Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-08

scoVs 9oocsshapt
her house and make over the deed tor Il,
and il that were not euou2htshe would
call in 81 her lnvs stmspts and put down
al her mortgage anetbch6s; and il told
thaa were not e1oush, she would ssy: "I
have made, over all my prop rty, and II 1
csn hays:thst child back l will now pledge
that VIII toll with my own hands and
carry with my OWL shoulders in any kind
OF hard work. and live in cellar snd die
IN garrett. Only give me back thst lost
darling" Ism glad that there are those
VINO know something CT the value Of 8
child. rs possibilities sre Tremendous.
What will those hands yet dc? Where
will these feet yet wall? Toward Whist
destiny will that rever dying soul be,ske
itsel: SHALL those lips be the throne OF
blasphemy or benedictioI Come, ali ye
surveyors OF The eartf, and bring link and
chain and measure, If you can, its POSI-.
Die possessions. Come, ell ye aetrono-
mers Of the earth, with your telescopes,
and tell US II you can see the range OF its
eternal flight. Come, all ye chroIologists,
and calculate the decades on decades,
the centuries on centuries, the
cyc,es on cycles, the eter-
nit!es on eternitias of lis lifetime. o., to
save CHILD! Am 1 not right in putting
that smong the g-ea, exploits? Yes, it
beats the other two, for II you save the
child you save the man or you save the
woman. Get the first twenty years CT thai
boy or girl all right ard guess you have
got manhood or womenhood ell right, and
their entire earthly and eternal career all
~ n
with these children woo are Worse of
thar If their father or mother had died
the dag they were born? There dre tens
Of Thousands CT such. Their p4rentsge
Was against them. Taeir n2me is against
them.
THE STRUCTURE OF THEIR SKULLS
against them. Taeir nerves and muscles
contaminated by the iDebriety or diEso-,
ticslly st their birth laid out on 6 plank
il the middle CT the Atlantic ocean in an
equlnoctisl gale AMI told to make for
snore. Tie iEet greetiug they get from
the world is to be called brat or rags
them is the question often asked. There
is smother question quite Gs pertinent,
snd thai il, wis. are they g3ing to do
with US? They will, ten or eleven years
from now, have as many Yoses IS the
came number Of well-ooEn children, ana
they will hand this land over 10 anarchy
and political dannstion just es sure as
we neglect them. Suppose we each one
OF US save boy or save girl. You can
do it. Will you? 1 will. Take cake
Of periumed soap and q fne-toothed comb,
and New Testament snd little candy
zad prayer, and piece OF cake and fsith
in God, snd common sens, and begin
this afternoon.
But how shall we get ready for one or
all Of these three exploits? We shall
make dead fIilure If in cur own
strength we try to save MAJ
or woman or child. But my text suggests
where we are to gat equipment. "The
people that do know their God shsll be
strong, and do exploits" We must
know him through Jesus Christ in our
own salvation and then we shall have HIS
help in the salvation OF others. And while
you are saving strangers you MAJ save
some OF your own kin. You think your
brothers, sId sisters, snd children and
grandchildren sll safe, but they are not
dead, and no one Is safe till be is dead.
Ga the English coast there WAS
WILD STORM AND A WRECK
in the offing, and the CRY was: oman
the lifeboat." But Harry, the ususl
leader Of the sailors crew. was not to be
found, and they went without him and
brought back al the shipWrecked people
except one. By this time Harry, the
leader Of the crew, appeared and said
"Why did you leave that oue?" The an
swer wac: "He could not help himself
at all, and we could not get him into the
boat" "Man the lifebost," shouted Hsr-
~. "and we will go for this. one"
mo-" said his sged mother, standing By,
"you must not go. lost your father in
storm like this, and your brother VIII
went eff six years ago and 1 have not
heard word from Will since he left, aud
l don't know where he is, snd dent
know what has happened 10 him, poor
VIII, and 1 cannot let you also go, for
1 am old and dependent or
you" His reply was: "Motner, |
mUst 60 and save that one man, snd If 1
am lost God will take care OF you in your
{ Id days" Tie life boat put out, and
after an sWfnl struggle with the sea they
picked the poor fellow cut Of the rigging
jus. in time to ssve bis life, and started
for the shore. And as they cane within
speaking distance, Harry, just before he
fsinted from the over eXerdon, cried out:
"We saved him, and tell mother IL WAS
brother WILL" Oh, yes, my friendF, let
US start on. to save some one for time
snd for eternity, some msp, some woman,
some child. And who knows but it may,
directly or Indirectly, be the salvation OF
one Of Cur own kindred, and thst will be
An exploit worthy OF celebration when
the world itself is ehipWrecked and the
sun has gone cut like 2 spark from a
smitte1 anvil and ail the stars ere dead.
a NRVEE, RENEW