Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-04-26
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
The Brooklyn Divine's
Sunday Sermon.
SUI jet: tie Dark Side of City Lie. ,

Two grant DIVISIONS of time. The one {
sunlight, the other of shadow: the one for
WORK, the other for rest; the one a tvna ~
everything glad AMI beautiful, the Other
used IN all languages as n type of sadnss,
and sttiictiOn and S'n. These two divisions
Of time may have nomenclature of human
invention. but the darkness hell no its Ciuskv
brow to the LOri ), anl be baptiz Il il nh.
dew dr pp:ng fro n HIS fingers "a He nraya II
name, And the darkness he callei ni1bt p
Ny subject is midnight in town. Ths
thunder or the city has rolled out of the
air. The slightest sounds cut th-, niobt
with such dlstnc ness as to attract vonr
attention. The tinIling OF the ball of the
street car in the distance and the bavino
OF the dog. The stamp OF a horse in the
next street. The slamminr of a s,Io1r
door. The hlccOu n of the drunkard. Tn,
shrieEs Of the steam whistles five mies
away. o., how suggestive my friends
midnight in togvnl
There are honest men passing 10 and down
the street Here - a city missionary wac
has been carrying Scuttie OF coal TO that
poor family III tn dark place. Here Is an.
undertaken going uD the steps OF a buil Iing
from which thers comes a bitter cry which
Indicates that the destroying an gel has snit-.
ten the first born. Here is a minister of ra
lgion who has been giving the sacrament
10 dying Christian. Here is a physician
passing along IN great haste, the messen-
ger few steps ahead hurrying on to
the household. Nearly all the lights
in the winiow is the light OF the watcher.
for the medicines must be administered. and
the fever must be W itcAe1. AMI the restless
tossing off of the cOverlid must be resisted.
and the ice must be kept on the hot tenn
pies. and the perpetual PRAYER must 90 mn
from hearts soon to be broken. Oh the
midnight IN townl What a stupsniou5
tbOught-a whole city at restl
Weary aTm preparing for tomorrow.
toll. Hot brain being cooled or Rigid
ErRrHs OIL r.aaa
The white hair OF the Octogenar an in thin
drifts across the pillow, fresh fall OF flakes
on snow already fallen. Childhood with its
dlmpled hands thrown OUT on the pillow and
with every breath taking in a new store of
fun AMI trOlic. Gods slunberlsss eve will
LOOK. Let one great wave of rafreshiny
siumber roll over the heart o. the great
town, suhmerging care aud anxiety and
TOrrIment anu pain.
Let the city sleep; but my frien Is. be not
deceived. There will be thousands to-ni5ht
who will not sleep at all. Go up that dark
alley and be cautious where you tread lest
you fall over the PROSTATE form of a drunk-
Gri lying on his own doorstep. Look about
you lest you feel the garroters hug. Look
through the broken window pane aud see
what you can see. You say, Nothing"
Then listen. WHAT is it2 ''Goi help usP'
No toOtligats hut tragedy ghastlisr and
mightier than Ristori or Edwin Booth ever
enacted. No light, no fire, no bread, no
no foo for "a hours. You say, ''Why don't
they begs' They do but they get nothing.
You say, ''Why don't they deliver them.
nelves over 10 the aimShouse| All, YOU
would not ask that if You ever heard the
bitter cry Of a man or a child when told he
must go 10 the aimshOusc.
'Oh," you say, they are the vici lus poor
and therefore they DO not demani our syn-
pathy." Are they vicIOus7 So much more
need they your pity. The Christian poor,
Enl hoIn fn.ty
twinkles the round, merry star OF hops and
through the broken window pane they see
the crystals of heaven. but the v.ciOus poor,
they are more to be pitiei Their last light
has gone out. You excuse yourself from
helping them by saying they are 50 BAD they
brought this trouble on themselves. l re-
ply where | give 10 prayers lOr the nno-
cent who are suffering 1 vii! give % prayers
for the guilty who are suffering.
