Telegram-herald., 1889-09-16
STREETS pF THE CITY
Sermon Preached Sunday. SEPT 70.
by Rev. p De VIZ Talmzgs



s-reelss rs ts1t ~-s. ~ is1on cFlsIA
wishout. sas u.tsresa neg voice Ia ths
slreets" Prev. - He said:
Ws srs al rsaty q listen q the voices =
rature-ths woes OF ths mountain. tbs
voi1es ~ t1s sea tie voices q tle storm. tbs
xo.oes e tAe STAR. IS Ia so-ns of Ills cat1e-
cras b. E-rope taero Is al organ a. either
ED u TIE t4lilnE. and TIE one instruments
r-~ponis m1sea4iY 70 tAs other. 80 IN ths
great c4-asdF-l OF Hat4rs day responds %
day. aid nisll Il III lt. and dover to co~er.
Al s.-r u star, IL ts .sfv.l lar lao1ies = tie
I-.Fefss. TIE sr.l1g tine is An evangelist
il blossoms preaching u Gods loves ana tie
water IS 4 PIE ofl-st-a1i 1i.e bearded -dsnolne-
lng wos against cur slls. We are al ready
l. listen . tie voices u nature; but how few
u us learu anything from the voices q the
noisy aud dusty street. Yen 60 10 your ue--
chandise. anu your mechanism, zld - yocr
"ork a-l you come b2ck ayai4-and often
VITA "a indifferent heart YOU pass through
ihs streets. Are there no thlnss for Us ID
learn from these paveueuts over which No
PAST are there no tufts Ct truth growing
up between these cObolestones, beaten with
tie feet u toll, and pam, and pleasure, the
Sow tread Of oi1 ase, aud the quick step ot
olildhoods aye, there arc grea. harvests 10
b. reapel; and now thrust in tie sickle be-
esuss the harvest Is ripe. Wisdom crieth
without; she uttereth her voice ia the streets.
LIFE - FULL OF LABOR
II the first place, the street impresses me
with the fact that It's life is scene Il toll
and struggle By 10 o'clock every dav ihe
a.
with feet. and hnmmng with voices, and
covered with the breath II smokestacks AMI
a-rush with trafiickers. Once ia d while you
find man going along with folded arms and
with lesurely step as though he hal nothing
10 do; bu. for the most part, a. you lnd men
going down these streets on the way - busi-
ness, there Is anxiety IN their faces, as though
they had some errand which must 10 exc
cuted at the frs. possible moment You are
jostled by those who have bargains TO make
and notes to sell. Up this ladder with hod
Of bricks. out OF this bank with roll OF bills,
on this dray with load OF goods, digging a
cellar, or shingling a roof, or shoeing horse,
or building a wall, or mending a watch. or
binding a book Industry, with her thousand
arms. and thousand eyes, and thousand feet,
goes on singing her song of work. work.
work. while the mills drum il and tho steam
whistles fife it. All this is not because
men love toll Some one remarked: Every
man IS as lazy as he can afford 10
BE-" But IL is because necessity, with
stern brow and with uplifted whip,
stands over them ready wherever they
relax their toll TO make their shoulders sting
with the lash. Can it be that, passing up and
down these streets on your way 10 work
and business, you do not learn anything Of
the worlds toll, and anxiety, and struggled
OH how many dropping hearts, how many
eyes on the watch, how many miles Travelled,
how many burdens carried, how many losses
suffered, how many battles fought, how many
victories gained, how many defeats suffered,
how many exasperati0ns endured - what
losses, what wretchedness, what pallor, what
disease, what agony, what desp2irl Some
times l have stopped at the corner Of the
street Us the multtudes went hither and yol,
aud il has seemed to be a great pantOmime,
and as / looked upon IL my heart broke.
This great tide OF human life that goes down
the street is a rapid, tossed and turned aside,
and dashing ahead and driven back-beauti-
ful in its confusion, and confused IN its beau
". In the carpeted aisles OF the forest, IN
the woods from which the eternal 'had0w is
never lifted, on the shore Of the sea over
whose iron coast tosses the tangled
foam, sprinkling tic cracked cliffs with
baptism OF whirlwind and tempest,
IS the best place 70 study God; but
in the rushing, swarming, raving street is the
best place to study man. SONG down TO
your place OF business and coming home
again, / charge you look about-see these
signs Of poverty, Of wretchedness, Of hunger,
OF sin. Of fbereayenent-anda rs You 60 through
the streets, and come back through the streets,
gather UP in the arms Of your prayer al the
sorrow, all the losses, all the suffering, all the
bereavoIuents OF those whom you pass, and
present them in prayer before an all sympa-
thetic God Then in the great day Of eter-
nifty there viii be thousands Of persons with
whom you in this world never exchanged ons
word who viii rise up and cali you blessed (;
and there VIII be O thousand fingers pointed at
You in heaven, saying: That is the man,
that is the woman, WHO helped me when I
was hungry, and sick, AMI wandering, and
| lost. AMI heart broken. That is the man, that
is the woman, and the blessing will come
down uDon YOU as Christ shall say; ~ was
hungry and ye FED me, 7 was naked and ye
clothed me, I was sick and Ia prison and ye
/ visited me. inasmuch as ye did it to these
/ poor waits OF the street. yo did it TO me-"
Again. the street impressss me with the
fact that a.. classes and conditions q society
must commingle. We sometimes culture a
wicked e1clusivenoss Intellect despises ig-
norance. refinement viii have nothing to
90 with ho0risaness. Gloves hate the sun
burned hand. aad the hign forehead despises
tha tat head: and the tim hesverow VIII
have nothing 20 do with The Wlid copsewooi,
and Athens bates Nazaresh This ought not
70 bs -. Tho a. tronoDsr must come down
from hls starry Tsvelry and help rs in our
navigation. The surgeon must CONS away
from his study q the human organ s-n and
81 our broken bones. The chemist must
come avav from bis labarnt0ry. where 20
has been studying suaiT Tsis and syutbesis, ed
hsiu Us 20 understand tie nature 4 tie soils.
hiess God that al cIssass Of people are com
ueIsd 20 ue~t on the street lie liter
Ing coach vhsel CLASHES against tie scav-
euxer's cart. Fine rotes run against
Sc pedi'er's paoE Robust health meets
van sickness Honesty ccnfronts fragd
Every class - people meets every other
clszs Infspen5ence sni modestT, pride sni
humility. ruritT sni t.sas.liness. fransnezs
! a18 hvpocrisv. MEETING IN the Sane oiocz, in
TIE same s-res*. in tie ssme city Ob tna.
/ Is what solomon meant when - sd. I1s
r.-a sr5 t,s rocr meet togs-ler tre Lord =
+h- maker IF them all ; -ss t1.s demo
c-st, pri1-.r.s ~ the f+os7ei ci iJss-ls Crri-t,
~-r r- res taa far. rrsf - Tsul ne-
fa-. God % ore sai tla ssfas plstl17u- 10
r-- tale ~ ar7 safs. Taatsrer POS '.-- -
have eairsi ia e-r Ell r.l Gre r-rs 90
s.- h--n - fts same ra-srf. regsre~stei
81 -ta ss-,e ariri. -isanaes in ths ss-s
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