The Cecil Whig., 1878-03-02

they shall see God"
| said in former letter that a city is
full of sharp contrasts. AT little engine
house on Barrow street another apostle is
at labor The guide of his faith is the
same that they use in the church of Grace
The master, in whose cause he lahors, is
| that same ouicast man of Galilee. and the
final reward he looks for is the same as
| that whose expectancy crowns these gilded
SAINTS. The church in which he tolls is old
and crumbliDg to ruin. Years ago roisrer-
| ing sinners made its old raftels ring with
| songs of wine and wassail. No words of
| benedlction ever cuusecrated il to heav.
eny uses, for it was the abude of sinners
| then, and it is the abode Of sinners still.
! Yes, sinners, all aimed and foul and loath-
some, come here night after night to hear
expounded, by rude, untutored lips, the
story of suffering and salvation of Him
who died for Just such wicked ones as they
This is Peter Dwyer's mlssion-a mission
| FOR the refuse of the slums. The repent
ant thief can here foe one who like him
self, has worn the convict's garb and chain;
and the harot, spotted with moral leprosy
and sin, and almost loathsome to the touch,
can here find one like herself clinging to
the foot of the cross, expecting to receive,
like the Magdalene Of old, the mercy which
the world denies.
! suppose we may call these high and
low churches-the one SO high and the
other SO low that it seems they can never
come together. | have often asked myself
If there are not two heavens. 1t cannot be
possible that these saints i'll velyets aud
gold can ever in this world or the next find
an abiding place with these sinners in
homesDun and rags. Poor Peter Dwyer
tinds it hard to pay the rent of his little
temple. the plastering of which is all
cracked and scanned, and ready to tumble
about the heads Of the worshiping con-
gregation.
Are the souls of these repentant outcasts
Of less value in the sight of God than those
whose names are to be found swelling
church benefactions, and foremost in the
gifts to charitable associations? Viii any
pne help Peter Dwyer? Will some person
who reads this extend the hand of fellow
ship to this rude but earnest apostle? He
may not be able to expound the mysteries
If the GnoStics to unrsvcl the lore of the
ianscrit or detect the crudities Of the
Koran bnt to unrutored sinners like him
self, tlouudering in the Slough of Despond,
pr battling through the Valley of the
Shadow of Death, he can speak in tones as
thrilling as those which thuudered forth
from the Acropois when Paul amazed the
hearts of the Athenians with the wonders
Of the unknown God Win some of the
saints who annually gather in Exeter Hall
'r the fremont Temple. or perchance at
the Cooper Institute, to consider the wants
Of the heather, cast an eye Oh these famish-
ing Sinners perisbing for gospel bread?
No need 10 cross the ocean TO seek for
souls to save, for they are all around us
here by thousands struggling. sinking.
dying. aud dyluo the death which some of
the sentines on ZlDu's hill tell Us shall
never, never end.
Notwithstanding the mild Winter, there
has been much of suf-rirg and sorrow.
The comfortable merchant aud mechanic,
wrapped in his double Ulster and hasten
ing to his home, warmed with Baltimore
heaters and comfortable with ali the appli-
ances of our modern civilization, is apt to
forget that Il poor woman or wretched
child shiveriug in calico and rags, may
possibly suffer from cold even when the
Lhermometei fails to mark ten degrees be-
low zero.
beware of the viddors, " said the elder
Samivel Weller; aud if James Lorimer
Graham had profited by NJ. Wciel's ex-
perlence he would not now have been
brought to grief. To those Of our readers
who are at all acquainted with the creme
de la creme of our knickerbocke!s, | need
not say that James Lorimer Graham rep
resents The highest seat in the Sanhedrim.
As an old time politician he was success;
his house was the center of social grace
and hospitality, aud the dinners he gave to
wandering dukes and vagabond counts
We're the envy of old Philip Hone, who i'm
ported a French cook for the purpose of
getting even with the Grahams. Daniel
Webster, Henry Clay, KoSSuth, and even
the defunct Emperor of the French, at
different times have toasted thair toes un-
derneath his mahogany. The Grand Sa-
chems of Tammauy were no less welcome
than the Wings, bat that was before sam
son had been shorn of his locks, or Delilah
had corrupted his heart. Well, This ancient
responsibility undertook the management
of {. wid0 fortune, and as lorg as the
dividends came in regularly, everything
was lovely; but in the mutations OF these
evil times, when the dollar Of our daddies
requires an act of Congress 10 make it
legal tender, the dividends fail to come,
and recent investigation showed nearly
seventy thousand dollars had vanished into
thin air Mr.. Graham says he invested for
the widow to the best IF his ability, and
the widow says that he had mighty little
ability to invest; all she knows is that her
money is gone, and it now appears that
Graham knew that long time before the
widow. Mrs. Mccall tried to get Mr..
Graham put in Jail, on an order of arrest
for swndling, bat merciful friends came at
once to the rescue, aud for the time at least
saved him from felon's cell. So many
proud heads have gone into the basket
during the past year that it is scarcely safe
to prognosticate what may he Mr. Graham's
future fate, but it may not be amss to tell
all the old c'dgers down your way to be-
ware of the vidders."
We are now rejoicing in the latest of
scieutitic discoveries the wonderful Psy-
chometer. With this marvellous instru-
ment you can look right into persons
brain uf be have any, and you can tell
what he is going to think about. Mind
reading is no longer the secret of showmen
and travelling moun,ebauks. The shop
girl who sells you yard of tape or a paper
of pms, can look in your eye and with