The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12
THE PARsOM's CORNER.
A. PARSON EDITOR.

worth one hundred Thousand dollars,
and | am not worth two bits; yet
after all | would not change places
with him." said a poor preacher of
the gospel; and as we thought of
his history and that Of his prosper
Gus friend, we had no doubt in our
mind as to the one who had made
the wiser choice.
The prosperous man had lived
only for wealth. He had gained
it, land nothing more" Gray
hairs were on his head, and deep
lines of care on his brow. And no
wonder! He was rich, but one of
his sons was dead and the other a
drunkard. He had toiled and
swaziland for what? There was
an undertone of bitterness in his
conversation that told of wasted,
disappointed life. In a few years
he must give up his hundred thou
sand dollars, and go out portion
less into eternity. There was a
canker on his gold, and it had
eaten into the souls of his children.
And the poor preacher! What
of him? He had led many sons to
the cross. He will be no stranger
when he reaches the better land.
Rich in faith, he is going to a
region where good deed per-
formed for the love of Christ, is of
more value than ruby as large as
this world.-Sezected.
In DARKEST ENGLAND After
reading the story of ''the sub
merged tenth" as told by Gen.
Booth which shows 165,5OO per-
sons in England absolutely home
less, sleeping in parks, on the en-
bankment, in door ways, alleys,
etc., one feels that those we call
poor are highly favored.
The following is one of the
many stories gathered from the
embankment sleepers: GIVE
slept here two nights; I'm a con-
fectioner by trade; I came from
hartford. | got turned off be-
cause I'm getting elderly. They
can get young men cheaper, and l
have the rheumatism SO bad. I've
earned nothing these two days; I
thought [ could get a job at Wool
wich, so walked there, but could
get nothing. | found a bit of
bread in the road wrapped in bit
of newspaper; that did me for
yesterday. I had a bit of bread
to-day; I'm fifty years old. When
its wet we stand about all night
under the arches"
Scores Of such pitiful stories are
given as samples of how the 1885,
500 live. If you feel poor read
darkest England" and you will
conclude that you never had con-
ceived Of what poverty really is.
The WAY OUT.-The last half
of Gen. Booths book is given to
proposing a remedy for this awful
poverty. He proposes to furnish
every man and woman however
poor Or low, work and under con-
ditions favorable to their moral
improvement. The scheme is in
three divisions. list. The CITY
Colony. 2nd. The Farm Colony.
Bird. The OVERSEE Colony. The
City Colony will have recruiting
stations in all the poor sections of
the city. Shelters where men and
women can get food and lodging
for very small price, and factor
les where work will be furnished.
The Farm Colony is a large ranch
near London where those who
have proved themselves industri-
Gus can be sent to continue the ef-
fort to "work out their own
salvation. The Oversee Colony
will be in South Africa, or some
other suitable place where those
who wish can have land and make
for themselves a home and become
independent. From the start the
managers will help and encourage,
and give direction to those who
try to help themselves to a better
life.