The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-11-26

as you 60 through the streets and como
back through the streets gather up in the
arms of your prayer all the sorrow, all the
losses, all the sufferings, all the bereave-
| ments of those whom you pass, and pre-
sent them in prayer before an all sympa.
thetic God. In the great day of eternity
| there will be thousands of persons with
whom you in this world never exchanged
! one word, who will rise up and call you
| blessed; and there will be thousand fin
| gers pointed at you in Heaven, saying:
"That is the man, that is the woman whe
helped mo when was hungry and sick and
wandering and lost and heart rt-broken; that
is the man, that is the woman" And the
blessing will come down upon you as Christ
shall say: ~ was hungry and ye fed mej
I was naked and ye clothed me; was
sick and in prison and ye visited me; mas
much as ye did 1t to these poor waits of the
streets ye did it to me-" ,f.5-, e.tran
| Again, in all these cities am impressed
with fact that all classes and conditions
of society must commingle. We sometimes
culture wicked exeluslveness. Intellect
despises, ignorunce; refinement will have
nothing TO do with boorishness; gloves
hate the sun-burned hand, and the high
forehead despises the hathead, and the
trim hedge-row will have nothing to do
with the wild copse-wood, and Athens
hates Nazareth. This ought not so to be.
like this democratic principle of the Cos
pei of Jesus Christ which recognizes the
fact that we stand before God on one and
the same platform. Do not take ON any
airs. Whatever position you have gained
in society you are nothing but man, born
of the same parent, regenerated by the
same spirit, cleansed in the same blood, to
lie down In the same dust, to get up in the
same resurrection. 1t is high time that we
all acknowledge not only the Fatherhood
of God, but the brotherhood of man.
Again, in all these cities am impressed
with tho fact that it is a very hard thing
for man to keep his heart right and get
to Heaven. Infinite temptations spring
upon us from places Of public concourse.
Amid so much afiluence, how much temp
tation to covetousness and to be discomfort
ed with our humble lott Amid so many
opportunities for over-reaching, what
temptation TO extortionl, Amid so much
display, what temptation to vanity! Amid
so many saloons of strong drink, what al
lurement to dissipation! In the maelstroms
and hell-gates of the street, how many
make quick and eternal shipwreck! II a
man n-of-war comes back from n battle and
is towed into the navy-yard, we go down
to look at the splintered spas and count
the bullet-holes, and look with patriotic
admiration on the flag that foated in VIC
tory from the masthead. But that man is
more of curiosity who has gone through
thirty years Of the sharp shooting Of busi-
ness life and yet sails on victor over the
temptations of the street. Oh, how many
have gone down under the pressure, leaving
not so much as the patch Of canvas to tell
where they perished. They never had any
peace. Their dishonesties kept tolling in
their ears.
Again, In all these dties, am impressed
with the fact that life is full of pretension
and sham. What subterfuge What
double dealing! What two-facedness! Do
oil people who wish you good morning
really hope for you happy dayi Do all
the people who shake hands love each
othery Are all those anxious about your
health who inquire concerning ity Do all
want to see you who ask you to call! Does
all the world know half as much as 1t pre-
tends to know? Is there not many a
wretched stock of goods with brilliant
store windowy Passing up and down these
streets 10 your business and your work, are
you not impressed with the fact that socie-
ty is hollow, and that there are subterfuges
and pretensionsy Oh, how many there are
who swagger and strut, and how few
people who are natural and walk! While
fops simper and fools chuckle and simple
tons giggle, how few people are natural
and laugh! The courtesan and libertine go
down the street in beautiful apparel, while
within the heart there are volcanoes of pas
sion consuming their life away. say these
! things not 10 create in you incredulity or
; misanthropy, nor do forget there are
thousands of people a great deal better
J than they seem; but do not think any man
so prepared for the conflict Of this life until
. he knows this particular peril.
Again, in all these cities am impressed
with the fact that there is great field for
Christian charity. There are hunger and
suffering and want and wretchedness in
the country; but these evils chiefly congre-
gate In our great cities. On every street
crime prowls and drunkenness staggers
ard shame winks and pauperism thrusts
out its hand asking for aims. Here want
is most squalid and hunger is most lean.
In all the cities East, West, North and
South, notice great temptations TO COM
mercial fraud. Here is q man who starts
in business. He says: "Tm going to be
honest" But on the same street, on the
same block, In the same business are Shy
locks. Those men, to get the patronage Of
any one, will break all understandings with
other merchants, and will sell at ruinous
cost, putting their neighbors at great dis.
advantage, expecting TO make up the deficit
In something else. II an honest principle
could creep into that mans soul II would
die Of sheer loneliness. The man twists
about trying to escape the penalty Of the
} law and despises God, while he is just O
little anxious about the Sheriff. The honest
man looks about him and says: swell, this
rivalry is awful. Perhaps am more scru.
pulous than need be. This little bargain
am about TO enter is little doubtful; but
: then shall only do as the rest" And so
} had friend who started In commercial
} life and as book merchant, with a high
resolve He said: ain my store there shall
be no books that would not have my fam
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