The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-09-23

> ~ /. woman whose Las AID
{. +. lei irr :, sham, and while the
!'--r TIL" chill lren one way tn ms
All we-.r- en- another. Or here is a
G > mar who is trying to do his
best .or God and the church, and lis
VIE no IL Tin back and says o. tie
Way ion:e f,om the pray,r-meet ng,
where h.. S,.Ne testimony for Christ
" Wal 4 fool IL made of yoursel
l hope here,If:er you will keep still =
A. d Nhe.. v would be benev | mt and
give fifty oil rs Sc criticizes him for
not giving fifty cents. / must do ju
tic an publicly thank Col that l
never proposed at home to 1--WE any
thing tor any cause OF humanity OF reli-
gion but tue Ter partner in he donles-
tic firn apl rosed il. And when it
SCENE D ,iud my ability and faith in
God wa. ..ece.sary, she had three
fourth Tie All. But know men who
when they coAtr butte to charitable OBJ
jects are afraid that TIE wife shall find
it out. What Il whitening curse such a
woman must be to good man!
Then there are others under the great
disadvantage of poverty. Who ought
to get things cheapest? You say those
who have little means. But they pay
more. You buy coal by the ton, they
the barrel, they buy it by the pound.
You get apparel cheap because you pay
cash. They pay dear because the hive
have to get trusted. And the Bible wa5
right when it said: 1.-The destruction OF
the poor is their poverty"
Then there are those who made a mis-
take in early life, and that overshad ows
all their days. do you not know
that man was once III PRISON." is whis-
pered. Or. do you know tina, tina:
man once attempted su cider" or, do
you know that that man once abscond-
ed?' Or, do you know that ttat man
was once discharged for dishonesty
Perhaps there was only one wrong ed
in the mans life, and that one act nauuts
the subsequent half-century of his exist
ence.
Others have unfortunate predomi: ance
Of some mental faculty, and their RASH
ness throw, them l. to wild e. .terpr. SEES,
or heir trep:dation MAKES them ecline
great opportunity, or there is vein of
melancholy in Their disposition that de
feato TEN, or they have an endowment
of over-mir;h that cause, the impress
sion of insi lcerity.
Others have mighty obstacle in their
perso nal appe. rance, for which they are
not responsible. They forget that God
fashioned their features and their COM
plexion, and heir stature, the S re of
their nose and mouth, and hands, and
gave them tue gait and the general APP
the worlds best work, and the church :
best work, has been done by homely
people and that Paul the Apos lie IS sa a
to have been hump-backel and lis eye
sight weakened b. ophthalmia, Will.
many of the finest in appearance have
passed their time before iiattcri Z Look
ing-5lasseS, or in Studying killing i.tti-
tudes, and in displaying the Richness
OF wardrobes- one ribbon, We
or sack, or glove, or buttoh, or shoe
string of which they have had br,ins
enough to earn for themsel es.
Others had wrong proclivites from
the start. They we're born wrong, AMI
that stick to one even a..er he is b r.
again. They have natural crst ,.iI, =
that is two hundred and seyenty-fivt
year old. 1t came over w.tittl rcal
gran,tfALt Is from Scotland. ~ al,.-
or Fr..nce. Ii was born OH Ia b;.nie OF
the Thanee, or the ely e, or the Ii .cr
or the Rhine, and has survived all til.
la-,l"- ~ pidemics of many genera
Ii ~. and II living to-day on the hanks
al III" liu on, or the ADdro-co in. OF
the Say I:l.h, or the La L alta. And
when II tr to stop this evil ances-
ral L CT. ;tv h.. is like man on a rock
N the rapids OF Niagara h. Id ny on with
IL grip from which the swift currents are
Trying to sweep him into the abyss be-
70 d.
Oh. this world is an over-burdened
world, an ov. rworked world 1t is an
nwfully tir ii world. 1t is a dreadiully
unfortunate world. Scientists are try
ing to find out the cause Of these earth
4uakes in all lands, cis-Atlantic and
trans-A tlantic. Some say this and some
say that. 1 have taken the diagnosis of
what is the matter with the earth. It
has SO many burdens on 1t and so many
fires within it, it has a fit. 1t cannot
stand such a circumference and such a
diameter. Some new CotoplNi or Strom-
bolt or Vesuvius will open, and then all
will be at peace for the natural world.
But what u; out the moral woes Of the
world, that have rocked all nations, and
for six tho sand years science proposes
nothing but knowledge, and many peo-
pie that know the most are the most
uncontrolled?
In the way of practical relief for all
disadvantages and all woes, the only
voice that is worth listening to on this
subject is the voice of Christianity,
which is the voice of Almighty God.
Whether l have mentioned the particu-
lar disadvantage under which you labor
or not, | distinctly declare, in the name
of my God, that there is a Way out and a
way up for all of you. You cannot be
any worse off than that Christian young
woman who was in the Pemberton Mills
when they fell some years ago, and
from under the fallen timbers she was
heard singing, +" am going home to
die no more"
Take good courage from that Bible
all OF whose promises are for those in
bad predicament. There are better
| days for you, either on earth or in
heaven. 1 put my hand under your
chin and lift your face into the light oil
the coming dawn. Have God on your
| side, and then you have for reserve
| troops all the armies of Heaven. the
smallest company of which is twenty
| thousand chariots, and the smallest
| Uattalion one hundred and foriy-foul
thousand, the lightninss of heaven theil
| drawn sword.
An ancient warrior saw an orerpower
| ing OSt come down upon his small