Telegram-herald., 1891-08-24

him with faith ia God that nothing eoald
disture.
Speak oct, ye cradles. and tell Of the feet
tAat rocked you aud the anxious faces thas
hoyered oseg yoal Speak out ye nurseries
es all Chrisss adoIa. aud ,e homes whether
desoiate or still Ia full bloom with tie
faces Of vile. mot her and daughter, and
help me 70 define Whist woman Is But IS
geokrrphsrs tell Us that the depths Of ths
sea correspond with the heights OF the
mountains have 20 tell you that . good
womznhood Is not higher up than bad
womanhood Is deep down The grsnder
the palace the more awful the eonfiagra-
tioa that destroys II. The grandsr the
steamer Oregon the more tsrglbls her GO
ing down just on the coast.
New should not wonder II you trera-
bled little with sense OF responsibility
when say that there Is hardly person in
this house but may have an opportunity
To save a woman. IL msy In your casa lie
done by good advice, or by financial help,
or by trying to bring To bear some oDs OF q
thousand Christian influences. II, for in
stance, you had a woman in financial dis
tress aud breaking down In health and
spirits trying 10 support her children, nG "
that her husband is dead or an invalid, do
ing that very important and honorable
work-but which is little appreciated -
keeping boarding house. where all the
guests, according as they pay small board.
or propose. without paying any board 1t
all. to decamp, are critical OF everything
aud hard TO please. busy yourselves in try
| ing to get her more patrons. and tell her Of
divine sympathy.
Yea. il you STE a woman favored Of for
| tune and with all kindly surroundings
finding in the hollow batteries of the
world her chief regalement, living for her
self and for time As il there were no eter-
nifty. strive to bring her into the kingdom
| of God, rs did the other day a Sabbath
school teacher. who was the means Of the
conversion OF the daughter of man OF
immense wealth, and the daughter re-
solved to join the church, and she went
home and said. Father, l am going to
Join the church. and want you to como"
"Oh. no." he said. Il never 20 to church !"
"Well," said the daughter. Iii were goiIg 9
to he married would you not SO to see ne
married" And he said. "Oh, yes"
"well," said she, ''this Is Of more impor-
| tance than that"
So he went and has gone ever since, ard
loves to go. l do not know but that faith
full Sabbath school teacher not only SAVED
woman. bnt saved a man. There may Ie
in this audience, gathered from all parts of
the world, there may be y man whose ie-
havior toward womanhood has been pG-
fdious. Repent! Stand up, thou master
piece Of sin and death, that may charge
you'll As far as possible make reparatim.
Do not boast that You have her in yoir
power and that she cannot help hersef.
L.. k..S a. a <t,,x
elegant suit Of clothes comes of aud yo,r
uncovered soul stands before God, you vii
be better OFF if you save that woman.
YOU MAY SAVE A CHILD.
There is another exploit you can do, ard
that is to save child. A child does MT
seem to amount to much. 1t is Eearlya
year old before it can walk ut all. For tie
first year and half i: cannot speak worl.
For the first ten years it would starve il t
had to earn it's own food. For the firs
fifteen years it's opinion on any subject i
absolutely valueless. And then there an
SO many of them. My, what lots Of Chi
dren! And some people have contempt fc
children. They are good for nothing bu
to wear out the carpets and break thing
and keep you awake nights crying.
Well, your estimate of child is quite
different from that mothers estimate whc
lost her child this summer. They took i
90 the salt air of the seashore and TO TIN
tonic air of the mountains, but no hell
came, and the brief paragraph of its life il
ended Suppose that life could he restored
by purchase, how much would that be
; reaved mother gives She would take al
the jewels from her fingers and neck anc
bureau and put them down. And il told
that that was not enough she would tax.
her house aad make over the deed for il
and II that were not enough she would cal
in all her investments and put down al
her mortgages and bonds, and If told tina
were not enough she would say" hav'
made ever all my property, and IL car
have that child bnck will now pledge tha
l will toll with my own hands and carr.
, with my own shoulders in any kind O
, | hard work ard live in n cellar and die in
5 garrett Only give ms back that lost dar
Q lngi"
am glad that there are those who know
a something of value of u child. Its posi-
4 bilities are tremendous What will thos
4 hands yet dor Where will those feet We
a walk? Toward what destiny will tina
. never dying soul betake itself, Shal
E thoss lips be the throne OF blasphemy o
a benedictions Come, chronologists, an
Q calculate the decades on decades, the Ger
turics on centuries. OF its lifetime. Oh, 3
: save a chiidi Am | not right in putin
q that among he great exploitsa e.
L But what are you going to do with thos
n children who are worse of than IL thei
! father and mother had died the day the
J. were born! There are tens Of thousands ,
+ such. Their parentage was against then
{ Their name Is against them. The structtr'
q Of their skulls is against them. The
= nerves and muscles contaminated by t'
!. inebriety or dissoluteness Of their par
t ents; they are practically at their birth Las
n out on a plank in the middle OF the Atla
:. tic ocean, In an equinoctial gale, and tot
= to make for shore. What to do with tho
Is the question often asked.
, There Is another question quite as peri
II nent, and that 10. What are they going 4
r do with uss They will, ten or eleven yer
IS from now, have as many votes as the sais
e number OF well born children, and thy
r will hand this land over to anarchy ad
" political damnation just as sure as we nS
D. iect them Suppose we each one OF us 81.
'i q boy or save girl You can do it. W
your will.
KNOW GOD AND DE srRoEo.
How shall we get ready Tor one or i
70 Of these three exploi.S' We shall maka
:. dead failure il In cur own strength we y
- Go save n man or woman or child. But ,
Y text suggests where we are TO grt coo
y ment The people that do know TIT
- God shall be strong and do exploits" q
0. must know him through Jesus Christn
D. our own salv alton, and then we shall h q
bis hello in the salvation OF others Al
IN while you are saving strangers you ny
r. .avs so,,a of vour own kin. You thk