The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11

feiting of ourselves until we cannot choke
down another crumb Of cake and begin the
supply of others necessities.
We often see on a small scale reckless
ness about the welfare OF others Which a
great warrior expressed on a large scale,
when his officers we're dissuading bin fr IN
a certain campaign, saying: 1T would cost
two hundred thousand lives, replying with
diabolism that can never be forgotten,
"What are two hundred thousand lives TO
me y
So far from helping appease the worlds
hunger there are those whom Isaiah de-
scribe, as grinding the faces OF the poor
You have seen farmer or a mechanic put
a scythe or an Ak on n grlndstole, while
some one was turning 1t round and round,
and the man holding the ak bore on 1t
harder and harder while the wa er dropped
from the grindstone, and tie edge OF the
ak from being round and dull, got keener
and keener, and the mechanic III ted the ak
eIistening and sharp and with edge
50 keen he must cautiously run
his finger along lest while exainiE-
ing the implement he cut his hand
t0 the hone. So have sean men Who were
nut against the Erindstone of hardship, and
while one turned the crank another would
press the unfortunate harder down and
harder down until he was ground away
thinner and thinner, his comforts thinner
And Isaiah shrleks out: What mean ye
that We grind the faces OF the poorr 1t is
an awful thing to be hungry, 1t is an easy
thing for us to be in good humor with all
the world when we have no luck. But let
hunger take fun possession f u.s. aud we
would all turn into harbarians and canni-
balls and tiends.
am glad 70 know that the time is com
ing God hasten il, when every family in
the round world viii sit down a full
table, and il will be only question betweel
lamb and veuisoa, or hetwaet partridge
ard quail on toast, and out Of spoons maze
out of Nevada silver OF California gold he
pastries will drop on TO agues thrilling with
thenkfuness ecausa they lave full enough
| have no idea God is going TO let the
human race stay in its present predic-
ament. If the world winds up as it
now is it will be an awful failure Of
a world. The barren places will be irri-
gated. The pomologists, heiped Of God,
will urge on the fruits. The botanists, in
spired Of the Lord, will help on the gar
dens. The raisers of stock will send enough
animals At for human food to the markets,
and the last earthquake that rendS the world
will upset a banqueting table at which are
seated the entire human race. Meanwhile,
suppose that some of the energy we are ex-
pending in useless and unavailing talk
about the bread question should be expended
In merciful alleviations
THE GREATEST BATTLE FIELD.
have read that the battle field on which
more troops met than on any other in the
worlds history, was the hatule field of
Leipsic, 100, 900 men under Napoleou. $50,
90 men under Schwar ICEBERG. No, no. The
greatest and most terrific battle is now
Icing fought all the world over. 1t is
the struggle for food. The ground tone
80 IN, e a
musical masterpieces, the artist saws,
was suggested to him by the cry of the hun
CRY populace of Vienna as the king rode
through and they shouted, Bread Give
us breadr' And all through the great har-
monies of musical academy and cathedral |
hear the pathCs, the ground tome the trag-
edy of uncounted multitud s, who, with
streaming eyes and wan cheeks and broken
hearts in behalf of themse ves and their
families, are pleading for bread
Let US take another look around to see
how we may serve our generation. Let us
see as far as possible that they have enough
to wear. God looks on the hum n race and
knows just how many inhabitants the world
has The statistics of the worlds popuia-
tton are carefully taken In civilized lands.
aud every few years officers of government
go through the land aud count how many
people there ere il the United States
or England and great accuracy is
reached. But when people tell US
how many Inhabitants there are in
Asia or Africa, at best it must be a wild
guess Yet God knows the exact number
of people on our planet aud be has made
enough apparel fer each, ard if there be fif-
teen humid ed million, fifteen thousand, if-
teen hundred aud fifteen people, thea there
is enough apparel for fifteen hundred mill
ion. fifteen thousand, fit cen hundred and
fifteen. Mt slouchy apparel, not ragged
apparel, not insufficient apparel, but
appropriate apparel. At least two
suits for every being on the earth,
summer suit and winter
suit. A gooi pair of shoes for every living
mortal. A good coar, a good hat or a good
bon ct and a good shawl, and a complete
masculine or feminine Outti of apparel A
wardrobe for all matt adaptet to all
climes, and not string or n button or a
pin or a hook or an eye wanting. Bat,
alas! where are tie good clothes for three
fourtls # the humaa racet The other one
fourth have appropriated them. The fact
is, there needs to lie aud will be
redistribution. Not by anarchis lc
violence. If outlawry had its wav
it would rerd and tear and diminish
until instead of three-fCurths of tn world
not properly attired, fopr-fourths would De
in rags. | let you know how red istribu-
ton will take place. BY generosity on the
part of those VINO have a surplus and in
creased industry on the part Of those suf-
ferlng from deficit Not all, but the large
majority of cases of poverty in this country
a result of idlenesS or drunkenness,
either on the part of the present suff 4rers or
their ancestors. La most cases the rum lug
is the maelstrom that has swallowed down
the livelihood OF those vino are in rag
But things will change, and by generosity
on the part Of the crowded ward
robes, and industry and Sobriety on the part
of the empty wardrobes there will be
enough for all to wear. God has done mis-
part toward tn dressing Of the human race.
He grows a surplus of wool o. the sheep's
back, and focks roam the mountains and
valleys with a burden of warmth intended
for transference TO human comfort, when
the shuttles of the factories reaching all the
way from the hattahoochee TO the Merri-
mac shall have spun and woven it. And
here come forth the Rocky mountain goat
and the cashmere and The beaver Here are
the merino sheep, their iorigin traced
back to the fOcks of AbranGmic and Da-
vidic times. In white letters Of snowy
fleece, God has been writing for a thousand
years his wish that there might be warm h
for all ations. While others are discussing
the effect of high or low tariff OF no taiff
at all ouiwoOl, you and | had better see II
in our wardrObes we have nothing thst W.
can spare for the shivering, or pick out
some poor lad OF the street sud
take him down to a clothing store AMI
fit him out for the winter. Don't
think that cd has forgotten 10 send