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4 THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY. >Tovember 30, 1910. THE COMPACT. (Chicago Reeord HeiaU.) SHE. I would not if the choice were mine, Remain when you have passed away ; 1 would not stay alone to pine Without you throug-h a dismal day; If it were mine to choose, my dear, I would not for one day remain; If you had gone and left me here Each morn could only brin!: me pain; If it shall be fate’s sad decree That you must be the first to .20 I pray that you may call to me And quickly end my lonely woe. HE. I do not fear that you, sweetheart, May go before I have to leave; But if you should be called to start If I remained alone to grieve While summer rains and winter’s snow Blew o’er the grave where you were laid— If you, 1 say, aue call.d to go Before my getaway is made Pleasa do not worry; life will be Less joyful than I find it now; But don’t waste time in calling me; I’ll try to get along, somehow. —S. E. Kiser. BOYHOOD OF LIVINGSTONE. By Coia Lowe Watkins. In the little villaga««f Blantyre in the year 1813 there was born a little baby boy who was destined to become a great pioneer, an explorer, a scientist, a doctor, a missioner, and a freer of slaves. Al though he began life in a wn.rkman’s hum ble cottage, at its close he was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey, among the great men of his country. The baby’s father was an honest, hard-working man, who took an interest in all the world’s doings. He was a great reader, and was very fond of books on missionar^y life. From his father the little David inherited pluck and hardihood and thirst for knowledge. His mother, who had a gentle and kindly nature, taught her boy to be neat, orderly, and e.'tact, and by her tender trainina- gave him a firm hold on truth, honor, and justice. This heritage from his par ents proved more valuable than any amount of money, for David Livingstone grew into a man ready to do and dare all things for duty’s sake. At the village scliiool David learned to read and write; but so poor weie bis parents that they had to take the boy away from his lessons at the early age of ten and put him to work in a ootton mill. No matter what the weather was, the little -lad had to be at the factory at si.x in the morning and stay there until eight at night. Fourteen hours a day at a mill was enou*2h to ruin the poor child’s health, but David was made of hai dy stuff. Very sooh he learned to work the spin ning jenny,” and then he was raised to be a spinner with a small wage. His first earning he took home and slipped into his mother lap. To the boy it was a small fortune, and he thought of many things it would buy; but his mother’s needs came before his own. As he earned more mon ey, he bought some books, and fixing them on the “jenny,” be| would read a few lines whenever he could. In spite of the long and tiresome day at the mill, David joined night classes and sat up reading until mother took away his books and made him go to bed. When his holidays came, he would range over the country with his brothers and sisters, and nothing escaped his keen eye. Every animal, bird, and insect was interesting fct> him, and he tried to find out all he could of their forms and habits. In this way he began to learn the wonderful sci ence of nature, never dreaming that one day in the wilds of Africa his knowledge would prove useful. As the boy’s mind grew be longed for other work than watching mill wheels. While spinning cotton was a useful work, he wanted to do for mankind somethin;? greater, something more lasting. In his father’s books and pajeis on missionary work in Cliina and India he read of the beauty of the country and the ignorance of the people, and thought he would like to be a missionary. Tlie idea took a firm hold on his mind, but he doubted that he was the right person for the work. When he was about twenty years old, his mind was stirred by a sad tale which he read about the poor of China. The stoiy of human suffering and wrong weighed so heavily upon him that he took his country walks alone and thought the mat ter over. Each mornine he asked himself if he could do nothing to help, but night came with the question unanswered. One evening as he watched the sun set and heard a bird sing out its evening songs in the starlight the peace and beauty of such a lovely world made him wonder why men could ever want to cheat and lob and kill. In the depths of his sadness he remember ed how in the quiet of the sunset hour Je sus had gone into an olive grove and there W(]it in bitter grief over the troubles of men. In a moment his mind was made up to imitate the life of Christ as far as he could. With a quick step and a li'aht heart he went home and told his parents that he was going to Glasgow to college and learn to be a doctor, and then to the Far East to help the sick and to tell men how to make the world hap pier and better by imitating the life of Christ. At once David began to save all he could from his earnings at the cotton mill. His chief need was money; and when at at last he went up to Glasgow, he and his father walked all the way and trudged the streets till a lodging was found that cost; only two shillings a week. By spending his savings very carefully young Livingstone managed to keep at studies one whole winter; then he was forced to return to the cotton mill and make more money for another winter’s training. Livingstone’s idea was not to be ordained a rea^ilar missionary, teaching a special creed, but to go among the natives as a plain and simple man, trying by his daily life to do as Christ had done, hoping thus to win their love and lead hem to a noble life. But he yielded to advice and of- feied himself to the London Missionary Society. He was accepted and sent to Dugar for a three months’ training among the missionary students; but do what he would, he could not learn to preach. One time he was sent to a neighboring parish with his sermon carefully pre pared; but he oould get no father than the text, and with a hasty apology fled from the pulpit. Accordingly he was sent back at the end of the three months with a bad report of his powers as a missiona ry; but one of the governors of the mis sionary society befriended him and insist- DRUGGETS FULL STOCK RUGS, DRUGGETS, MATTING, PORTIERS, LACE CURTAINS WINDOW SHADES, MADE TO ORDER. BURTNER FURNITURE COMPANY, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. 1890 ELON COLLEGE I9IO A young, vigorous College for both men and women. 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Insurance, Loans and Real Estate, CASH CAPITAL, 1^30,000.00 MONEY LENT through this Company on real estate is secured both by mortgage and Company guarantee. The lender receives 6 .per .cent, interest ^^3 .per .cent., pro-^ptly every six mo»ths—and is not bo thered about interest collections. W. K. HOLT, President, R. M. MORROW, Vice-President, W. E. SHARPE, Treasurer and Manager. Burlington, N. C. n. B. SMITH, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Furniture and House Furnishings* Phone 239, BURLINGTON, N.C. We have recently received another large shipment of Rugs and Art Squares. We can please you as to pattern, color, quality and price in this as well as other lines we handle. We have the most complete stock ever shown in Alamance County, in House Furnishing Goods. M. B. SMITH, BURLINGTON, N. C. ed that he should have another trial. Af ter three months more of study, his fitness was no longer doubted, and in the year 1840 he was ordained a minissionary. Meanwhile war had broken out in China and it was unsafe to go there. W^hile waiting for peace young Livingstone went on with his medical studies, and took his degree as a physician and surgeon. As the war dragged on, rather than waste any time, he decided to go to Africa; and so on the 8th of December, 1840, David Livingstone set sail for the vast and un known continent, into which he was to bring new light, new hope and new free dom.
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