Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-11


dor Of the demolition; and this moment,
| W. should parse in our service, we
i-ould hear the crash, crashl Just as in
the sicl1ly season you sometimes hear
the bell at the gate of the cemetery
ringing almost incessantly, so / found
that the bell at the gate of the cemetery
where ruined souls are buried was toll
ing by day and tolling by night. said,
II will explore Z"
went as a physician goes into fever
lazareto to see what practical and useful
information might get That would be
o foolish doctor who would stand outside
the door of an invalid writing Latin
description When the lecturer in
medical college is done with his lecture,
he takes the students into the dissectinG
room, and he shows them the reality. l
went and saw and came forth to my pull
pit to report plague and to tell how
sin dissects the body and dissects the
mind and dissects the soul "Oh, " say
you, ''are you not afraid that in conse-
quence Of such exploration of the iniqui-
ties Of the city other persons might make
exploration and do themselves damageP
/ reply: "If in company with the COM
missioner of police, and the captain Of
police, and the inspector of police, and
the company of two Christian gentle
men, and not with the spirit of curiosity,
but that you may see sin in order the
better to combat it, then, in the name OF
the eternal God, go? But, if not, then
stay away" ie
Wellington, standing in the battle Of
Waterloo when the bullets were buzzing
around his head, saw civilian on the
field. He said to him: "Sir, what are
you doing here? Be off, Why" re-
Iplied the civilian, ''thereis no more dam
ger here for me than there is for you. !"
Then Wellington flushed up and said,
"God and my country demand that be
here, but you have no errand here.
Now l, as an officer in the army of
Jesus Christ went on that exploration
and on to that battlefield. If you bear
a like commission, go. If not, stay away.
But you say, Don't you think that
somehow the description of those places
induces people to go and see for them
selves?" answer yes, just as much aas
the description of yellow fever in, some
scourged city would induce people to go
down there and get the pestilence.
But may be addressing some stran1'
ger already destroyed Where is he, that
I may pointedly yet kindly address himi
Come back and wash il the deep fouI-
tain of Saviour's S mercy. l do not give
you cup, or chalice, or a pitcher with
limited supply to effect your ablu.
tions. ! point you to the five oceans OF
Gods mercy. Oh, that the Atlantic and
Pacific surges of divine forgiveness
might roll over your soull AS the glori'
GUS sun of Gods forgiveness rides on TO-
ward the mid heavens ready to submergt
YOU in warmth and light and love bic
YOU good morning, Morning OF peact
for all your troubles. Morning Of liberia
ton for all your incarcerations.. Morn
ing of resurrection for your soul buriet
in sin. Good morning! Morning for thu
resuscitated household that has beei
waiting for your return. Morning TO
the cradle and the crib already disgraces
with being that Of q drunkard's child
Morning for the daughter that ha
trudged off to hard work because yo'
did not take care of home. Morning TO
the wife who at 40 or 80 years has tn
wrinkled face, and the stopped shoulder
and the white hair. Morning for one
Morning for all. Good morningl i
Gods name, good morningl
BEFORE PITFALLS.
In our last dreadful war the Federal
, and the Confederates were encamped o.
opposite sides of the Rappahannock, an
, one morning the brass band of the north
/ ern troops played the national air, an
all the northern troops cheered an
, cheered. Then ON the opposite side
q the Rappahannock the brass band Of tn
Confederates played my Maryland
/. and Dixie, " and then all the souther
3 troops cheered and cheered, But afte
+. awhile one of the bands struck u
"Home, Sweet Home" and the ban
! ON the opposite side of the river took u
: the strain, and when the tune was don
1 the Confederates and the Federals a
! together united as the tears rolled dow
8 their cheeks in one great huzza, huzza
q Well, my friends, heaven comes yer
1 near today. 1t is only stream thi
4 divides us, the narrow stream Of dealt
and the voices there and the voices her
q seem to commingle, and we join trun
A nets and hosannahs and hallelujahs, an
\ the chorus of the united song Of cart
! and heaven is Home, Sweet Home.
+ Home of bright domestic circle ON eartl
a Home of forgiveness in the great heti
4 of God. Home of eternal rest in heayel
h Homel Homel Homel
!, But suppose you are standing on
& crag of the mountain and ON the edE
q of a precipice, and all unguarded, an
y some one either in joke or hate sha
run up behind you aud push You of.
u is easy enough topush you of. But WI
would do so dastardly deed2 Why, th
is done every hour Of every day and e.
=. ery hour Of every night Men come
- - the verge Of city life and say; "Ro'
= 7 we will just look of. Come, young ma
do not be afraid. Come near let us loC
y off" he comes to the edge and loo
= and looks until, after awhile, sati
. It,. and ,.rtfa q haF