The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-11


know ledge-rather than all the knowledge on
earth. That lait , so that when death falls on
me can say have composed myself to sleep,
with the certainty OF coming morning, and
the glory above the clouds, as undoubtedly as l
shall close my weary eyes to-nlehtto sleep, con-
scious and assured the sun will rise tomorrow
morning. What is my predominant purpose!
What IS my chief weakness What is my highest
delight? What are my prejudces against per
sons and thiCgsY What is my faith How many
can ask those questionsl How few can
Men do not want to know. tell YOU we would
he frightened 1t we asked ourselves seriously
and solemnly these questions. A young man
once said TO me: Talking about sinners, | am
not sinner; don't CAL me a sinner; | am not a
sinner" SAID to him: 'My young friend, would
you be willing that your mother, your sister,
and your aunt should know all you had ever
SAID or did, or thoughts every motive OF your
heart, every wish }" mo, do not, by thunder.
No, sir" Young man, would you like your
mother aud sister to know everything? Don't
stand in the presence of the Holy God and say
you are not sinner.
man was in the pulpit one time going to
preach; he got along with the hymns and
psalms very well, but when he came TO the SER
mon he stopped a little while, and, a-hemming,
he said to the coDgregation:-"My friends, |
don't have no knowledge OF preachingi II there
are any here who can preach, let them come up
and try.n
A young man got permission to preach, and
suffered severe rebuke An old minister said
the young mans sermon did MIN great deal of
good. He was asked what particular part.
'Both," he replied, "from beginning to end"
'Tn what respect ~ 'Well, sir, two weeks ago
! heard Doctor Mason, OF New York, preach,
and | thought never would be able 10 preach
again, but after hearing you think SHALL"
1t is an awful thing to see young men from
sixteen to twenty-ive-the very years that settle
the habits, and, not only that, the years in which
the body becomes more eCompact-abusing them
selves. tell you it is enough to make q man
mad when he thinks what fool he was in those
years OF his hie when he might have gathered
strength, and power, and vlgor, and lived long.
Why my old father, to-day elghty-eiEht years of
age, who fought in the revolutionary war, is as
hearty as ] am; and WHY! Because he took
pro per care OF himself when young man.
Another branch of knowledge is to know
others. This is more difficult. One of my IA
voriJe desires was that | might be invisible. l
had been reading fairy tales. How | should
like to know what people were talking about
Some men are so transparent that they carry
their hearts in their hands. | knew man who
was told that friend OF his belonged to church.
Good gracious is it so Ihaye been acquainted
with him fifteen years, and never dreamed ne
was member
The men who pretend to be judges of charac-
ter are often deceived They ought not always
to judge by appearances How often we say,
81 do not like the looks of that man y Now,
we cannot judge q man by his words or actions.
They nominated certain man for the second
highest office in the gift OF the people; and be-
lieve If they had studied physlognomy little
more, tnecOuntry WOul0 have been spared the
disgrace of baving such man.
(The applause which greeted the conclusion
of this sentence continued about five minutes,
| some yelling Kissing, and stamping their feet
| The lecturer attempted several tunes to resume
| his lecture, but was interrupted by the applause
| bursting out afresh. Alter it subsidized, he re-
| sumed.)
Everybody has his sympathizers. (Cheers.)
| l will say nothing about nty policy. Laugh
| ter.) 1t is enough to make every true Amer-
cams cheek blush with shame to have such
man Swinging around the circle.n (Laughter.)
| 1t ls a disgrace to the American people, and
| every loyal American should stand out and pro-
test against it. declare that whenever and
wherever speak, whether with Temperance"
| (Cheers and applause.) Take an audience com
| posed OF ladies and gentlemen, and deliver to
them speech full OF low, mean, contemplate
sentiments, and they win hiss, you. Take the
| same audience, and deliver TO them a discourse
| containing honest, lofty, and truthful sentI-
ments, and they will applaud you.
| We are apt to Judge others by ourselves. See
| years, but old IN sin. Pass him by. He is
very bad boy, to be sure, and the probability is
| that he will grow into bad man. He is thief,
! and he glorles in it. He is a blasphemer and
proud of it. If you stop and talk to one of
| these outcasts, as / have done time and again,
| you will learn many lesson from them.
l was walking through London one bitter cold
| day, when | saw upon the steps of house
| what appeared at first TO be bundle OF rags.
| When / came up to it, | found it was two street
| children. barefooted both of them; but the boy
| had woOllen Scotch cap. He had taken it Off
! his head and put his sisters feet into it, and
| had his arms folded around his sister, so as to
Keep her from freezing. The boy was seven and
the girl i've. They thought was policeman.
! | told them not to mind me. They told me
| they slept sometimes under the arches, or any
where they could lind. l tell you, if you make
| yourself familiar with some OF these facts, you
! will be slow 10 Judge. The mother of this boy
| Is a beegar, and the father Is a drunkaId, his
sisters pied their dreadful trade. 1t has been SO
tor generations.
believe i'll education and training. Where
would you have been if your childhood had
been passed among the horrible influences that
surrounded HIM Give that boy knowledge.
Teach that child the Lords Prayer. The ele-
ments Of curiosity are almost illimitabe. 1t is
not only curiosity to see rare things, but also
impossible ones
II you advertise that in this Academy some
impossible feat is to be performed the people
win come here, even knowing II cannot be per-
formed.
paper stating that man would get into quart
bottle and some ore would stop it up with a
cork, and he would sing comic song. The
house was crowded, but finally the theatre was
literally cleaned out. Tom Thumb, for instance.
| | suppose, while in England, 200 people
kissed him, including the royal family. | should
think they could find something better to kiss
Laughter)
Some have a curiosity to see man hung.
When wac in the cathedral at Cologne, man
which our Saviour turned the water into wine.
l didn't believe 1t, but went to see it,
Some people don't know the meaning o
, | words. once heard good story about lad y
| who had been to market, and on the bill was
one pound OF tea, four pounds ditto. There
> | husband nor wife knew what it meant; SO tho
y | husband was despatched to the store to sec