Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1899 — What He Lived For. [ARTICLE]

What He Lived For.

The lowliest of lives, in the plainest of surroundings, may sometimes show that the highest wisdom Is the absorption of the greatest truths In the simplest way. A writer lu the Church Union gives this instance: The writer’s grandfather had an old colored workman, who had been a slave, and was used to the severest kind of labor. No need of a slave-driver for him, however, as his tasks were always conscientiously performed. Corporal, as the old slave was called, was of a religious turn, nnd believed with an unalterable firmness in the truths bronght to him. In his own simple way he was a good deal of a philosopher, and did not a little good by the every-day showing of his quiet faith. Finally the time came for Corporal to leave this world. The doctor said to him: 1 “Corporal, it is only right to tell you that you must die. “Bless you, doctor; don’t let that bother you. That’s what I’ve beeu living for," said Corporal, with the happiest of smiles.