Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-30

q month, so ne boys surn in and give in,
d lift. : DO all the boys help him ~
asked the reporter. Yes, sir. When
they amt got no job themselves, and
Jim gets one, they turn IN and help i'm.
for he amt strong yet, you see. = 'sHow
! much percentage does he give you?''
said the reporter. The boy replied: 81
don't keep none of it. l amt no such
sneak as that. All the boys give up
what they git on his job. I'd like to
catch any Teller sneaking on a sick boy,
wouldpa The reporter gave him %
cent piece and said, You keep 10 cents
for yourself and give the rest to Jim. y
Cant do it, sir. It's his customer.
Here, Jim Such big souls as that
strew all the lower depths of the cities
and, get them converted to God, this
would be the last full century of the
world s sin, and but little work of evan
gelization would be left for the next
century. Before this century expires let
there be combined effort to save the
great cities of America and Great Brit
ain and of all Christendom. What an
awful thing it would be for you, o
dying century, to bequeath to the COM
ing century, as yet innocent and unscar-
red with single sin or burdened with
single sorrow, the blasphemy, the law
lessness, the atheism, the prohigacy and
the woes of great cities still unevangel-
izedl
What we ought to see, O dying CEN
fury, is a revival of religion that would
wrap the continents in conflagrations of
religious awakening, and that would
make legislation and merchandise and
all styles of worldly business wait awhile
at the telegraph offices and the tele-
phone Offices because they are occupied
with telling the story of cities and ma
tons born in a day. Nearly all the CEN
turtles closed with something tremen-
dous. Why may not this century close
in the salvation of America? 1 do not
know whether our theological friends
who have studied the subject more than
have are right or wrong when they
say Christ will come,in person to set up
his kingdom in this world but though
we would be overwhelmed with our I'M
worthiness, would like to see Christ
descend from heaven in one of the clouds
of this morning and planting his feet on
this earth, which he came centuries ago
to save, declare his reign of love and
mercy and salvation on earth begun.
And what more appropriate place. say
it reverentially--for such fs1vine land
ing than the capital of a continent never
cursed by the tyrannies and supersti-
lions of the old world?
Wonderful Sights.
What has this dying nineteenth CEN
fury to tell Us before he goesf We all
love so hear septuagenarians. octogena-
rians. nonagenarians and centenarians
talk. We gather aroCnd the armchair
and listen till it is far OH into the night |
and never weary of hearing their expe-
riences But Lord Lyndhurst at IS years
of age pouring into the ears of the
house of lords in four hours address
the experiences of lifetime, and Apol- |
lonius at t0O years of age recounting |
his travels to thrilled listeners and |
Charles Maclslin at 107 years of age |
absorbing the attention of his hearers, |
and Ralph Farnham of our country at |
107 years telling tho Prince of Wales
the story of Bunker Hill can create no
such interest as this dying centenariau
if he will only speak.
Tell us, o nineteenth century, before
you go, in a score of sentences. some of
the things you have heard and seen. The
turns upon US and says II saw
Thomas Jefferson riding in unattended
from Monticello, only few steps from
where You stand, dismount from his
horse and hitch the bride to post, and
on yonder hill take the oath of the presi-
Dental office. | saw yonder capitol
ablaze with wars iEcendiarism. | saw
the puff of the first steam engine in
America. I heard the thunders of Wa
terloo, Of Sevastopol and Sedan AID
Getty sburg. | was present at all the
of the kings and queens and
ernperors and expresses now in the
world S palaces. have seen two pillows
roll across this continent and from ocean
to ocean; billow of revival joy in 1857,
and biIlow of blood in 1864 I have
seen four generations of the human race
march across this world and disappear.
saw their cradles rocked and their
graves dug. | have heard the wedding
bells and the deathknells Of near hun
dred years. | have clapped my hands for
millions of joys and wrung them in
of agonies. | saw Macready
and Edwin Forrest act and Edward Pay
son pray. [ heard the first chime of
Longfellow s rhythms, and before any
one else saw them l read the first line
Of Bancrofts History, and the first
verse Of Bryant S 'Thanatopsis, and the
first word Of Victor Hugo almost super
natural romance. heard the music of
all the grand marches and the lament
of all the requiems that for nigh ten
decades made the cathedral windows
shake. have seen more moral and spir-
itual victories than all of my predeces-
sors put together.
Admonition and Benediction.
For all you who hear or read this