The Mountain Park Herald (Mountain Park, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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The Mountain Park Herald
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VERNON L. RHODYBACK. Editor and PuMftaber.
Entered as second-class matter May 29, 1906, at the post office
st Mountain Park, Oklahoma, under the act of congress of March
Jrd 1679.
This is the golden age uf
charily and philanthropy. Nev-
er has the charitable had such
a wide field and opportunity
for their benevolence. Educa-
tionally, morally and religious-
ly we are becoming a nation of
beggars, each of these institu-
tions are compelled to beg for
support and more and more
are they becoming dependent
upon the few oligarchs lor sup-
port. Practically alhof our large
institutions of learning are sup-
ported by a few individuals
who dictate the policies
teachings of the school.
Charity, is no more that
conditions would be that which
a better world would bring—a
world where charity will exist
in every heart but the occasion
for its use will be subdued.
Stephen S, Wise in the Pa-
cific Monthly for September
says:
‘ * I he worst of heresies is the
belief that poverty is incurable;
the faith that wrong and injus
tice are unpreventable. Chari-
ty must be more than the safe-
guard of democracy. The
permanence of stunted, hall
starved enfeebled, degraded
and j masses means the passing of
democracy. A truer insight in
1 to the essence of the present
I day order is enabling us to un
which falls from a tender heart j derstand that poverty is not in
full ol compassion for suffering the main a crime of the indi
and oppressed humanity, but
a cruel, cold necessity, a busi-
ness proposition to the giver
who expects to reap ample
vidual nor yet primarily his
misfortune, but that poverty is
a symptom of social disease,
or, as some put it, one of the
stigmata oi social crime. More
benelits from the giving. 1 he ; anj more we are coming to see
great philanthropists of today j that poverty is social in origin,
are mainly those who are giv- j social in effect, and social in
ing back what they lawfully | outreach. In a word, the devil’s
rob the people of. and at the I Poor have been bedevilled into
. r . , . ; iMiverty. \\ hen poverty was re-
same tune us.ng the influence ! ganJcd large, ^ th' faiIure
to further their own financial or crjme cf the individual, it
was the misdeed of the indi-
gam.
Charity is that which is giv-
en from a heart of love and
vidual that was dealt with,—
his crime palliated at best or
compassion to those who are JJjJ
seen to be one of the incidents
needy It is religion applied.
Religion that is not applied is
not religion, so it is with chari-
ty-
Charity is the very marrow
of religion and that which is he remedied socially.’’
impelled by custom or the i ■ - - - —— -
world at large is of the tinkling , When the present congress
brass variet) and profits the * 1 adjourns, it will mark the pass-
of the social order, it is dawn-
ing upon us that no remedy
can be hoped for that shall.not
be social, for social evils must
giver nothing only condemna
lion in his own soul. Charity
like social service is the fruit
ol religion. Social service will
perhaps never take the
of religion but religion with-
out social service is void of sig-
nificance.
Many think the world would
grow cold without the crying
need that makes charity a ne-
cessity. -
This is hardly so. The world
would be better it we did not
have to deal out charity, be-
cause the existence of such
ing of Uncle Joe Cannon, one
of the most iron-handed rulers
that ever ruled a body of men.
Like Aldrich he is not person-
place ally attractive, not an eloquent
speaker, no flowers, no color,
no figure of speech just plain
dry dray-horse talk. There are
many who are floundering un-
der his .dominion- who have
deeper minds, wider education,
but they lack the essence of
mastery and leadership.
Long years ago he was in*
troduced as a one gallusedyap
just off the grass; earless of
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— and the
THE MOUNTAIN PARK HERALD
Both one year. Good to both old
• and new subscribers.—TRY IT.
dress, simple in habits, incor-
ruptable; an whose only mis-
sion was to serve the masses.
Today he stands revealed, as
the tried handy-man of the cor-
porations. When he quits ac-
tive service he will disapear
from public view and be for-
gotten.
Henry Miller the land king
of California who owns one-
thirteenth of the land fif the
state on being asked why he
was getting so much land re-
plied: ‘•Vel I tell you how it
vast Der population vas in-
creasing all der time, but der
land vas not growing von bit '
In one of the popular maga-
zines published at Chicago
there appears an advertise-
ment from the Bank of Kan-
sas of Kansas, Oklahoma so-
liciting depositors. The adver-
tisment in part reads:
‘ ‘This Law yfOklahomas is
simply an effort of a peoplfe, in
their own behalf, who are not
so much bound by the “lack of
a precedent” and other pre-
judices as those of older States.
The benefits obtained and
realized are obvious, and show
SALESMAN
WANTED
AT ONCE: Local men to take
orders for high grade western
grown nursery stock. Experi-
ence unnecessary. Outfit free.
Cash weekly. Write for terms.
Any ouu intending to ptaat should
M-ftri for our catalog. ITS KKKK.
Address:.
National Nureerles,
Lawrence, Kansas.
with what ease the people may
obtain further comforts and
privileges when so inclined. Is
thereany wonder the “Powers"
of the Country were directed
against such a move in the
National Canipagin!"
I lionor any man who, in
the conscientious discharge of
his duty, dares to standalone;
the world, with ignorant, in-
tolerant judgment, may con
demn, the counternances o‘f
relatives may Ijc averted, and
the hearts'of friends grow cold
but sense of duty done shall
be sweeter than the auplause
of the world, the counternan*
ce of relatives, or hearts of
friends.—Charles Summer.
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Rhodyback, Vernon L. The Mountain Park Herald (Mountain Park, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1909, newspaper, August 27, 1909; Mountain Park, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc853680/m1/3/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.