Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-31

This constant washing, at which the
people had to undergo, and which we now
smile, was the best way to prevent con-
tagious diseases. Cleanliness with this
people, was next to godliness. The
way i'm which some people liveis an out
rageous commentary on the civilization
of this century. Slattenly, sloven-
w men and women ought
TO be classed with the ADAM
nations recorded in the eleventh chap
ter Of Leviticus. Many souls are lost TO
God because OF the uncleanlineSs and
untidiness of their homes. Floors are
greasy and unswept, walls are bedaubed
with hair oil, and chairs are unfit TO sit
on and tables 10 eat from. Christianity
might spread mantle over many OF the
sins that inspire it and then touch on
the sublime chivalry displayed IN the
use OF scrubbing brushes, soap and hot
water. If Moses could have seen from
his clean camp some OF the streets and
courts and alleys Of this city, do you
think he would long survive the opera
ton? Cleanliness, Yes, it is next TO
the coffin and the grave, for these are
about the last objects TO which we give
our attention.
We too often severely condemn the
poor living in their novels because OF
their uncleanliness. True, some OF them
ought 10 be ashamed OF the way in
which they live; but what inspiration is
there for a woman to keep clean and
neat when glass is. gone from the win
dows and plaster from the wall, and
doors from their hinges and boards
from the floor. with the rain dripping
from the ceiling and walls or the snow
coming through the openings in the out
side boards. Yet such houses you can
see in places not ten minutes. walk
from this church. When epidemics
come these poor people are the ones
that suffer most kcenly; and from these
seeds of disease your own little ones
breathe i'm death that floats into your
homes from those crowded alleys. One
word on the poor. There were poor
among the Jews as there are poor among
the Americans, but there were no aSy-
lums and poor farms 10 house them. All
the efforts of the Mosaic law were to-
ward the elevation OF this class OF the
people. They were not made To leel
that every mans hand was against
them. The rich and the poor met to-
gcther, and the Lord was the Maker OF
them all. In harvest time the corners
Of the field were not reaped, neither
were the gleanings gathered. These
were left for the poor. In the vineyards
all the grapes were not gathered; some
were left on the vines for the poor.
Let a man come to many vineyards now
and all the dogs OF Constantinople will
be let loose on HIM. Apply the restrict
i've law of Moses to those OF us who
never give a crust of bread or a bit OF
meat to the poor, and how should we
feel under it?
All the benefits given the people OF
which wehave spoken, Moses based upon
the true incentive to happiness: Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart. Whatever enjoyments might
accrue to the people must flow from this.
All their happiness, their joys, their
future well-being depended upon now
this command was observed. 80 long
as Judea chung to the God and faith OF
its fathers it was safe; but just so soon
as it went after the gods OF heathcndom
it went down.
Thus we find everywhere in history,
that the nation with God at the mast
head wins the day. Why has this ma
ton been such blessed haven to the
poor and oppressed OF other countries?
Because God was honored and His
son Jesus worshipped. We have.
allowed liberty of conscience, liberty OF
religious belief, but over and above all
false philosophy there Shonc clear and
distinct the Cross of Calvary, Why IS
il that the poor man does not find tins
the harbor of peace and plenty that he
once found it? Because we have be-
come submerged in worldIiness, IN
money getting, in luxury, vice, III false
faith. This nation is not as true to the
purity and honesty OF gOdlineSs that be-
iongcd to it a century ago, and as re-
suit the poor man suffers more than
anyone else. What is his panacca?
The disruption of the Church, commu-
nism, the leveling OF the sanctuary or
its transformation into a stable or
grog-shop.
1t is because of this false faith that we
oppose, heart and soul, the various pO-
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poor. God has been put out OF the
matter altogether. We oppose 1t, how
ever, not merely because the Christian
Church believes in God, but because
political economy and the history OF
other movements similar to the present
ones from the time of Moses until now,
show that they will end, il successful,
in the disruption of the nation, and
the grinding down of the poor man.
An. YOU who earn your bread by the
sweat of your brow, beware how you
treat this Word. Beware how you lis
ten to the cries Of silly demagogues!
Look To the Cross as the corner stone
upon which must rest all your success
here and all your happiness in the
world to come.
Thus we sec that Moses understood
our social questions and knew how to
meet and provide for the poor. When
Moses laws were broken, the nation was
broken; and it remains true now, as 1t
always has been true, that he that OPP
presseth the poor reprOveth his Maker;
but he that hOnoreth Him hath mercy
on the poor.