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In the midst of life we are in death, in the midst of joy we are in sorrow and in the midst of luxury we are in want. There are more kinds of luxury than those which mere wealth can bring, and there are kinds of want as many—luxury is a state of abundance, whether of wealth, or books, or intellect, or privileges beyond our personal need. Want is a state of poverty of clothes, or food, or of physical or mental necessities of whatever sort. It is a fact that one half of the world possesses that which the other half needs. The poor need the assistance of the rich in matters of physical comforts and counsel. The rich need the meekness and patience which are the soonest found in the lowly cottage or the pauper’s hut. The world will reach its ideal state when every one, as his brother’s keeper, will vie with each other in a wholesale interchange of fellowship and goods. The barrier to this glad consummation is the selfish indifference with which one half of the world works and worships. It is blind to the constant presence of want which has claims to be paid. Until these debts to duty are discharged worship will be a mockery and religion a hollow show.
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.Prov. 22:2.
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.Prov. 22:2.
COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO.While Luxury walks in splendor and pride:Her shadow, Grim Want, stalks close by her side.
COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO.While Luxury walks in splendor and pride:Her shadow, Grim Want, stalks close by her side.
COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY FRED’K L. CHAPMAN & CO.
While Luxury walks in splendor and pride:Her shadow, Grim Want, stalks close by her side.
While Luxury walks in splendor and pride:Her shadow, Grim Want, stalks close by her side.
While Luxury walks in splendor and pride:
Her shadow, Grim Want, stalks close by her side.