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MARCH, 1910.
or women may get imaginary satisfaction from the
selfish handling and hoarding of wealth, but if they
will “take stock” of their real deep and lasting and
ennobling happiness they will find that it comes only
through consecrated service in behalf of humanity.
booking When we speak of doing something
Jqj. to advance the interests of mankind
u • we are prone to think of some great
Happiness, movement of worldwide influence.
It may be religious, it may be educational, or social,
or scientific; as a rule we are not very particular
what it is, but we feel that anything of great propor
tions, that would make us famous and cause us to
feel that we had really affected the destinies of our
kind, would inspire us to greatest effort and bring to
us a happy realization that life is indeed worth
while. Such opportunity does not come to us, hence
we convince ourselves that there is nothing we can
do to make the world brighter and better.
I believe influence is worldwide, but I believe it
requires a long time for it to extend to all parts of
the world. The best thing we can do is to exert it
about our own firesides, in our immediate communi
ties, and leave its wide dissemination in the hands
of the Great Sower —of One who somehow sees that
the seeds of our good deeds are scattered far and
near, in rich ground which shall bring forth abun
dant harvests.
When we look about us ard find the flowers and
fruits and forests springing up from seeds planted
by hands to us invisible, we should feel no fear that
the seeds of our worthy influence shall spring up—
it may be near to us, or it may be far beyond our
sight—to perpetuate our creditable deeds.
I think there is no way for most of us to help
humanity except by helping the individual whom we
find in need of assistance: it may be a need for mon
ey; if so, and we have it, we should give liberally
and cheerfully; if we haven’t money (or if we have)
we shall find, as a rule, that there is need for the
word of encouragement, for the slight deed of
thoughtfulness, which we can, if we will, always be
stow generously and with decided benefit to self.
• • •
Reaping Whether intentional or otherwise,
. K y whether we realize it or not, we are
D 1 ii- always sowing seeds of good or of evil
Results. f or humanity. The kindness you be
stow on a dumb brute will awaken a responsive
chord of gratitude in the recipient creature and be
remembered far better than most of us imagine: if
you doubt this, just try feeding and fondling some long
neglected animal, and see how eagerly it will respond
to your attentions —see how quickly it will distin
guish you from all other persons and show a fond
ness for your presence.
But the effect on this grateful object of your
notice is not the only influence nor the most impor
tant one. Your own nature is broadened and your
life is made more satisfying. An act of mercy to the
dumb animal is almost sure to be followed by some
act of charity or of thoughtful kindness to a fellow
being; this enriches the life of the doer, blesses the
object of the deed, and* through these two lives the
influence of an act is conveyed to others and thus
passed on and on until it indeed becomes a worldwide
influence —perhaps long after its originator has cross
ed over the final river and found eternal reward for
the simple services rendered here.
And in reckoning this thing of influence, can
you imagine a deed of mercy or of cruelty to any
living thing that does not attract the notice of your
child, or of another’s child, and grow for good or
evil in that tender nature? Who shall say that the
character of a future man or woman may not be
made great or ignoble through the accumulating in
fluence of some trivial (?) act of yours towards one
of the lowliest of God’s creatures?
Consciously or unconsciously, we are all the
while sowing, and as we sow so shall we reap. What
shall the harvest be for us, and for those into whose
lives the good seed or the bad are falling from our
hands? Can we afford to be indifferent to the an
swer, when it means so much to each of us —whether
our station in life be high or low!
Accumulation « “ hou ' d J’ a WO ut erf ," h ‘
« faction to the wealthy that they
can use money for the advance-
Real Wealth, nient of humanity’s cause in its
surest sense, by ministering to the wants of needy
individuals; but, except for this ability and the hap
piness it may give, it should matter little with us
whether we have accumulations in banks, holdings
of stocks and bonds, or other worldly assets. All
these things may be swept away in a day, for we
know not the changes that may come to any of the
Woman’s Work.
enterprises of men. The values of these things are,
at best, fictitious and variable.
