Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-04-14
city Of New York there were 5000 900 sac.

that splendid building uptown No. Then
the villain will undertake to snow you what
be calls the "lions' and the elephants
and after young man, through morrill,
curiosity or through badness Of soul. has
seen the "lions" AMI the elephants" he will
be on enchanted ground. Look ous for
these men who move around the hotels with
sleek hats-always sleek hats and patron
izing air and unaccountable interest about
your welfare anl entertainment. Hou ara
fool If you cannot sea through it. They
want your money.
In Chestnut street, Philadelphia, while
was living in that city, an incident occurrei
which was familiar to us there. In Chest
nut street, young man went into gam
bling saloon, lost all his property, then blew
his brains out, and before the blood was
washed from the fl )Or by the maid the COM
rddes were shuffling cards again. You SEQ
there is more mercy in the highway man for
the belatel traveller on whose DO ly he heaps
the stones; there is more mercy in tho frost
for the flower that it kills; there is more
mercy in the hurricane that shlvers the
steamer on the Long Islanl coast than there
IS mercy in the heart OF q gambler for rs
victim.
In the midnight hour also drunkenness
does its worst. The drinking will be re
spectacle at o'clock in tho evening, little
flushed at 9. laxative and Garrulous at 10
At II blasphenous. at IL the hat falls oil AMI
the man falls to the A DOT asking for more
drink. Strewn through the drinking
saloons OF the city--fathers, brothers
husbands, sons, as goo las You ara oy nature
perhaps letter.
In the high circles OF society it is hushel
up. A merchant prince, If he gets NOISY
an uncomfortable, Is taken by MS reno"
jewellers, who try to get him to bel, OF tlSe
him home, where he falls hat in the entry D9
not wake up the children. They have hal
dis1race enough. Do not let them know 1t.
Hush it up. BIT sometimes it cannot be
hushei up-when thu III n touches the BRAIN
and the man become thorouy hy frenz.e !.
Oh. il the rum touches the brain, you c IN
not hush it 10, You do not seq the worst.
IN the Midnight meetings n great multitu le
have been saved. We want few hundred
Christian men and women to come down
from the highest circles OK society to toll
amid these wandering AMI destitute oneiani
kindle up light in tle dark alley, even the
gladness Of heaven.
Do not 20 from your well fuel tables with
the idea that p:ous talk is going TO stop the
gnawing o. an empty stomach or 10 warn
.tocSingless feet. Take bread. take raiment.
is a great deal Of common sense IN wlat tn
poor woman said to the city missionary
when he was telling her how she ought 10
love Col and serve Him. "Od" SAIL SIC
'if YOU we're as poor aud col as an, an
as hungry, you could think OF nothing else.
A great deal OF what is called Caris.ian
work goes for nothing for the simple reason
it is not practical, as after the battle OF
AntietaM a man got out oil an amou'ancs
with a baZ of tracts. and he went dlst-iolt.
ing the tracts. and George Stuart, one OF
the best Christian men in this country, SAID
T. him: "What are you distributing tracts
for now There are 300 men bleeiing to
death. Bind up their wounds, AMI then dis
tribute the tracts"
We want more common sense in Chris
tian work. taking the breal OF this life in
one hand. and the bread OF the next life 10
the other hand. No sucd inapt work as
that done by the Christian man who, during
the war. went into a hospital with tracts.
and coming TO the bed Of a man whose legs
had been amputatsd, gave him tract Oil
the sin OF dancing! l rejoice before 10 ]
that never are sympathetic words utterei J.,
never prayer offered, never a Christian
almsgiving INDUCED in but 1t Is blessed.
Taere is place in Swift ,rlsnd, | have
been told. where the utterancs OF one word
D
10 tell YOU this morning that sympathetic
word. a kind word, q generous word, help
fu word uttere in the dark place OF the
town will bring back ten tnOusan ecnOei
from all the thrones o. heaven
Are there in this assenOage this mornn :
those who know 10y experience the TaSeli-s
of midnight IN town. l am not hers u
thrust you back with one hari worj. Iafe
the bandage from your bruised soul an put
on it the soothing salve OF Chrlsts gos?al
ana of Gols compassion. Many have co ne
I see others co ming u q q this morniny,
tired of sinful life. Cry NJ the news 10
heaven. Set all the bells ringing. Sp-eai
the banou-t under tie arcaes. Let IN.
crowned meals come down AMI sit at taa
jubilee.
tell YOU there is mora delight in helvs1
over one man that gets reiormei by tne
grace OF God than over ninety AID nine tnat
never cot of the track l could give you
Inc history in a minute o, one of The best
! frienis | ever had. OItslie OF my own
/ family never hal batter frieA1. ne
welcomed me 10 my home at the We5t. ne
was OF splendid parsOnll appearance ana
/ he mad an ardor OF soul and warmt oil al
/ lection that made me love hun Ike
! brother.
] saw men cOlAuE OuN Va N1|
gambling has. ami they surrounded my
! friend. and they took him at thu weak point,
/ his social nature ami saw him gong down
and had q air talk vito him. FOR l never
vet saw a man you could not talk with on
the subject Of his habits il you talkeI with
| him in The right way | said to him, wv ny
don't YOU give up your Dad habits an BE-
come a Christian / remember now J1s'
how he looked, leaning over his counter as
he renlied; 81 wish | coull. "a, sir, l
shonld like to be a Christian, but | have
gone so far astray ! can't get back.
So the time went on. AFTER a"hlIe v.e
day Of sickness came was summons -. ~ =
his sickbei. FASTENED. 1t took ME but a
yerv few moments to get there. / was sur
nrisa5 as [ went in. ! saw HIM IN M
ordinary clothes, fully dressei, lying on th'
] ton of the bed. | gave him my hand, aho
he seized it convulsiveiy AID SAID v
how clad am to see you Sit down there
| I cat down. and he said: "Mr. ialmage
inst where YOU sit now my mother sat las
rjobt She has been dead 20 years. Now,
don't want you to think l am ont OF my
nin., or tnat am suDerstitious: but, sill
she Sat there last night just as certainly a
Won sit there now--the same cap, and apro
and sp actacles. 1t was my cd mother-sn
sat there o., -,
Then he turned to his wife an salh:
wish you would take these strings oil 10
bed. Somebody IS wrapping strings aroun
me all the time. wish you would stop tina
ANNOYANCE She said, There is nothin
here" Then | saw it was delirum. He said
Just where you SIT now my mother sal
and she said. Roswell, | wish you would d
better-I wish you would do better | SAID
Mother | wish | could do better. try Z
do better, but I can't. Mother, you used t
help me. Why can't you help me now
And, sir, | got out Of bed. for it was reality
and went TO her and threw my arms aroln
her neck, and | sail: Mother, l will do het
ter but you must help. l can't do TN
a'onee" | knelt down and prayed. Tha
night his soul went TO the Lord that made II
Arrangements were made for the oose
quies The question was raised whetne
they should bring him to church Some
body said, you can't bring suca dissolnt
man as that into the ciurch." | said: 'Ho'
will bring him in the church? He stool by
me when he was alive, and will stand b.
him when hs is dead. Bring him" As
stool 10 the pulpit and saw than cIrryinl
the boly 10 the aisle, felt as II coul'
weep tears OF blo)d.
On one side Of the pulpit sat his little ca L
OF eight years, sweet, beautiful little gr
that had seen him hug convusively in nj