The fisherman, when he sees a vessel dash
ing into the breakers, comes out from his
hut and wraps the warmesJ fiinne,s around
those who are most chilled ami most bruised
and most battered in the wreck. And L
want you to know that these vicious poor
have had two snipwrsc .s-shipwreck of the
body, shipwreck of the soul-shipwreck for
time shipwreck Tor eternity. Pity, by all
means the innocent who are suffering, but
pity more the guilty.
Pass on through the alley. Open the door.
''Oh," you say, 1T is lcckei." No, it is not
IL
would be tempted to 90 in there to steal
anything. The door is never locked. Only
a broken chair stands against the door.
Shove 1t back. Go IN. Strike a match.
Now look. Beastlinass and rags. See those
glaring eyeballs. Be careful now what you
say. Do not utter any insult, do not inter
any suspicion, il you value your life.
What is that red mark on the walf Il l.
the mark Of a mugderer's handl Look aE
those two eyes rising up out of the darkness
and out from the straw in the corner COM
ing toward you, and as thev come near you
JCur light goes out. Strike another match.
Ali this is babe, not like the beautiful
children OF your household OF the beautiful
children smiling around these affairs on bap
tismal day. This little one never smiled; It
never will smile. A flower flung on an
awiuly barren beach. y Heavenly Shep-
herd fold that little one in Thine armsi
Wrap around you your shawl or coat
fighter, for the COD night wind sweeps
through.
Strike another match. Abiis it possibh
that that young woman'5 Scared and
bTuI>si face was ever looked into by ma
tsrnal tenierness' Utter no scorD. Utter
no harsh word. No ray of hope has dawne5
on that brow for many a year. No ray or
hope ever Will dawn on that brow. But the
light has gone out. DO not strike another
light. II would be mocSery TO kindle an
other light in such pace as Cnat, Pass out
and pass down the street Our cities OF
Brooklyn and New YORK and all our great
cities are full of such homes, and the worst
tlme the midnight. Do you know it is in
The midnight that criminals do their worst
work.
At half past s o'clock you will find then
in the drinking saloon, but toward II
o'c.o K they 90 to their garrets, they get
out their tools, then they start on the street.
Watching on either side for the police they
90 70 their work OF darkness. This is a bur-
gisr, and the false KEY will saOn touch the
store lock. This is incendiary, and be-
lore morning there will be hgut on the
sky and cry OF Fire! Fire" This is an as
sass'n, ami tomorrow morning there will be
dea1 Ooiy IN one Of the vacant lots. Dur
Ing the day ime thess villains in our cities
lounge about, some asleep and soma awake,
out when tue third watch OF the night ar
rlyeS tueIr eye keen, their brain cool, their
arm strong, their loot lset to tly or pursue,
they are ready.
Many Of these poor creatures were brought
up IN Jhat way. Tney were oorn IN a thieves
garret. Their childish toy was burglars
darE lantern. The first thug they remem-
Der was their mother oandagiDg the brow of
their father struck by the police club. They
began ~ roOuing boys pockets, and now
they nave come to dig the underground pas
sage 10 the cellar o. the bank and are pre-
paIIns to blast the goli vault.
Just 30 long ere are neglected. chill
oren Ot the street. just so long we will have
thess desperadOes. Some one, wishing to
make goo Christian point and to quote
passage OF ScrlnJure, expecting TO get Q
STlptIrai passag IN answer. SAID to one or
tngse se poor lads, cast out and wretched,
" hen your father aui mother forsake
you, who tnrn will taIe you uyF' and the
"oy sllh, Tine perhce, the periice."
10 the mlinisht gambling does its worss
"ork. WHAT though the hours De slipping
sSNay and though the wife be waiting in the
,ootl rrerisss G home, Stir up the fire. Bring Oh
more drink. Put IN more stakes. That
SCihercial house that only little while
sSf put out sign of copartnership viii
seascn be wrecked on gamblers ia BILE.
.nrs Will be many money till that Will
sa, leak. A Member of Congress
sSsn sSsn0sd od with a Member-elec. and won
n 80 The old way of getting living Is