Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-09-16
WALK ON THE STREET
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same resurrection. Il is high time tina
We all acknowledged not only the Father
hood of God, but the brotherhood of man
Again, the street impresses me with thr
/ fact that it is very hard thing for MAJ
to keep his heart right and to get L
heaven Infinite temptations spring upOr
rs from these places of public cOncourse
Amid so much etil1ence how much temp
tation TO coVetOusness, and to be diecon
tented with our humble lot. Amid 81
many opportunities for Overreaching, wha
temptation to extOrtiOn. Amid so mucf
display, what temptation to vanity. Amid
so many saloons Of strong drink, what al
luIements to dissipation. In the
MAELsTRoNIs OF THE STREET,
How many make quick and eternal ship
wreck. ia man-of-War comes back from
battle, and is tOWei into the navy yard
we 90 down to look at the splintered sparl
and count tn bullet holes, and lCOk with
patriotic admiration on the flag that
fioated in victory from the masthead. But
that man is more Of 2 curiosity who has
gone through thirty years Of the sharp
shooting of business life, and yet sails on,
HAAANA UNAA AeN ANAA NAAkAUuo VI Anl
street. Oh how many have gone
down under the pressure, leaving moi
so much as the patch Of canvas to tel
where they perished. They never had
any peace. Their dishonesties kept tolline
in their ears. II had an AK, and could
split open the beams Of that fne house
perhaps 1 would find in the very heart o.
it a skeleton. 10 his very best wine there
is a smack OF the poor mans sweat. Oh
is IL strange that when a man has devoureC
widows houses, he Is disturbed with indi
gesliOD? All the forces of nature ar,
against him. The foods are ready tC
drown him, and the earthquakes TO sWal
low him, and the fires to consume him
and the lightning3 to smite him. But the
children Of God are on every street, and il
the day when tie crowns Of heaven ar,
distributed, some Of The brightest will b
given to those men who were faithful I,
God aud faithful TO the souls OF Others
amid the marts Of business, proving them
selves the heroes Of the street. Mighty
were their temptations, mighty was there
deliyerance, and m'ghty shall be their tri
umph.
Again, the street impresses me with the
fact that life is full of pretensions and
sham. What subterfuge, what double
dealing, what twOiacednessi Do all the
people who wish you good morning really
hops for you a happy day? Do all th'
people who shake hands love each other
| Are all those anxious about your health
who inquire concerning il? Do oil wan
] 80. era nui- 70 "a nonI9 nnou "a
| the world know hslf as much az it pretend
to know? Is there not many wretched
stock Of goods with a brilliant show win
dow Passing up and down these streets
to your business and your work, ale yOT
not impressed with the fact that much o
SOCIETY Is HOLLOW,
and that there are subterfdges and prelen
sioul? Oh how many there are wht
swagger and strut, aud how few psopl
who are natural and walk While top
/ simper, and fools chuckle. and simpletoni
piggle, how few people are natural anC
/ laugh. The cOurtesan and the hbsrtiu'
10 down the street in beautiful apparel
while within the heart there ara volcanoes
of passion consuming their life away.
say these things not 10 create in you in
credulity and misanthropy, nor DO forge
there are Thousands of people a great dea
| better than they seem; but do not thinl
any man is prepared for the conflict Of thi
\ life until be knows this p0rticular Peril
Ebud comes pretending to pay his tax Il
/ Kiug Eglon, and while he stands in fr0n
of the king, stabs him through with dag
ger until the heft went in after the blade
/ Judas Iscariot kissed Christ.
Again, the street impresses me with tn
fact that il i5 a great field for Christian
charity. There are hunger and suffering
and want and wrstchedness in the country
but these evils chiefly coDgregate in ou
great cities. Ga every strest crime prowls
and drunkenness stsggers, and sham
winks, and pauperism thrusis out its hand
asking for aims. Here want IS mos
squslid and burger is most lean. A Chris
tian man, going along a street in New
| York. saw o poor lad and he stopped ant
said: "My boy, do you know how to Eea,
and writer" The boy made no answer
TIE nan asked the question twice an'
| thrice: "CAr you read and WIitt?' an'
then the Roy answered with 2 tear plash
irg on the back of bis hand. He said il
dsfsnce: mo, sir; I can't read nor write
neither. God, sill, don't want ms to res,
and write. Didn't he take away N.
| father so long ego I never remembered Il
have seen him9 and haven't had to q
along the street 20 get something to fetcl
home to eat for the folks? and didn't l, a
soon as I could carry basket, have to g
out and pick up cinders, and never hav
no schooling. sir? God don't want m
to read. sir can't read nor writ
neither" On,
THESE POOR WANDERERS