Democratic messenger., 1888-10-13
uncovered soul stands in judgment and
before God you will be better of II you
save that woman. ~
SAW the CHILDREN.

SAVE THE CHILDREN.
There Is another exploit that you can
do, and that Is to save child. A child
does not seem 70 amount 70 much. It is
nearly year old before It can walk at all.
For the first year and a-half Il cannot
speak word. For the first 10 years Il
would starve if Il had TO earn It's own food.
For the first Is years Its opinion on any
subject Is absolutely valuelcss. And then
there are 80 many Of them. My what
lots ofchildren And some people have
contempt for children. They are good
for nothing but to wear out the carpets
and break things and keep you awake
nights crying Well, your estimate Of a
child is quite different from the mothers
estimate who lost her child this summer.
They took II TO the salt air Of the seashore
and to the tonic air or the mountains. but
no help came. and the brief paragraph Of
It's life is ended Suppose that life could
be restored by purchase, how much would
that bercavcl mother givey She would
take all the jewels from her fingers and
neck and bureau and put them down. And
ifiold that that was not enough. she would
take her house anil make over the decd
for il, and if that wee not enough she
would call in all her investments and put
down all her mortgages and bonds; and if
told that were not enough. she would say !:
i have made over all my property. and
if can have that child back ! will now
pledge that will toll with my own hands
and carry with my own shoulders in any
kind Of hard, work and live In cellar and
die in n garret. Only give me back that lost
darling" am glad that there are those
who know something of the value Of a
child. It's possibilities are tremendous.
What will those hands yet do. Where
will those feet yet walkg Toward what
destiny will that never-dying soul betake
itself? Shall those lips be in the throne
of plasphemy or benediction! Come. all
ye surveyors Of the earth, and bring link
and chain. and measure, II you can, It's
possible possessions. Come, all ye asirono.
mers of the earth. with your telescopes,
and tell us if you can see the range Of its
eternal flight. Come. all yc chronologists,
aud calculate the decades on decades. the
centuries ON centuries, the cycles on cycles,
the eternities on etcrnities OF It's lifetime.
Oh TO save child! Am not right In
putting that..among the create exploits !!
Yea, II beats the other two, for IL you save
the child you save the man or you save
the woman. Get the first 90 years ofthat
boy or girl all right aud guess you have
got manhood or womanhood oil right, and
their entire earthly and eternal career all
right. But what are you going to do with
those children who are worse off than IL
their father or mother had died the day
they were born? There are tens of lhous.
ands Of such. Their parentage was against
them. Their name Is against them. The
structure of their skulls against them
Their nerves and muscles contaminated
by the incbrlety or dissolutencss of their
parents they are practically at their Mr,h
laid out on plank In the middle of the
Atlantic ocean in an equinoctial gale and
told TO make for shore The first greeting
they get from this world is 10 he called n
brat or ragmu.iln or wharrrst. What
to do with them Is the question often
asked. There Is another question quite
MS pertinent, and tina, is: Wha, are they
going 10 do with us? They will, 10 or II
year from now, have as many votes rs the
same number Of wcll.born children, and
they will hand this land over to anarchy
and political damnation just rs sure as we
neglect them, Suppose We, each one OF
us. save ~ or girl. You can do il.
VIII you: will Take cukc Of per.
fumed soap and iinc.tooihcl comb AMI
u New Testament a, little candy and
prayer and piece Of cake AMI faith in
God and common sense, and hcgin this
afternoon.
wIiEK. ST. GET EQUIPMENT.
But how shall We get ready iuf enc or
,r all OF these three exploits, We shal!
make u dead iailGic il III our own
strength We try IL save man, or woman.
or child But my text suggests where we
are to &c, equipment. The people that
do know their God shall be strong and do
exploits" We must know Him through
Jesus Christ and our own salvation and
then We shall have Ills help in the saliva
iion of others. And while you are saving
strangers you may save some of your own
kin. You think your brothers, and sisters,
and children. and grandchildren all safe,
bu, they are no, dead, and no one Is safe
till lie Is dead On the English coast
there was a wild storm and wreck In
the ofilng. and the cry was; "Man the
liieboat!" But Harry, the usual leader OF
the sailors crew was not to be found, and
they went without him and brought back
all the shipwrecked people except one. BY
this time Harry. the leader Of the crew,
appeared and said; why did you leave
that one." The answer was =" lie could
not help himself u, all. and We could net
get him into the boat" "Man the liie-
boat" shouted Harry, land we will go
for that one. " mo said his aged mother
standing by. "you must not go. Host
your father in storm like this, and your
brother Will went OF six years ago and
have not heard word from Will since he
left, and don't know where he Is, and !
don't know what has happened to him,
poor viii, and l cannot let you also go. for
| am old and dependent on YOU" His re-
ply was: Mother. must so and save
that one man, and IL am lost God will
take care ofyou In your old days" " The
lifcboat was pu, out, and after an awful
struggle with the sea they picked the
poor fellow out of the rigging just in time
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