way to get
up on level with his fellow man.
II was not the amount or money that
the~Good Samaritan spent that made
bis name synonym for generous char
ny. II was the fact that when be saw
the man who had been down 10 Jericho
lying by the roadside "he went 20 him
and bound up his wounds aud set him
on his own beast aud brought him 10
an Inn and took care OF him."
There are too many Of us who are
generous with our dollars and misefs
with our smiles. We spend a dollar
where hearty good cheer. a message
OF encouragement. li,tle thoughtful.
ness wOuld do good deal more 20
help these 10 whom we intend 10 en-.
tend aid.
!. Charity which lessons the self.
respect Of the one helped IL badly
bestowed.
A loaf Of bread given Ia such way
that the receiver thinks less Of him.
SELF than he did before he received e
Is nm injury rather than n help.
Better, he had hungercd little
longer until his mend could have been
obtained without cost to his manhood.
There, Is q good deal Of InisdlFccled
charity m lhls world Wc give 10 sur.
ferers far away and close our rseh
10 those near al hand
We give for Aow--from the pocket
rather thnn from the heart,
We'n0t infreauently make conditions
worse instead Of better By giving with.
out understanding
~ hRA AAiHh AftNH ~ M NJ ANittNAs
against charity. II IL not. II Is an
argument for wise charity.
Give as much ~ you con. Give On
often as you can
The mite was noble aift for the
widow, but unless YOU are q widow DO
not take that a. the basis FOR your
ContribEtlon.
But give wisely, See that u whole.
some. useful ma helpful application
Is made 6f your donations ana the
world win be better and you win be
better for having helped Your fellow
man
But above al BE- generous of your
kind words. 81 your smiles, and Of
your encouragement II is Impossible
TO mlsapply them. You can be sure
they are certain 20 help and you can
be equally certain that they viii 30 no
instance md under no circumstances
work harm
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