Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-13
How we'll their grief was voiced Nv tha,

How well their grief was voiced by that
despairing woman who stood by her invalid
husband and invalid child, and said to the
city missionary: ~ am down hearted.
Eycrything's against us; and then there
are other thln-s." what other thingsPn
said the city missionary. "Oh, she replied,
my sim "What do you mean by tlAt?'
well, " she said, Il 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, and it makes me trumble tothink
that have got to meet God. Oh, sir # 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 aud weaker;
and then tothink we are not getting nearer
70 God, but boating away from him. Oh,
sir, dowish was ready to die"
| should not wonder if they had a good
deal better time than we in the future, to
N y 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 be gloriGed with me in heaven" O
thou weeping One of Bethany O thou dy-
ing One Of the cross Have mercy on the
starving, freezing, homeless poor of these
great cities!
THE UPROOTING CLASSES.
have preached his sermon for four or
five practical reasons; Because / want YOU
to know who are the uprootiug classes of
society. Because | want you to be more
discriminating in your charities. Because
want your hearts open with generosity,
Il Il. Eel t
cause | want You TO be made the sworn
friends Of all city Cyangcli2atlon, and all
neWsboys' lodging houses, and all chill
drcn's aid societies, and DJrcls societies,
under the skilllul 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 has
that you give should come back ieweled
coronet, or if that garment that you hand
out from your wardrobe should mysteri-
Ously be whitened, and somehow wrought
into the Sayiour's own robe, 50 in the last
day lie would run his hand over it and say,
81 was naked and we clothed me-" That
would be putting your garments to glori-
Gus uses
But more than that, have preached the
sermon because l thought in the contrast
you would see how very kindly God had
dealt with you, and | thought that thou
sands of you would 90 to your comfortable
homes and sit at your well filled tables
and at the warm registers, and look at the
round faces Of your children, and that then
You would burst into tears at the review of
Gods goodness to you, and that you would
90 TO your room and lock the door and
kneel down and say;
80 lord, have been an ingrate make
me thy child. Q Lord, there are so many
hungry and unclad and unsheltered today,
| thank thee that all my life thou hast
taken such good care of me. o Lord there
are so many sick and crippled children to-
day, 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 as /
was many years ago at the altar, while my
mother held me, now | consecratc my soul
to thee in II holicr baptism Of repenting
tears
For sinners, Lord, thou cam'st to bleed,
And I'm sinner vile indeed;
Lord, believe thy grace is free,
Omagnify that grace to me-"