Milford chronicle., 1889-09-20

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Gal how many have gone down under the
pressure, leaving not so much as the patch Of
canvas TO tell where they perishel. They
never had any peace. Their dishonesties kept
tolling in their ears II / had an ak, and
could split open the beams Of that fine house
perhaps | would find in the very heart OF il
a skeleton. In his very best wine there is a
smack Of the poor mans sweat Oh! is il
strange that when man has devoured wild
ows' houses he is disturbed with indigestionl
All the forces Of nature are against him.
The floods are ready 70 drown him, and the
earthquake to swallow him, and the fires &c
consume him, and the lghtnings to smite
him But the children of God are on every
street, and In the day when the crowns OF
heaven are distributed some of the brightest
of them will be given to those men who were
faithful to God and faithful to the souls OF
others amid the marts of business, proving
themselves the heroes OF the street. Mighty
were their temptations, mighty was their de
hverance, and mighty shall be their triumph.
THE SLAMS OF LIFE
Again, the street impresses me with the
fact that life is full Of pretension and sham.
What subterfuge, what double dealing, what
two facedness. Do all people who wish you
good morning really hope for you n happy
dayl Do ell the people who shake hands love
each otherl Are all those anxious about your
health who inquire concerning it, Do all
want to see you who ask you to calll Does
all the world know half as much as it pre-
tends to knowl Is there not many a wretched
stock of goods with brilliant show Window
Passing up and down these streets to your
business and your work, are you not i'm
pressed with the fact that much Of society IS
hollow, and that there are subterfuges and
pretensonsi OH how many there are who
swagger and strut and how few people who
are natural and walk While fops simper,
and fools chuckle, and simpletons giggle, how
few people are natural and laugh. The
courteSan and tho libertine go down the
street in beautiful apparel, while within the
heart there are volcanoes Of passion consum-
ing their life away. say these things not &c
create in You incredulity or misanthropy,
nor do forget there are thousands of people
great deal better than they seem; but do
not think any man is prepared for the con-
aicts Of this life until he knows this particu
lar peril Ehud comes pretending to pay his
tax to King Eglon, and while he stands in
front of the king, stabs him through with a
dagger until the haft went in after the blade
Judas Iscarot kissed Christ.
FIELD FOR CHARITY.
Again, the street impresses me with the
fact that it is a great field for Christian char
ity There are hunger and suffering, and
want and wretchedness, in the country; but
these evils chiefly congregate in our great
cities On every street crime prowls, and
drunkenness staggers, and shame winks, and
pauperism thrusts out its hand asking for
aims Here want is most squalid and hunger
is most lean. A Christian man, going along
a street in New York, saw poor lad, and he
stopped and said; MY boy, do you know
how to read and writef" The boy made no
answer The man asked the question twice
and thrice: Can you read and write !" and
then the boy answered, with a tear FLASHING
Oh the back of his hand. He said in defiance:
''No, sir; | can't read nor write neither
God, sir, don't want me to read and write
Didn't he take away my father so long ago
never remember to have seen him ?and haven't
had to go along the streets to get some
thing to fetch home to eat for the folks, and
didn't |, as soon as | could carry a basket.
have to 90 out and pick up cinders, and
never have no schooling sirl God don't
want me to read, sir; can't read, nor write
neither" Oh, these poor wanderersl They
have no chance Born in degradation, as
they get up from their hands and knees tc
walk, they take their first step on the road
to despair Let us 90 forth in TIE name Of
the Lord Jesus Christ to rescue them II
you are not willing to go forth yourself,
then give of your means; and if you are toe
lazy to go, and If you are too stingy to help,
then get out of the way, and hide yourself in
the dens and caves Of the earth, lest, when
Christ's chariot comes along, the horses
hoofs trample you in the mire. Be
ware lest the thousands of the desti-
tute Of your city, in the last great day,
rise up and curse your stupidity and your
neglect One cold winters day, as Chris
tan man was going along the Battery in
New York he saw little girl seated at the
gate shivering in the cold. lie said to her:
''NIy child, what do you sit there for this cold
dayr' "Oh," she replied, Il am waiting-l
am waiting for somebody to come aud take
care of me-" "Whyf said the man; "what
makes you think anybody will como and take
care of your oh she said, "uy mother
died last week and was crying very much,
and she said Don't cry, my dear; though j
am gone and your father is gone, the Lord
will send somebody to fake care of YOU Ny
mother never told lie; she said some onf
would come and take care Of me, and am
waiting for them to come" 0, yes they are
waiting for you. Men of great hearts, gather
them in, gather them in. It is not tie viii
Of your Heavenly Father that one Of these
little ones should perish.
EVER Forward
Lastly, the street impresses me with the
fact that all the people are looking forward
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