Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-03

found b. = rsfsrnssory ansncsssios. r.
cited ~ story q want and wos ana
iooked up sni aid. II fla - hard ~
ioss he ch<idzsn when they did. be.
non I'm glsd they're gona' Ak any
one u thoasend s1eh ehildren ca tbs
stTexs. ~Nhrs do yon live and they
VIII answer. Il acnt hse nowhere"
Thef VIII slsep tonisht IN 4&h barrels. c.
under oatsioox stairs. or On the wharf.
kicked and bruised and hungry. Who
cares for thsnzs Once IN awhile . City
missionary. or tract distributor. or .
teacher q ragged schools viii rescue one
of then.. bns fur most peopls they are
only wseds-
zee Jonah did not moro completely
misrrprcsent tho rsd alga about his
head Ia the Mediterranean than most
people mizJa2xe these poor and foriorn
and dylng chiltren II tho street. They
are not weeds They are immortal flow-
ers. Down IN tbs deep Sea cf woe. but
flowers. When socisty and the ehsrch
81 God como 10 appreciate their eternal
value. there viii be more @. l.. braces
and more Van Meters and more sngels
Of mercy spending their FORTUNES and
their lives In tho rescue.
H&r Il. o ye philAnthrofic and
Christian and mercifni sools-not weeds,
bat flowers Iabjure you ~ tho friends
Of al newsboys' lodging houses. of all
industrial schools. Of al homes for
frssndless girls and for the many re-
formxfories and humane associations
now On foot. How much they have o.
ready accomplished Out u what
wrstohedn<ss. into what good homes!
OF 1000 Of thess picked mp out Of the
streets and sent into country homes
only ~ children turned out badly.
In the last % years number that no
man can number Of the Migrants have
been lifted into respectAbility and
usefulness and = Christian life. Many
Of them have homes Of their own.
Though ragged boys once and street
girls, now at the bead Of prosperous
families, honored ON earth and to be
glorious In heaven. Some Of them have
been governors Of states. Some of them
ara ministers OF the gospel. In all de-
partments Of life those who were
thought to be weeds have turned out 10
be flowers. One OF those rescued lads
from the streets Of our cities wrote TO
another, saying: II have heard you are
studying for the ministry. So am L.
Ny hearers. / iInplead you for the
newsboys Of the streets, many Of them
the brightest Children Of the city, but
with no chance. Do NOS step on their
bare feet. Do not, when they steal = ride,
cut behind. When the paper is . cents.
once I'm awhile give them cent piece
and tell them 70 keep the change. like
the ring Of tho letter the newsboy s8nt
back frun Indiana, whore he had been
sent 10 q good home. to . New York
newsboys' lodging house: Boys, we
should show ourselves that we are no
fools, that we can become as respectable
Is any Of the countrymen. for Franklin
and Webster and Clay were poor boys
once. and even George Law and Van
derbilt and Aston. And now, boys,
stand mp aud let them see you have
got the real stuff in you. Come out
here and make respectable and honor
able men, so they can say. There; that
Ivy was OllS - H0NrlVfs Al
ers. join the Christian philanthropists
who are changing organ grinders and
bootblacks and newsboys and street
arabs and cigar girlsinto those who snail
be kings and queens unto God forever.
1t Is high time that Jonah finds out that
that which is about him Ii not weeds,
but flowers.
coRoSALs or BEAUTY.
AS examine this red alga which was
about the recreant prophet down in the
Mediterranean depths, when. IN the words
OF my text, he cried ont, .'The weeds
were wrapped about my head, and am
led thereby to further examine this sub
marine world. am compelled to exclaim.
What q wonderful God we havei am
glad that. by diving bell, and Brooks
deep sea sounding apparatus" and ever
improving machinery, we are permitted
10 walk the floor Of the ocean and report
the wonders wrought by the great God
Study these gardensof the sea. Easier
and easier shall the profounds of the
ocean become to US, and more and more
its opulence of color and plant unroll,
especially as "Villeroy's submarine
boat" has been constructed, making it
possible to navigate under the sea al
most a. well as on the surface Of the
sea, and unless God in his mercy ban
ishes war from the earth whole fleets Of
armed ships viii yet far down under the
water move on to blow up the argosies
that float the surface. May such sub
marine ships be used FOR laying open the
wonders Of Gods workings In the great
deep aud never for human devastation.
On, the marvels OF the water world
These - called seawseds are the pasture
fields and tho forage Of tho innumerable
animals Of the deep. Not one species Of
them can 10 spared from the economy Of
nature. Valleys and mountains and
plants miles underneath the waves arr
all covered with fiora and fauna- sunken
Alps and Apenninss and Hiinalaysz Of
Atlantic AMI Pacific oceans. A continent
that once connected Europe and Ameri-
ca. % that In the sgss past men came GA
foot across from whore England u 10
where we now stand. all sunken and
nov covered with the growths 81 che
sea - II once was covered with growths
81 the land