Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-20

man who is trying to do his best Tor Goa
and the church, and his vile nolds MIN
back and says on the way home from
prayer meeting, where he gave testimony
for Christi what fool you made of
yourself! hope hereafter you Will Keep
STILL" And when he would be benevolent
and give fifty dollars, she criticlses him
for not giving fifty cents. l must DO
justice, and publicly thank God that
never proposed at home TO give anything
for any cause OF humanity or religion but
the other partner in the domestic firm APP
proved it. And when it seemed beyond
my ability and faith In God was neces-
sary, she had three-fourths the faith. But
! know men who when they contribute to
charitable objects are afraid that the vile
shall find it out. What whitening curse
such woman must be to good man!
Then there are others under the great
disadvantage OF poverty. VINO ought TO
get things cheapest? You say those who
have little means. But they pay more.
You buy coal by the ton, they buy it by
The bucket. You buy -four by the barrel,
they buy it by the pound. You get ap-
parel cheap because you pay cash. They
pay dear because they have to get trusted.
And the Bible was right when 1t said:
1.-The destruction OF the poor Is their pow
erty."
Then there are those who made mis-
take in early life, and that oversbadows
all their days. "Do you not know that
that man was once in prisonr' is whis-
pered. Or, "Do YOU know hat thst man
once attempted suicideY' Or. do you
know that that man once abscondedW
Or, do you know THAI that man was
once DISCHARGED for dishonesty" Per-
haps there was only one wrong deed in
the mans life, and that one act haunts
the subsequent hall century OF his exist
tence.
Others have unfortunate predominance
OF some mental faculty, aud their rash
ness throws them into wild enterprises.
or their trepidation makes tn m decline
great Opportunity, or there il a vein OF
melancholy In their dspns tion that de-
feats them, or they have an endowment
Of over-mirth that causes the impression
of inslncerity.
Others have mighty obstacle In their
personal appearance, for which they ire
not responsible. They forget that God
fashioned their features, and their COM
pleXIon, and their stature, the size OF
their nose, and mouth, ard hands, and
feet, and gave them the gait and the gen
eral appearances; and they forget that
much Of the worlds best work, and the
church's best work has been done
by homely people; and that Paul
the Apostle Is said To nave been
humpbacked. and his evesicht weakened
by ophthalmia. while many of the finest
in appearance have passed their time be-
fore flattering looklng-glaeses. or in
studying Killing attitudes and in display
ing the richness of wardrObes-nOt one
ribbon, or vest. or sack, or glove. or but
ton, or shOestring of which they rave had
brains enough to earn for themselves.
Others had wrong proclivities from the
start. They were born wrong, and that
sticks to one even after he is born again.
They have a natural cfankiuess that is
2T5 years old. 1t came over with their
greatgrandtathers from Scotland, or
Wales or France. 1t was born on the
hanks of the Thames, or the CLYDE, or the
Tiber, or the Rhine, and has survived all
the plaques and epidemics OF many gen.
era,iOns, and is living to-day on the banks
OF the Hudson, or the AndroscOggin, or
the Savannah. or the La Plata. And
when a man tries to stop this evil ances-
trail prOcIivity he is like man on a rock
in the rapids of Niagara holding on with
a grip from which the swift currents are
| trying to sweep him into the abyss be-
| yond.
Oh, this world il an ovnr-burdened
world. an overw orked worldl 1t is an
awfully tired world. 1t is a dreadfully
unfortunate world. Scientists are trying
to find out the cause OF these earthquakes
IN all lands. cis-Atlantic and trans
| Atlantic. Some say this and some say
that. ] have taken the diagnosis OF what
| is the matter with the earth. 1t has So
many burdens on it and so many fires
| within il, it has a fit. 1t cannot stand
| such Il circumference and such a diame-
| ter. Some new COtopaXi or SJromboli or
| Vesuvius will open, and then all will he
| at peace for the natural world. But
what about the moral woes of the world,
| that have rocked all nations, and for six
| thousand years science proposes nothing
| but knowledge, and many people 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 10 on this subject
| is the voice of Christianity, which is the
voice of Almighty God. Whether l have
mentioned the particular disadvantage
under which you labor or not, distinctly
declare, in the name Of my God, that there
is way out and 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
wears ago, and from under the fallen tim
hers she was heard singing, II 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
!
my hand under your chin, and lift your
face into the light of 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 small
est battalion one hundred ami forty-tour
thousand. the lightnings OF heaven their
drawn sword.
An ancient warrior saw an overpowering
host come down upon bis small company
OF armed men, and, mounting his horse
With a handful of sand. he threw 1t 10 the
air, crying: Let their faces be covered
with confusionl" And both armies heard
his voice, and history says il seemed as
though the dust thrown in the air mad
become so many angels of supernatural
deliYerance. and the weak overcame the
mighty, and the immense host fell back
and the small number marched
on. Have faith in God, and
though all the allied forces OF discour.
agement seem to come against you in
battle array, and their laugh of defiance
and contempt res0unds through all the
valleys and mountains, you might by
faith IN God, and importunate prayer,
pick up n handful OF the very dust OF
your humiliation and throw it in.o the
air, and it shall become angels OF victory
over all the armies OF earth and hell.
The voices OF your adversaries, human
and satanic, shall be covered with con-
| or MI