. Little journeys to the homes of the great . tion that men do not realize the George Peabody, an American, gives three milliondollars to the poor of London. This money was nottossed out to purchase peace, and to encourage idleness,and to be spent in strong drink and frills and finery,and the ways that lead to Nowhere, but to providebetter homes for men, women and children. Lay hold on eternal life, said Paul, writing to Tim-othy. The proper translation we now believe shouldbe, Lay hold on the age to come. Philanthropy nowseeks to lay hold on the age to come. We are buildingfor the
. Little journeys to the homes of the great . tion that men do not realize the George Peabody, an American, gives three milliondollars to the poor of London. This money was nottossed out to purchase peace, and to encourage idleness,and to be spent in strong drink and frills and finery,and the ways that lead to Nowhere, but to providebetter homes for men, women and children. Lay hold on eternal life, said Paul, writing to Tim-othy. The proper translation we now believe shouldbe, Lay hold on the age to come. Philanthropy nowseeks to lay hold on the age to come. We are buildingfor the future. The embryo has eyes, ears and organs of speech. Butthe embryo does not see, nor hear, nor speak. It islaying hold on the age to come—it is preparing to live—it is getting ready for the future. The past is dead,the present is dying, and only that which is to come isalive 33 33 The life of George Peabody was not in what he gave,but in what he taught the millionaires that are to laid hold on the age to come. 307 GEORGE PEABODY. EORGE PEABODY is another example ofa boy who succeeded in spite of his rigors of climate and the unkindness ofa scanty soil may be good things. They aregood, like competition, very excellent, provided youdo not get more than your constitution England has her white trash, as well as theSouth. The Peabodys of Dan vers were good folks whonever seemed to get on. They had come down from themountains of New Hampshire, headed for Boston,but got stuck near Salem. If there was anything goingon, like mumps, measles, potato-bugs, blight, jan-ders or the cows-in-the-corn, they got it. Their roofleaked, the cistern busted, the chimney fell in, andalthough they had nothing worth stealing the housewas once burglarized while the family was at moral to little George was plain: Dont go to churchand you 11 not get burgled. Life was such a grievousthing that the parents forgot how to laugh, and soGeorges joke brought him a
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