St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-19

has touched the life and love of God.
And broken, bleeding. and dying that
love opens up visions of peace, and
promises wife and children once more;
and makes the dying bed to him as soft
as downy pillows are.
Here is fond mother who has lost
sweet baby. Her theology is all wrong,
her love is all right And her poor
heart reasons that love like hers can
never die or go unrewarded. Like men
borne on in the tides of a swirling
ocean who have eagerly caught at the
floating plank, humanity. driven by adj
verse tides, carried on mad and muddy
currents has reached up to find this
love. And so from the little boy cling
ing OIL that night to the only person
who had loved him, to suffering world
looking I'D to find love and pity in God,
we find the same great truth-loye is
the all in all of religion.
The woman gently brushed back the
curlS of spun gold. The boy was quiet.
for he was weak, and the sands of his
life were nearly run. The woman held
, his hands in hers, but her mind wan
dered away. She was thinking of the
conditions of life that produce the
waif. She was thinking of the sin that
robs such children of home. Yes;
and of the Man of Nazareth and the
ideas of his religion.
Then came the words "InaSmuch as
we have helped these We have helped
me-" How simple, plain and clear the
thought then she pictured the scene.
She mentally compared it with our
modern church SyStemS-Our religious
clubs, good and better. She pictured a
procession of us standing before the
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church in this city for many years. We
were now about to receive His COLI
graduation for our service in His name.
He began to say II was sick and in
prison and We visited me-" One of us
pulled down his pious face and said:
Lord. when saw we thee sick and in
prison and visited thee, or hungry and
fed thee?' And then the Man stopped
Ill CONSERVATION and said: ''Sure
enough; when did you do anything for
me that cost you any SacrlficeH But
the reverie was interrupted by spas
mOdic movement of the boys hand. He
called the girls name and asked her to
look in his face. She brushed the curlS
of gold back from the brow; angels
came aud opened the golden gate; the
street boy went home in that same hour.
Natural Conclusions.
Thinking of the whole subject our
first conclusion is that unless revolu-
ton can be carried out that will COM
pletely reEOvate society our best work
will be in prevention. When MIR. Mills
comes we will be called to face a pro-
posed revolution. AT present we con-
clude that such revolutions have not
succeeded. Excess of joy will drop you
deeply into the valley. Geneva was
held by John Calvin'S hand as the boys
liberty by his father. AmuSements
were excluded, the sun shut out of
every house. Youth and gayety were
only privileged to think of hell and the
Judgment day. The tidal wave of re-
action came after awhile, even in
Geneva. Like the wave of steel and
iron that swept back the Old Guard
of Napoleon at Waterloo, 1t set back the
advances made by the reformers. and to.
day Sunday is the gay holiday iii this
same Geneva. and the day seems hardly
to bear trace of the WORK that Calvin
did. All violent movements awake
such reactions. SO we turn to the other
side and hope to work by way of pre-
ventlon. If we can develop the senti-
ment of pride and honor in TIE mind of
the boy we may help him to help him
self. 1t we can kindle in him the spirit
of love we may do more for him than il
we give him presents. OF course this
does not prevent US from giving 10 the
worthy, nor shorten our hands to deeds
OF real charity, but it prevents us from
falling into the foolish fondneSs, and
that unreasoned impulsiveneSS which
often take the name of charitable serv-
ice.
Brethren, we come here for this hour
to think of things that may be duties.
We may be puzzled about many of the
intellectual problems that God has sent
to this age. The one thing, however,
that does not puzzle lis is the practical
meaning of. this humane work. And
while do not expect active service
from every one. ask you to think of
these dramas that are taking place
every day, for if all the people think of
them some plan will be developed out of
their thought that will make the life of
this city better in every street ana
every avenue.
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