Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-31


tragedy many of che yeuth of this coup.
ny are ruined.
Further on thousands and tens Of thou
sands of the daughters Of America are
spfiace,i 10 woridiinsss. Theyars taueht
10 te In sympathy with ali the artihciali-
tics of society. They are induoted into
ell the hollOwness Of what Is called fash.
lonabie life. They are taught 70 believe
that history IL dry, but that 10 cent sto.
rios ~ adventurous love are delicious.
witt capacity that fnisht have rivaled
a Florence Nightingale IN heavenly min.
istrien. OF made the fathers house glad
with iilial and sisterly demeanor, their
life Is waste. their beauty curse, their
eternity a demolition.
SLAIN AT THE ALTAR.
In the siege Of Charleston, during the
civil war, n Lieutenant Of the army stood
ON the floor beside the daughter Of the
ex-governor Of the state Of South Caro-
lima. They we're taking the vows Of
marriage. A bombshell struck the roof,
dropped into the group, and nine were
wounded and slain; among the wOunaed
10 death, the bride. While the BRIDE
groom knelt on the carpet trying 10
stanch the wounds the bride demanded
that the ceremony be completed, that
she might take the vows before her de-
parture, and when the minister said,
''Wilt thou be faithful unto deatES'' with
her dying lips she aaid, "I'will, !" and In
two hours she had departed. That was
the accidental slaughter and the sac
rifice of tho body, but at thousands Of
marriage affairs there are daughters slain
for time and slain for eternity. Itis not
marriage; 1t isa massacre.
Afianced to some one who IL only
waiting until his father dies so he can
get the property. Then little while
they swing around in the circles, bril-
liant circles. Then the property is gone,
and having no power to earn liveli-
hood the twain sink into some corner of
society-the husbandsan idler and a sot,
the wife drudge,a a slave and sacrifice.
All, spare your denuncintionsfrom Jeph-
thah's head and expend them'all on this
wholesale modern martyrdom!
/ lift up my voice today against the
sacrifice of children. look out of my
window on Sabbath and l see group
of children-unwashed. uncombed, un-
| Christianized. Who cares for themi
Who prays for them? Who utters to
them one kind word?
THE STREET ARAB.
When the city missionary passing along
the park in New York saw ragged lad
and heard him swearing, he said to him
my son, stop swearingl You ought x
go to the house of God today, You ough,
to be good. You ought to be q Chris
tian." The lad looked in hisface and said
"Ah, it is easy for you to talk, vel
clothed as you are and well fed. bot W.
chaps hain'ti got no chancer" Who lift
them to the altar fo- baptismS Whs
goes forth to snatch them upfrom GRIM
and death and woeY Who today will g
forth and bring them into schools anS
churches? No. Heap them up, grea
piles of rags and wretchedness and filth
Put underneath them the fires of sacri
} fee, stir up the blaze, put on more fag
OTIS, and while we sit in the churche
} with folded arms and Indifferent Grim
: and disease and death will go on wit
8 the agonizing sacrifice.
D During the early French revolution q
Bourges there was a company OF boy
3 who used to train every day as youn
3 soldiers, and they carried flag, and the
s had on the flag this inscription: "Tren
Q BILE, tyrants, tremblei We are CROWN
up" Nightly suggestivei This ger
: Grafton is passing OFF, and q mightis
Q generation is coming on. Will they
Q the foes of tyranny, the foes of sin an
!, the foes Of death, or win they be the fo'
= of God2 They are coming upl
8 congratulate all parents who Gre d
ing their best to keep their childre
4 away from the altar of sacrifice. Yot
Q prayers are going to be answered. YOJ
d children may wander away from Co
t but they will come back again. Avoit
i comes from the throne today encourai
/ ing you, 81 will be God TO thee, and |
n thy seed after thee" And though wht
h you lay yc1r head in death there may !
:. some wanderer of the family far avs
d from God, and you may be 20 years
s heaven before salvation shall come
!, his heart, no will be brought into h
d kingdom, and before the throne Of Or
= You will rejoice that you were faithft
% Come at last, although 80 long pol
% poned his coming. Come at lasti
% CHEER FOR THE TonKRs.
% congratulate all those who are TO
ing for the outcast and the wanderin
l. Your work will soon be over, but the !
l. fiuence you are setting in motion "
70 never stop. Long after you have BE-
It garnered for the skies your prayers, 20
d teachings and your Christian innuen
s. will go on and help 10 people heav
10 with bright inhabitants.
d Which would you rather see-whi
1t scene would you rather mingle in In I
. last great day--being able to say,
8, added house to house and land to la
IN and manufactOry 10 manufactoryi
s. owned half the cityi whatever my ey
It saw had, whatever wanted got,
N on that day TO have Christ look you Il
10 In the face and say. II was hungry, o
n We fed me; was naked, and ye cloth
sr me; was sick and In prison. and ye '
N tied me; inAsmuch as 20 did II 10 I
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