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...call for help has been made to Boston and its vicinity from the town of Brunswick, Georgia. In August the yellow fever appeared in the town, and, while the rich could flee, the poor had to remain and die. Not only this, but business was suspended and the poor that survive are in desperate circumstances, and must depend on the charities of outsiders. A small amount apiece from many men will make a sum that can relieve much distress. No call on our charity could be stronger than such a one as this...
...Wicked Flee When no Man Pursueth" is a character sketch of country life, rather clever in its plot, and naturally related...
...lands and were thus driven to be traders. It has been said too that the Jew was not a patriot. How could a Jew be a patriot in the Middle Ages. He was not permitted to occupy a domicile for more than a few years, was then compelled to flee and was thus able to swear allegiance only to the world at largel...
...represented a well rounded character, sober, righteous and godly. Can such a character be made to barmonize with the present age? There are two ways in which a man can meet the corruption of the outside world. He can surrender and lose his strength of character, or he can flee from the times and become a recluse. Men who flee from the struggle in this way should certainly be respected as martyrs. But they have left the world behind them and with it all chauce of doing good. One should throw himself thoroughly into the times in which he lives...
...deeply affected to rise. The benediction over, however, and the congregation dispersing, the whole matter is shown up in its true light, for after the church has become nearly emptied a sound is heard as of the rending of garments, and the occupants of the gallery rise and flee, preferring darkness rather than light. Meanwhile the sexton in his task of putting out the lights has his attention attracted by sundry samples of fall fashions in gentlemen's dress goods prominently displayed upon the glittering and adhesive surfaces of the freshly varnished pews...