The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-10-04

sometimes III Is my husband, sir), but
he drinks and then beats me. (Look
at that bruise on my face), and tell
him to see what is comm to his chill
dren. There's Peggy, goes sellin' fruit
every night in those cellars in Water
street, and they're hells, sir. She's
learning all sorts of bad words there,
and don't get back till 1e o'clock Mt
night. II 1t wasn't for her earnin' a
shillin' or two in their places, should
starve. o, wish they was out of the
city. Yes, It is the truth; l would
rather have all my children dead than
on the street, but I can't help it."
Another one Of those poorwomen, found
by reformatory association, recited
her story Of want and woe and looked
up and said ~ felt so hard to lose the
children when they died, but now I'm
glad they're gone" Ask any one
OF thousand such children on the
streets; "Where do you liveP" and
they will answer: 81 don't live
nowhere" They will sleep tonight In
ash barrels, or under outdoor stairs,
or on the wharf, kicked and bruised
and hungry. Who cares for them9
Once In awhile city missionary or a
tract distributor or teacher Of ragged
schools will rescue one Of them, but
for most people they are only weeds.
Yet Jonah did not more completely
misrepresent the Red Alge about his
head in the Mediterranean than most
people misjudge these poor and for
lorn and dying children Of the street.
They are not weeds. They are inn
mortal flowers Down in the deep sea
OF woe, but flowers When society and
the church Of God came to appreciate
their eternal value, there will be moro
@ L. Braces and more Van Meters, and
more angels Of mercy spending their
fortunes and their lives in the rescue.
Hear it, o, ye philanthropic and Chris
tian and merciful souls; not weeds, but
flowers. adjure you as the friends OF
all newsboys' lodging houses. OF all
industrial schools, of all homes for
friendless girls, and for the many
reformatories and humane associations
now on foot How much they have al
ready accomplished. Out Of what
wretchedness, into what good homes.
OF 81, 900 Of these picked up out Of the
streets and sent into country homes,
only twelve children turned out badly.
In the last thirty years number that
no man can number Of the vagrants
have been lifted into respectability
and usefulness and a Christian life.
Many Of them have homes of their
own. Though ragged boys once and
street girls, now at the head of prosper
ous families, honored On earth and to be
glorious In Heaven. Some of them have
been governors of states. Some OF them
are ministers Of the gospel In all de-
partments OF life those who were
thought to be weeds have turned out
to be flowers One of those rescued
lads from the streets of our cities wrote
to another, saying: 81 have heard yor
are studying for the ministry; so an
l." My hearers, implead you for thu
newsboys of the streets, many of then
the brightest children of the city, bu
no chance. Do not step on their BAR
feet Do not, when they steal ride
cut behind When the paper is thre
,, cents, once in a while give thom five
cent piece, and tell them to keep tn
, change. like the ring Of the lette
.. the newsboy sent back from Indiana
. where he had been sent to a good home
TO a New York newsboys' lodgin
house: "Boys, we should show ouI
selves that we are no fools, that we ca
,, become as respectable as any OF tn
! countrymen for Franklin and Webste
and Clay were poor boys once, and eve
George Law and Vanderbilt and AstoI
And now, boys, stand up and let thei
!, see you have got the real stuff in yo'
Come out here and make respectabl
y u and honorable men, so they can sa!
t. "There, that boy was once new
' boy" My hearers, join the Chri
!, tian philanthropists who are changin
organ-grinders and bootblacks an
newsboys and street arabs and cigf
u girls into those who shall be kings an
queens unto God forever. 1t is hig
time that Jonah finds out that thu
which is about him Is not weeds bl
:, flowers.
u AS l examine this Red Alga whic
o was about the recreant prophet dow
u in the Mediterranean depths, when,
!, the wordsof my text, he cried OUT ''Tl
d weeds were wrapped about my head
q and | am led thereby to further c
IS anime this submarine world, ! am cor
3 PEELED TO exclaim, what wonderf
l. God we havel I am glad that, by dlvir
n bell and Brooks deep sea soundir
l. apparatus" and ever improving m
d chinery, we are permitted TO walk d
is floor OF the ocean and report the wo
Is ders wrought by the great God.
Is Study these gardens Of the sea. Eat
al er and easier shall the profounds Of Il
a ocean become to us, and more and mo
ID It's opulence Of color and plant unro
IS especially as "Villeroy's Submaril
ts Boat" has been constructed making
ir possible TO navigate under the sea {
lp most as we'll as on the surface of q
~ sea, and unless God In his mercy ba
H. ishes war from the earth, whole flee
SO Of armed ships will yet far down und
ct the water move on to blow up the {
n Rosies that float the surface. May su
d. submarine ship be used for layil
~ open the wonders Of Gods workin
ae In the great deep and never for hum
On devastation o, the marvels OF I
he water worldl These so-called seawee
ut are the pasture fields and the forage