Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-30

AMI philanthropists ami tn. O''rI>riau m,n
and the hon st merchants OF orr citie-.
ThsD, what municipal governments. too.
we will have in all the cities. Some citlcs
are worss than others. bat in many OF our
cities you just walk down by the city hail
and look in at some of td- rooms occupied
by politicians, and see to what "a sensual.
lOathsome. ignorant. besoitei crew lily
politics is often abandoned. Or they stand
around the City Hall picking their teeth,
waiting for some emoluments of crumbs to
fall to their feet, waiting all day long. AMI
waiting all night long.
Who are thoss wrsichei women taken up
for drunkenness. and carried up to ths
courts, and put in prison OF coursef Waat
will YOU do with the groyshops that make
them drink? Nothing. VINO are thoss
prisoners In jail2 One OF them stole a pair
OF shoes. That boy stole q dollar. This girl
snatched purse. All OF them crimes dam
aging socisty less than twenty or thirty dol
Fars. BIT what will you do with the gan
bier who last night robbed the young man OF
h thousand dollars? Nothing. What shall
be done with that one who breaks throu sl
and destroys the purity OF Christian home,
and with an afroituass AMI poridy tina:
beats the strategy Of nell. filings shrinking.
shrieking soul into ruin? No;niug. what
will You do with those who heeced that
young man. getting him to purioin large
sums OF money from his emp!oyer-th'
young man who cane to al om'er OF my
.hurch and told the story, aud franticaiiy
asked what he should do? Nothing.
All, we do well to punish small crimes; but
have sometimes thought it would be- bstter
In some OF our cities II the officials would
only turn out from the jails the petty GRIM
nals the little offenders. tsn-doliar deSpcra-
does and put in their plac = some OF the
mon-tsrs OF iniquity who drive thair roam
span through tn streets 80 swiftly that hon
est men have TO leaptO get out Of the wayof
being run over. Oh, tue damnahie schemes
that professei Christian men will some
time, eng age in until God puts the hnHer of
His retributiOu into the collar OF their robo
Of hypocrisy and rips it Gear t. the bottom!
But all these wrongs will be riGhtei. ex-
pect TO live to see the day. think hear IN
the distance the runbiaS OF the Kings
chariot. Not always in the minority Is tho
Church OF God going to be. or are good men
going to be. The streets nra going /" be
filled with regenerated populations. Three
hundred and sixty bells rang In Moscow
when one prince was married. but. when
righteousness and peace kiss each Other In
all the earth, ten thousand times ten thoh-
SAINT bells shall strike the jubilee. Poverty
enriched. Hunger fei. Crime baniShet.
Ignorance enlightened. Ailthe ties saved
ts not this cause worth working in!
Oh, you thiuk sometimes IL does not
amount to much! You toll on In your dit
.er-nt spheres, sometimes with great dis
| .ouragement. People have no faith and say:
ss we'll quit that" Why. when Moses
uret chei his hand over the ksd Sea. II dill
not seem to mean ANYTHING especially Po,.
pie came out, l suppose, and said; Ana!
| some of them found out what he wanted to
| DO. He wanted the sea parted. Ii did not
mount to anything, this stretching out OF
ais hand over the sea. But. after while.
| The wind blew all night from the east. and
me waters were gathered into a glittering
| paisads on either side, nn the pillows
reared as God pulled back on their crvsfal
/ bits Wheel into liue, .. Israeli march!
march, Pearls crashed under feet. Flying
spray gathers into rainbow arch OF victory
| for the conquerors to march under Shouts
/ OF hosts on the beach aGswerins the shout.
( of hosts amid sea- And wheu the last line OF
! Isra.'i ties reach the beach the cymbas clap,
| and the shields ang, and tue waters rush
| over the pur5uar-. aud the swit-hngered
| " pgs on the white keys OF the foam play
! the grand march OF Israel delivered and the
/ awful iirge OF Egyptian overthrow.
SO you and so forth. and all the people
I Of God 20 FORTH and they stretch forth their
hand over the sea, the boiling sea Of crime
and sin and wretchedness. lit don't amount
to anything" people say. DON'T III God 3
| winds of bslp will, after while, begin TO
| blow path will be cleared for the army
! OF Christian philanthrOpist-. Toe path Will
| DO lined with the treasures OF Christian
beneticence, aud we shall be greeted to the
other beach by the ciapping of all Of heavens
eymbals, while those who pursued Us and
! ieridei us and tried to destroy US Will go
| down under the sea AMI all that will ba ieft
| Of them will be cast high and dry upon the
| beach, the splinterei wheel OF a chariot, or
I thrust out from the foam the bi eathless ncS-
| .ril of n riderlejs charger.