Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-04-16

them so little Some OF them thrust into
an infidelity like that of the poor German
girl who, when told in the midst of her
wretchedness that God was good, said;
"No; no good God Just look at me- No
good Cod
OUR 100000 MIsERABLY POOR.
In this cluster of cities whose cry of
want | interpret there are said to be, as far
as / can figure it up from the reports.
about three hundred thousand honest
poor who are dependent upon individ-
ual, city and state charities. If all their
voices could come up at once it would
be groan that would shake the founda-
tions of the city and bring all earth
and heaven to the rescue But for the
most part it suffers unexpressed. 1t
sits in silence gnashing its teeth and suck
ing the blood Of its own arteries waiting
for the judgment day Oh | should not
wonder if on that day it would be found
out that some of rs had some things that
belonged to them, some extra garment
which might have made them comfortable
in cold days; some bread thrust into the
ash barrel that might have appeased their
hunger for little while; some wasted can
die or gas jet that might have kindled up
their darkness; some fresco on the ceiling
lldl MOuil nave gwen liltliA q AOOls soiiiC
jewel which, brought TO that orphan girl
in time, might have kept her from being
crowded off the precipices of an unclean
life; some New Testament that would
have told them of him who "came to seek
and save that which was lost"
Oh, this wave of vagrancy and hunger
and nakedness that dashes against our
front door stepl If the roofs of all the
houses of restitution could be lifted so we
could look down into them just as God
looks, whose nerves would be strong
enough to stand its And yet there they
are The fifty Thousand sewing women in
these three cities, some Of them in hunger
and cold, working night after night, until
sometimes the blood spurts from nostril
aud lips.
How well their gri # was voiced by that
despairing woman who stood by her invalid
husband and invalid child. and said TO the
city missionary; Il am down hearted
Everything's against us; and then there
are other things" what other thingsg"
said the city missionary. "Oh," she replied,
my sim" "Mhat do you mean by THAR
"Well," she yiid, II never hear or see any
thing good It'swork from Monday morn
ing till Saturday night, and then when
Sunday comes | can't go out, and | walk
the floor, aud IL makes me tremble to think
that | have got to meet God Oh, sir, it's so
hard for us. We have to work so, and then
we have so much trouble. and then we are
getting along so poorly. and see this wee
little thing growing weaker and weaker;
and then to think we are not getting nearer
to God, bur floating away from him. Oh
sir, dowish | was ready TO die.
should not worder if they had good
deal better time than we in the future, 10
make up for the fact that they had such
bad time here 1t would be just like Jesus
to say: Come up and take the highest
seats. You suffered with me ON EARTH
now he glorifed with me in heaven" O
thou weeping One of Bethany 0 thou dy.
ing One OF the cross, Have mercy on the
starving, freezing, homeless poor of these
great cities!
TIE UPRoOTING CLASSES.
have preached this sermon for four or
five practical reasons: Because want you
to know who are the uprooting classes of
society. Because | want you to be more
discriminating in your charities Because
want your hearts open with generosity,
and your hands open with charity. Be
cause ! want you to be made the sworn
friends Of all city evangelization, and all
newsboys' lodging houses, and all chill
dren's aid societies, and D0rcas societies,
under the skilful manipulation of wives
and mothers and sisters and daughters
let the spare garments Of your wardrobes
be fitted to the limbs Of the wan and shiv-
ering. should not wonder If that hat
that you give should come back jeweled
coronet, or If that garment that you hand
out from your wardrobe should mysteri-
ously be whitened, and somehow wrought
into the Saviour's own robe, so in the last
day he would run his hand Overt and say,
IL was naked and ye clothed me" That
would be putting your garments to glori.
Gus uses.
But more than that, I have preached the
sermon because | thought in the contrast
you would see how very kindly God had
dealt with you, and ! thought that thou.
sands Of you would go to your comfortable
homes and sit at your well filled tables
and at the warm registers, and look at the
round faces cf your children, and that then
you would burst into tears at the review of
Gods goodness to you, and that you would
go TO your room and lock the door and
knee down and say:
20 Lord | have been an migrate; make
me thy child o Lord, there are so many
huh-A9 Nht NAetfit "iAN uhSAtitSiSh tuNt9t
thank thee that all my life thou hast
taken such good care of me. o Lord, there
are so many sick ind crippled children to-
day, thank thee mine are wholesome Of
them on earth, some of them in heaven.
Thy goodness, o Lord. breaks me down.
Take me once and forever Sprinkled as |
was many years ago at the altar, while my
mother held me, now consecrate my soul
to thee in holier baptism of repenting
tears.
"For sinners, Lord, thou camst to bleed,
And I'm q sinner vile indeed:
Lord, l believe thy grace Is free.
o magnify that grace 10 me-"