The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-29
1.-THE SUN DO MOVE"

The Reverend jasper, Of Richmond, Vir-
einis, the noted negro preacher, who has
msde such no,oriety throughout the coun
try by insisting in bis sermons that the
''sun do move" Jays dying at his home,
the papers tell us and, Of course, when he
climb, the golden stair, his mantle ought to
fall upon broad shoulders capable of holding
Il up. We have wise and thoughtful body
in our minds eye, we would like to monte
nate il it was within our province to do so,
fol, under the inspiring influence of that
mantle, said body might realize that 'the
sun do move,' or at least, that tho earth is
pretty often wrapped in darkness. The
scripture tells US that no man ought to hide
his light under bushel, and certainly the
considerable powers that be in this municipal
bAiliwick ought not to pu.
the light Of whole city full of people un
der q bushel. The man who wrote, THE
light Of other days." ought to live in Dallas
for tho memory he versied would chine
brighter than these dark nights. l. 10 nom
sense TO talk about stripping tho light fan
,asic toe" when there isn't a gas lamp in the.
city. Every man in town Ia falling off try
log to see If he can't get lighter. There was
a tramp remarked yesterday, when he heard
the police were arresting the Migrants, that
he would "light ont" if it wasn't that lights
out had got to be epidemic here. Wonder
If Lights dysentery cure would help thirg-
in Dallas? There isn't Apply sician in The
city who will tell you that single enc of bis
patients has light attack Of snythiDg-ht
can't SEQ IL that way under the circumstances
Mast would starve to death in Dallas. lie
couldn't lamp-oon any body or anything
There arc blessings everywhere and undel
every state of affairs; go it could hardly b.
expected that a man would have gas-trlLls
in this city now. There are great many
street corners in Dallas that are well posted
but they shed no illumination upon any
subject whatever. Our city could not if il
would, speak but in the highest terms of oil
its neighboring and rival cities-it is in.
capable of casting reflection. We don't
know whether tho fathers nre in comatose
condition or not, but there is ono thing
certain, 1t is but idle dreaming if they TX.
pect the comet to whisk its tail over this
way TO shed brightness upon Dallas.
Wonder if Byron wasn't hanging 10 IN
unlighted lamp post when his muse
suggested those lines "And the blind
end blackened earth hung in tho moonless
sky and all was darknes,p How on earth
Can the fathers expect to see their way cl ar
to a solution Of this gas problem until they
have more light on the subject? The script
ures have something to say about the chill
dren Of darkness mover being able to enjoy
the kingdom and that being true, it is foul
wrong not 10 turn on the gas for Dallas
man has hard enough at best TO enjoy any
thing of that kind. There was little brook
once and it sang song sand men may
come, and men may go,but | 20 on forever"
and it Is with tho sun, for "he do move"
and never a Joshusis there in all the land
to stop him in his career even for tho bene-
at OF benighted Dallas.
Break, break, break,
On the cod, gray, streets o, night!
And would that my pen could utter
Too, utterly too Its thoughts o. light
0, well for the merchants boy,
That he flashed his work la the day;
y, wellfor the gambolIer
That he spends his nights with wine and
pay.
And the stately cops go on
To their haven out In the dark.
hut o, for the sight OF q vanished light.
The sound OF the boys on a.laik.
Break, break, break,
At the loot OF thy lamps o, night!
But the garins gas Of lamp that Ia lit
: WIN never more bless my sight.