The Red Cloud chief., 1891-04-24

find the poor victims On the floor. cold.
sick. three-fourths dead. sinking into .
still darker corner under the CLEAN of
the lantern Of the police. There has
not been Q breath OF fresh air In ths4
room for five years, literally. The
broken sewer empties "a contents upon
them. and they lie ut night in the swim
ming filth There they arr, men, women
and children: blacks, whites; Mary
Nagdalen without her r~pentsnec, and
Lazarus without his God These are
the dives into which the pickpockets
and the thieves GO as well as q great
many who would like q different life
but can not get it.
They are the underlying volcano that
threatens us with o Caraccas earth
quake. II rolls and roars and surges
and heaves and rocks and blaspheues
and dies And there are only W. out
lets for il: The police court and the
potter's field In other wor1s, they
must either go TO prison " 90 hell.
There Is another layer Of poverty and
restitution, not so squalid. but almost
as helpless. lou hear the incessant
wailing for bread and clothes and fire.
The eyes are sunken- The check bones
stand out. Their hands are damp with
slow consumption Their flesh Is pulled
up with dropsies- Their breath II like
that of the charnel house. They hear
the roar Of the wheels Of fashion over
head, and the gay laughter Of men and
maidens, and wonder why God gave To
others s. much and to them so little.
In this cluster Of cities, whose cry Of
want interpret there are said 10 be.
as far as ] can figure 1t up from the re-
ports, about 3O0, 900 honest poor who
are dependent upon individual. city and
state charities. II all their voices could
come up at nce il would be q groan
that would shnke the foundations Of
the city, and bring all earth and heaven
TO the rescue. But, for the most part
gnashing its teeth and sucking the
blood Of its own arteries, whiting the
judgment day. q, ] should not wonder
If on that day il would be found out that
some of ms had some things that
belonged to them; some extra gar
ment which might nave made them
comfortable in cold days; Some bread
thrust into the ash barrel hat might
have nppeased their hunger for a little
while; some wasted candle or gas jet
that might have kindlcd up their dark
ness; some fresoo on the ceiling That
would have given them . roof: some
jewel which, brought that orphan girl
In time, might nave kept her from be-
ing crowded off the precipices Of an IN
clean life; some New Testament that
would have told them Of Him who
came to seek and save that which was
lost"
o, this wave of vagrancy and hunger
and nakcdness that dashes against our
front doorstep. II the roofs Of all the
houses of destitution could be lifted SO
we could look down into them just as
God looks, whose nerves would be
strong enough To stand il? And yet
there they are. The $4,000 sewing
m in these three. cities, sorne of
them in hunger and cold. working night
after night, until sometimes the blood
nlfai - bcshA NV III
Ihave preached this sermon for four !
Dr. five practical reasons: Because /
want you 10 know who are the uproot-
ing classes of society. Becausie ] want
you TO be more discriminating in your !
charities. because / want your hearts
open with generosity and your hands
with charity. Because | want
you to be made the sworn friends Of all
city evangelism and all newsboys' lodg-
ing houses and childrcn's aid societies
and Dorcas societies, under the skillful
manipulation of wives and mothers and
sisters and daughters: let the spare gar
ments of Your wardrobes be fitted to
the limbs of the wan and shivering.
! should not wonder il that hat that
you give should come back q jcweled
coronet, or il that garment that you
hand out from your wardrobe should
mysteriously he w~hitened, and some
wrought into the Saviour's own
robe, SO In the last day he would run
and We clothed me" That would be
putting your garments to glorious uses.
But more han that, ] have preached
the sermon because l thought in the
you would see how very kindly
God had dealt with you. and I thought
that thousands Of you would go to your
homes. and sit ut your well
filled tables, and ut the warm registers,
and look ut the round faces of your
children, and that then You would burst
tears ut the review of Gods good
ness to you, and that You would 20 To
room and lock the door. and kneel
and say: 20 Lord, ! have been an
make me Thy child. o Lord.
are s. many hungry and uncisd and
unsheltcred; ! THINK Thee that all my
life Thou hast taken such good care Of
nc q, Lord, there are SO many sick
and crippled children to-day: I thank
Thee mine are well, some of them ON
earth, some of them in Heaven. Thy
goodness, o Lord, breaks me down.
Take me once and forever. Sprinkled
~ ] was many years ago ut The altar
my mother held me, now I conse-
rate my soul 10 Thee in a holier bap-
ism of rcpenting tears"
For sinners. Lord Thou cam'st to bleed.
And I'm a sinner vile indeed.
Lord. I believe Thy grace H. free,
o magnify that grace in me.
hYPhENATED NAMES.
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