Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-11-13

like that Of a charncl house They hear
the roar of the wheels of fashion over
head and the gay laughter of men and
maidens and wonder why God gave to
others so much and to them so little
Some of them thrust into an inidelity
like that of the poor German girl who
when told in the midst of her wretched-
ness that God was good, said: mo,
no good God Just look at me. No good
God
The Christian Duty.
In these American cities, whose cry
of want interpret. there are hundreds
and thousands of honest poor who are
dependent upon individual, city and
state charities If all their voices could
come up at once, it would be a groan
that would shake the foundations of the
city and bring all earth and heaven to
the rescue, but for the most part it suf-
fers unexpresscd 1t sits in silence,
gnashing it's teeth and sucking the blood
of its own arteries, waiting for the judg-
ment day Oh should not wonder if
on that day it would be found out that
some of US had some things that be-
longed to them, some extra garment
which might have made them comfort
able on cold days, some bread thrust
into the ash barrel that might have ap.
peased their hunger for little while,
some wasted candle Or gas jet that
might have kindled up their darkness,
some fresco on the ceiling that would
have given them roof, some jewel
which, brought to that orphan girl in
time, might have kept her from being
crowded off the precipices of an unc!can
life, some New Testament that would
have told them of him who came to
seek and to save that which was lost >
Oh. this wave of vagrancy and hunger
and nakedness that dashes against our
front doorstep-I wonder if you hear it
and see it as much as hear it and see
it. 1 have been almost frenZied with tie
perpetual cry for help from all classes
and from all nations, knocking, knock
ing. ringing, ringing If the roofs Of all
the houses of restitution could be lifted
so we could look down into them just
as God looks, whose nerves would be
strong enough to stand it? And yet
there they are.
The sewing women, some of them in
hunger and cold, working night after
night, until sometimes the blood spurts
from nostril and lip. How we'll their
grief was voiced by that despairing wo-
man who stood by her invalid husband
and invalid child and said to the city
missionary: ~ am down hearted Ev
erythings against US, and then there
are other things 30 What other things?"
said the city missionary. "Oh. p" she
replied, my sin. - What do you mean
by that?'' well, she said, 81 never
hear or see anything good It's work
from Monday morning to Saturday
night, and then when Sunday comes |
can't go out, and | walk the floor, and
it makes me tremble to think that l
have got to meet God. Oh. sir, it's so
hard for us We have to work so, and
then we have so much trouble, and then
we are getting along SO poorly, and see
this wee little thing growing weaker
and weaker, and then to think we are
getting no nearer to God, but floating
away from him--oh, sir. do wish l
was ready to die. !"
l should not wonder if they had
good deal better time than we in the
future. to make up for the fact that
they had such bad time here. Itwould
be just like Jesus to say Come up
and take the highest seats You suffer
ed with me on EARTH now be glorified
with me in heaven Oh, thou weep
ing One of Bethany Ga. thou dying
One OF the cross! Have mercy on the
starving freezing. homeless poor OF
these great cities.
want you to know who are the up
roofing classes OF society | want you
to be more discriminating in your char
tiles want your hearts open with
generosity and your hands open with
charity want you to be made the
sworn friends Of all city evangelization,
and all newsboys lodging houses, and
all Christian aid societies Aye, want
You to send the Dorcas society all the
cast off cloih!ng that. under the skill
full manipulation Of the wives and moth
ers and sisters and daughters. these gar.
ments may be tilted on the cold, bare
feet and OIL the shlverlng limbs OF the
destitute should not wonder II that
hat that you give should come back a
iewelcd coronet or that garment that
You this week hand out from your ward
robe should mysteriously be whitened
and somehow wrought in the Saviour's
own robe, so III the last day he would
run his hand over it and say. IL was
naked and ye clothed me That would
be putting your garments to glorious
uses.
Besides all this 1 want you to appre-
ciate in the contrast how very kindly
God has dealt with you in your COM
Portable homes, at your we'll filed ia
bles and at the warm registers, and to
have you look at the round faces of
Your children, and then, at the review
of Gods goodness to you, 60 to your
room and lock the door and kneel down
and say: 80 Lord, have been an in
CRATE Mako me thy child. O Lord,
there are SO many hungry and unclad
and unsheltered today 1 thank thee
that all my life thou hast taken such
good care of me. o Lord there are so
many sick and crippled children today
l thank thee mine are well, some of
them on earth, some of them in heav-
en-. Thy goodness. o Lord breaks me
down. Take me once AID forever.
Sprinkled as was many years ago at
the altar, while my mother held me,
now consecrate my soul to thee in
boiler baptism of repenting tears
,'For sinners. lord, thou cam st to bleed.
And I'm sinner vile indeed.
Lord. believe thy grace is free
Oh. magnify that grace In mel!
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