Let market quotations on the railroad securities
of this country fluctuate only a few dollars a share,
and our newspapers begin to give warnings of panic
or financial disturbances. It means a difference of
millions, perhaps billions of dollars in salable val
ues, and yet the physical properties have not changed
and their uses are as great as ever. So-called “se
curity” values may be swept away, and what seems
to be yours, to-day, may to-morrow be in the hands
of court receivers.
But stocks and railroad bonds represent an in
ferior kind of wealth. The bonds of human love
and sympathy and kindness are more lasting—less
changeable in value. Wealth in banks and other man
made institutions is uncertain, but wealth in the
hearts of true men and women and children is lasting
—not subject to market fluctuations.
I know it is said that human affections change,
and human appreciation is uncertain, and human
dependencies fail, but I believe the soul of a good
man or woman is the dwelling place of God, and I
would like to have treasures laid up there for His
receiving in His own good time. I think our earth
ly spirits may be kept always in close touch with
the spirit of our Maker, but I imagine there may be
a more direct inquiry into human affairs when a soul
is called hence to eternity. And I have thought
that if each of these rapidly increasing spirits on
the other shore could tell of little deeds of thought
ful kindness that we rendered from day to day, the
words would be written to our credit in letters of
everlasting light on the pages of our life-record.
• • •
Growing I think that living for the best pos
j a sible influence over humanity, doing
C ?11 everything we can for the advance
tl rdCCIUIIy. meat of God’s cause by elevating
the cause of our fellow creatures, is the wisest prepa
ration we can make for gracefully growing old—for
tranquilly approaching the eventide of life and calm
ly passing across the line that divides time from
eternity. Such a life and such a close of life is a
glorious thought and may be made a still more
glorious reality.
I once heard a man say that he regarded old age
a calamity—that under no circumstances would he
wish to live beyond the full physical and mental
strength of manhood. It impressed me as being a
very foolish and unnatural feeling, for old age may
be and should be looked upon as a time for rejoicing
—a beautiful realization of life’s highest goal, with
our labors worthily performed and the assurance of a
safe passage to our eternal reward. It is just as the
ripening of fruit for our Maker’s gathering—as the
maturity of seed for His planting in realms which
He deems them best suited.
What if the body becomes frail! It is in ac
cordance with the laws of nature, and we should not
complain. What if the mind is less active than in
the earlier days of manhood or womanhood! There
are the rich fruits of experience to guide and to
compensate us. and who shall say that the value of
these is not ofttimes beyond human computation.
A life well spent will never close ingloriously; a
childhood made bright and happy by who’esome
lessons of industry; a manhood or womanhood blessed
by broadmindedness and unselfishness and faithful
service; an old age crowned with the rewards of
honesty and consecrated energy—this should be the
history of every man and woman in this era of won
derful and ever-widening opportunities.
Os course the way will not always seem bright:
there must come into our lives some discourage
ments, but these may be but wholesome and neces
sary tests of our true character and purposes. Where
in lies the honor of living, if we overcome no
obstacles? What credit can we claim—what rewards
may we expect —if we wait for all our wishes to
come true without effort on our part? If we con
secrate our abilities and our energies in faithful
endeavor to make the world just a bit better for
our having been in it, then our labors shall not be in
vain, for little influences are great influences, little
achievements mean much in the sight of G?d.
We are prone to neglect opportunities for doing
good, because they are not big opportunities: we are
rebellious in spirit because we cannot live the life of
some one else instead of just our own. If we would
each one do our very best 'va. small undertakings, what
a wonderful agency for good would be all these combined in
fluences of consecrated effort! If we could fully realize and
appreciate the power of co-operation, there is practically no
limit to the results that might be accomplished. The indi
vidual ant is too insignificant to reckon his strength, but an
army of ants may “remove mountains’’ and literally put men
to rout. Shall man, with his physical and mental and moral
strength, prove less faithful and less effective?
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