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A Paper With a Purpose, Printed by the Reformatory Boys Doing the Best They Can.
Volume II.
Milledgeviile, Ga., Saturday, March 25, 1916.
Number 50
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THE BEST THING
An Old Quotation Which Comes
Ringing Down Through The
Ages, and it Has a
Solid Foundation.
It h is been said that faith may be
lost in sight, hope end in fruition
but charity extends beyond the
grave to the boundless realms of
eternity. In numerous ways and
methods cat*, charity be exemplified.
It may consist of the giving ot u I'TIS
and the extending of the hospitality
of our homes to the stranger who
* applies for food and ' .dieVier. 'Once'
upon a time three strangers applied
at the door of a tent for food and
shelter. They were tired, travel
stained and footsore. There was
nothing about their personalities
to distinguish them from the or
dinary traveler of those early and
oriental days. This mattered not,
however, to the patriarch who
occupied the tent. He gave them
water to drink. He washed their
feet. He prepared his festal board
with a sumptuous repast, and be
fore the feast was half ended he
discovered that he had entertained
three angels in disguise. So should
we be careful whom we turn empty
u.vay. The stranger who applies at
our doors for food or shelter may
not be^ an angel in disguise, but
the tattered garments which only
partially cover his person, the dust
and grime of travel which co '.ceal
his identity may prove to be the
livery of a good man and worthy
subject of charity,
But charity does not consist
entirely in the giving of alms; it
also consists in the extending of
the hand of love and sympathy to
the man or the woman who may
have wandered from the beaten
path of rectitude. It is alright to
feed the hungry and clothe the
naked. It is alright to visit the
homes of the sick ‘and vouchsafe
relief to the h ibitations of the
distressed^These are human bene
Give f > >ls th >ir gold
And knaves their power;
Let fortune’s bubbles rise and fall:
Who sows a field
Or trains a flotdrer
Or plants a tree is more than all.
—Whittier.
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factions and constitute a part of
our duty to our fellowinen, but the
hand that is outstretched for the
poor fellow who is down and out
and offers to lead him back into
ibnbetter way, is the hand that
d^trrifces true ch irity. Topd, drink,
raiment will satisfy the physical
needs, but the aching heart
needs consolation and sympathy.
• Viienever a m in or woman fails
from those standards of morals
which have been erected by the
customs and usages of society,
it is the tendency of the world
to shove the erring ones down
the hillside and make it almost
imp>S'it);e for iiiem, through .heir
own resources an 1 initiative to
retrieve themselves The spirit
of true co i it v is to restore the
fallen oiltgs to their feet again and
lead them back to the top of the
hill, where the light shines and
where the way is clear.
And thus we have dealt with
two of the human virtues, friend
ship and brotherly love, and the
three graces^fatth, hope and char
ity. These virtues and graces are
the essential attributes which men
and votnen .must p >ssess if they
■.\you.ld fulfill the ideals which have
been established since the creation
of the race. They are the leaven
that leiventh tne wane loaf of
I)urn in happiness, and the man or
the woman who is blessed with all
of them is bound to scatter a whole-
lot of sunbeams in the world, and
his or her good deeds will endure
..s precious, hallowed memories
long after Gie possessors of virtues
and graces shall have crossed the
“silent riser.”—Mansfield Shieid.
And Who Have Habits That Will
Hold Them Back and Not
Push Them Forward
Will Lose The Race.
If a man is going to run a race,
said a great' teacher many years ago.
he will lay aside aU useless weight,
and if he is to fight for his life he
wants everything in his favor.
The boy will find that, life is
both a race and a fight.
Whatever the prize he wins he
will have to run for it. Whatever
victory he gains he will have to
fight for.
Naturally, then, he is a fool
to load up with unnecessary bur
den.
Yet there are boys deliberately
diking loads upon their shoulders;
strapping big packs and doing their
best to carry armfuls of wastestuff
while they are running their race.
When some fellow comes, strip
ped down and clean limbed and
passes by and wins easily, the fools
blame their luck and say they have
no chances!
Let tne give you a few hints there
fore how a boy m ly 8fe$b' down.
I will not talk of bad^%bys and
their sin , but of foolish boys and
their folly ; of useless,- unnecessary
and senseless burdens boys carry,
when they might as well drop
them.
The habit of using any sort cf
stimulant is a useless handicap.
If you have ambition, 'put away
alcohol. The simpler and eas
ier way to stop is to cut them
entirely out. If you have got
in the way of using them, either
just a little or a very great deal,
there’s one sensible tiling to do—
stop.
I used to think it might be
dangerous for any one, suddenly
to cease the use of stimulants if
he had been accustomed *.o them
but having served some years
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