The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-01-05
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
IN THE rURRow.

When tie new minister arose ~ hi
pull il spd announced bis tI'. the con
sresstion settled thsmselses ia the pew
With ao air OF satisfaction. They ver'
cop6deo, that they were TO listen 10 dn'
sfrmon. sud they we're not 10 be disap
pointed. They admired and esteemed ib.
Rev. Thomas Moultop. who had come "a
them IRON = ooun,ry parish which hi'
liberal views and tsl-nts bad oct ro~n.
Modest aud sinc re. the youug u An spI
pesled to his hearers not by means OF the
sensational ard lriilisut, II ioi ,ulgtr.
eloq lencs which Is now sfiect-d by Gel
tain class of much talked OF clergy men.
but by bis good sense and by the simple
beauty Of his thoughts. In laundering
orstoricil power he wss deficient, but his
voice wss clear aud pleasant, his manner
was earnest and pleAsing. When he I'D
dressed 40 audience, he won their conf
dence. and they b,l,eved bim 10 be what
he wss, thorough gentleman, = man
cbeiishIna high ideals and synpstbising
warmly with the trisl. OF bis fellow mep.
! Tie Rev Mr. N oulton was uLususlly
happy iu the sermon TO which particular
reieisnce has been made. He rpoke ieeli
| lngly 10 behalf OF the thousands who are
the victims Of an nDfsvolahle environi
ment. who are prevented by thwartirg cir.
cumstsnees irJm attaining those places
10 society 10 which their naturally high
qualities Of mind could best flourish.
There was strange inequality in life.
Choice gifts aud excellent opportunities
often Eel to the lot Of dull or ignorant
persons who failed to use h IN properly
ON tie contrary, those good things were
as fr, queLlly nuscconntably wihbeld
from those 10 whom they were admiral y
adapted. Fortun.tly, Of tue millions
u the world who lived IN poverty. tqualor
aud iguorsbce, the greater part. not being
developed mach above the animals, did
not pos, ess keen senslbilities nj ambit on
and cons, quently did not experience the
snflering which tender hearted but un
philosophical persons imagined for them
Indeed, d G capabilities Of this large class
u people were so limit ID that when they
were sometimes PLACED by Jealous phisn.
thropisls iD sphere higher thsn that to
which they we're accustomed, they became
positively miserable and Iopged to return
to q loe er condition. Nevertheless, a
gradual Improvement in the environment
of the masses was accompanied by like
improvement IN these people themselves.
Therefore the fact that they we're so larger
ly vonted to their preseIt condition did
not excuse the more fortunate from ceas,
ing their eudeavurs 10 elevate them. The
millions deserve attention. but iDAsmuch
a. they did not suffer acutely, snd in
many instances were happier than here
the people above them. it was not nec
cessary to lie awake nights for the purpose
OF devisiDg pl aus 10 their b, half. Bat 10
the same environment with tue millions
were thousands Of superior people who
we're the great sutfr .ers, and who deserved
speedy aud generous aid und sympathy
They were daily and vsinly making des'
perate tffortsto overcome thecircumstsnces
which Inverted them. They we're fitted
fer something better and they longed to
xttsin it, but there WAS some lack, either
OF health, OF money, OF energy or OF somei
thing else which prevented them from eel
Gaping irJm their unfsvorshle surround
lngs. Oniy the strongest and beet equip'
ped. unsided, turmonuted greatest oost !
cler. VT there were hundreds OF others
not lsss worthy, although less able, who,
IL they should receive timely sssistsoce,
could climb the bigbts that now discoursi
20 them. Strange TO say, the last me
toned class. although they deserve the
most attention, received the les't. The
unpiomising poor were pllied and given
ain aud the successful freat we're landed. |
Bn, those who we're gtsvely bnt IN, fiec'
tually struggling against sdssrse circum'
stances we're coolly ignored. IL was the
much and unoes,rseoly neglected class,
the noble unfortunate. whose claims fo'
sympathetic aid IRON the Gt ristian world |
we're greater than those OF any other por'
tion of humsLiiy. net excepting tue hes'
then.
To elucidste bis sui Jsct 10 a manner ~
eff ctive ss possible. The preacher employ
cd several lustist,ons Ooe Of them brief
iy outlined. was rs ftllovs:
Que day = farmer. while walking over
freshly ploved Il Id. espied somttuins
that eilttered He bebt down and picked
uos diamond ring. There sere spots OF
dry ud on the rim, and The oucr ciesn
ornsm mept looked neglected aud weather
bsst.p. A few yer. before the farmer
had fonpd u. 1t hsd been Lost by rich
al ~omsn duripgs rural rsmbie. The
farmer took the ring home. ssshed VI.
burnished y, and then IL looked 50 beauti,
fol A. when II wss pew. He restored II 10
th. oxprr IN 4 she wore II again.
Itus Il ~ss re,nred 10 its proper place.
where IL could iuif the putpos" Tor which
IL vas made, VIZ. TO be sn crnsmett. TO
be |. thing Of beauiy i,r The admiration OF
sll obs rvcr,. Bat h.d the fsrnsr not
chsuesd 10 20 by, or had be misiaten the
dian ond 10 The fiug ipr shining bit OF
ausrx .nd beel 10 ind iferen, 70 make ~
examination. the ring would have rrnsin'
I'd IN the furros. Il uonld hsvs been left
10 ,ts obsoure fate Soon i would have
been covered With earth aud rnbbisb. spd
would have continued 10 The wrong place