, 1886-06-06

tnlnner ana thinner, and my man almost
broken down, and to be getting no nearer to
Col, but to be getting farther away from
lim. Oh. If | were only ready to der My
Sod comfort all who toll with the needle
and the sewing machine, and nave compass
sion Oh those borne down under the fatigues
Of life.
Another great trial Is privation of taste
and sentiment. There are mechanics who
have their beautiful homes, who have their
hne wardrobes, who have all the best fruits
and meats of the earth brought to their
table. They have their elegant libraries.
But they are the exception. A great many
OF The working people of our country are
living in cramped abodes, struggling amid
great hardships, living in ~neighbor-
hoods where they do not want TO
live. but where they have to live. l do
not know of anything much more painful
than 10 have a fine taste for painting and
soul lture and music and glorious sunsets
md the expanse of the blue sky, and yet not
20 be able TO ges the dollar for the o~ratorio,
or TO get a picture. or to buy ones way into
The country to look at the setting sun and at
the bright heavens. While there are men
in great afiiu nee, who have around them all
Kinds OF luxuries in art, themselves entirely
unable to appreciate these luxuries-buying
their books by the square foot, their pictures
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get tbs miserable daubs out of the studio
there nre multitudes of refined, delicate wo-
men who are born artists and shall reign in the
Kingdom OF Heaven as artists, who are
denied every picture, and every sweet song.
and every musical instrument Oh, let me
cheer such per ons by telling them to look
up and behold the inheritance that God has
reserved for them. The king of Babylon
had a hanging garden that was famous in
all the ages, but you have n hanging garden
better than that. All the heavens are yours.
They belong 10 your Father. and what be-
lon IS to your Father belongs to you.
But have no time this morning longer to
dwell upon the hardships and the trials of
those who toll with hand and foot, for |
must go OH to offer some grand and glorious
encouragements for such; and The first en-
couragcment il, that one OF the greatest
safeguards against evil is plenty to do.
When men sin against the law of
their countries, where do the police
detectives go to find themi Not amid
the dust of factories, not among those
who have on their ''overalls;" but among
those who stand with their hands in their
pockets around the doors of saloons and res
taurants and tlverns. Active employment
is one of the greatest sureties for a pure and
upright life. There are but very few men
tiChba ~ "a y
consecutive idleness.
Again; Ioffer as encouragement that you
have so many opportunities of gaining infor-
nation. Patio gave thirteen hundred dol
lars for two book& The Countess of Aniou
gave two hundred sheep for one volume.
Jerome ruinei himself financially by buying
one copy OF Origen. On, the contrast Now
there are tens of thousands of pens gather
ing up Information Typesetters are calling
Tor copy All our cities quake with the
rolling cylinders Of thu Harpers, and the
Appletons, and the Lippincotts, and the Pc
tersons. and the Ticknors. and you now buy
more than Ben jamin Frank in ever knew for
fifty centsl A hard working man comes
along toward his home. and he looks into
the show window OF the bookstore and sees
an elegantly bound volume. He SAYS: az
wish / had that book; there must be a great
deal of iii 'ormation in it" A few months
piss along, and though that book which he
locke l at cost IS, it comes now in pamphlet
shape and costs him fifty cents The high
wall around about the well of knowledge
is being broken down, and people come.
some with porcelain pitchers and some with
pewter mugs, TO dip up t1e living water
for their thirsty lips. There nre peonle
who toll from Z O'Clock in the morning until
6 o'clock at night, who know more about
anatomy than the old physio ogists, and who
know more about astronomy than the old
philosophers. IL you should take the learned
men Of two hundred years ago and nut
them on enc bench, and take twenty children
from the common schools in Brooklyn and
put them down on the other bench. the
children could examine the philosophers and
the philosophers could not examine the
children Abr says Isaac Newton. coming
up and talking to some intelligent lad of 7
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train What is thatl' That is a tee
graph" "What is thatT' at is n tele-
phone" Dear mel / think I shall 90 back
to my bed in the dust. for l am bewi dered
and my head turns.' OF rejoice that YOU
have all these opportunities OF information
spread out before you, and that seated in
your chair at home, by the evening light
you cav look over al, nations and see the de
scending morn of n universal day.
One more encouragement; Your tolls In
this worll are only intended to be n dis
cipline by which you shall be prepared for
heaven. Behold l bring you gla1 tidings
Of great joy" AMI tell you that Christ. the
carpenter Of Nazareth, is tbs working
mans Christ. You get Hi, lovs once in
your heart, Oh. working man and YOU can
sing on the wall in the midst OF the storm.
and in the shop amidst the showing Of the
plane, and down in the mine amid tn, plunga
of the crowbar, and on %snipboarl while Climb.
ing ratlineS II you belong to the Lord Jesus
Christ He wi | count the drops Of sweat on
your brow. He knows every ache and every
pain you have ever suffered in your worldly
occupation. Are you wearyf He viii. give
you r 50. Are you sicki He will give you
health. Are you co.di He will wrap around
you the warm mantle of His eternal low.
And be ides that, my friends, you must re-
mpnhar thar nil fble 10 nn1v 49, -
predatory and introductory. | see a ereat
multitude efore the throne OF Odd. Who
are theyi OH you say, Those are princes;
they must have always been Ia a ROYAL
family; they dress like princes; tn walk
like princes, they al princes; there are none
OF the common people there-non, of tn A.,
people that e er toiled with hand and foot -
Ali you are mistaken Who is that bright
spirit before the thronef Why. TINT
was a sewing girl who, work as
hard as she could. could make
but two shillings the day. Who is that other
illustrious soul before the thronei Why
that man toilel among the Egyptian brick
kilns Who is that other illustrious soul be-
fore the thronef Why, her drunken father
drove her out on II cold winter night, and
she froz, into heaven. What are those
kings and queens before the throneI Many
OF them vent up from Birmingham mills
and from Lowell carpet factories
And now | hear "A sound like the ~rustling
OF robes, and now ! see a taking up OF harps
as though they were going to strike a
thanksg wing anthem, and all the children
OF the saw AMI the disciples OF tho shuttle
are in glorious array, and they lift n
song so lear an sweet l wish you could
hear it. II would make the pilgrims
burden very lignt, and the pilgrims
journey very short Not one weak voice
or hoarse throat in that great assembiage.
The accord is MS perfect rs though they had
been all et-rnIty practicing, and | ask them