Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-07-14

council men IN our great cities. II "A
man in that position have the courage
of Il Cromwell and the Independence Of
an Andrew Jackson, and the public-
. spiriteducss of John Frederick Oocr-
in, and the piety of an Edward Pay
son, he viii have no surplus 70 throw
away. Pray for these men. Every
man likes to be prayed tor. DO YOU
know how DIR. Norman Mcleod be-
came the queens chaplain? 1t was
/ ~ warm hearted prayer in the
Scotch kirk in behalf of the royal tam
! lily, one Sabbath when the queen and
her son we're present incognito.
| Yes. 90 further. my friends, and
| pray for your police. Their pcrls and
/ temptations are best known to them
selves. They hold the order and peace
OF your cities in their grasp. But tor
their Intervention you would not be
safe for an hour. They must face the
storm. They must rush in where Il
seems to them almost instant death.
/ J hey must put the hand of arrest on
the armed maniac and corner the muir.
| dercr They must refuse large re-
wards for Withdrawing complaints.
They must unravel intricate plots and
trace dark lubyrinths of crime and de-
velop suspicious into certainties. They
must be cool while others are frantic.
They must be vigilant while others ara
somnoIent, impersonating the very viii
lainy they want to seize In the DO
lice forces of our great cities are to-day
men of as thorough character as that
OF the old detective of New York, adj.
dressed TO whom thee came letters
from London asking Tor help ten years
after he was dead-lctters addressed 90
Jacob Hayes, High Constable of New
\ ork.' Your police need your APP
probation, your sympathy, your grau-
tudc. and, above all your prayers. Yea,
want you to go further rand pray every
day for prison inspectors and Jail keep
crs, wor, awful and ocuctccnt. Rough
men, cruel men, impatient men. are not
fit for these places. They have under
their care men who were once as goodas
you, but they got trippcd up BAD
company or strong drink or strange
conjunction of circumstances flung
them headlong. 60 down that prison
corridor and ask them how they rot III
and about their families and what their
early prospects in life were. and YOU
Will find that they are very much like
yourself, except in this, that God kept
you while He did not restrain them
Just one false step made the difference
between them and you. They want
more than prison bars, more than jaII
fare, more than handouts and hop
piers, more than avcrmin- covered couch
10 reform them. Pray God day 10y day
that the men who have these unfortu-
mates in charge may be merciful, Chris
tianly strategic and the means of refor-
nation and rescue.
Ny word now is TO all who may CONG
to hold any public position Of trust -
any city: on are Gods representa-
tives. God, the King and Ruler and
Judge, sets You in His place. Oh, be
faithful in the discharge OF all your du-
ties, SO that when all our cities are in
ashes and the world itself is a red scroll
of flame, YOU may be in the mercy
and grace of Christ rewarded for
your faithfulneSs 1t was that feel
ing which gave such eminent
qualifications for Office to Neal Dow.
mayor of Portland, and to Judge
Mclean, of Ohio and to benjamin +.
Butler, attorney general of New York,
and 10 George Briggs, governor of Mas
sachusetts, and to Theodore Freling-
huysen, senator of the United States.
and 70 William Wilberforce, member of
the British parliament. You may make
the rewards of eternity the cmoluments
Of your Office. What care you for adj
verse political criticism if you have God
on your side? The one. or the two. or
the three years of your public trust will
pass away, and all the years of Your
earthly service, and then the tribunal
will be lifted before which YOU and 1
must appear. May God make you 81
faithful now that the last scene shall he
to your eXhilaration and rapture! 1
wish 10 cNhOrt all good people, ,,hethcf
they are the governors or the governed.
to make one grand effort for the saliva
ton, the publication, the redcmptior.
our American cities. DO YOU not ,uoyv
that there arc multitudes going down
TO ruin. temporal and eternal. dropp.ua,
quicker than words drop from al, Ip,?
Grogshops swallow them up. Gambliny
hclla dcNOur them. Houses OF shafucare
damning them. Oh, let us toll and pray
and preach and vote until all the.
wrongs are rightcd, What we do ...
must do quickly With our rulers. a,d
ON the same platform, we must at last
come before the throne of God ro am
swer FOR what we have done for Tn.
lettering OF our great towns. Alas If
on thal day 10 be- found .hat your hand
has been idle and my pulpit has been
silent, o. Sc who are pare and honest
and Christian go 10 work and helm to
make the cities pure ard honest and
Christian.
Lest - may Hasc been thoughr r..f.,
700" addressing only .,ha, are called, ,I,..
better ela.-Ds my final word f. 90 Some.
..I'e soul fo WHOM those word.
m"F come Though yen may be cos.
cred with 900 crimes, though YOU NAV
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sou Ilf .a.. gone 'lruu.. t.. ,.n.I..
. catalogue D.. iu.quity and may not
have been Boo church for -J ,p.r. ,,r
may h1F. your nature cutIro. recon
-irHrtcd, aui upon your brow. NOT
with Infamous practice. and Yr.....t...I
"I.l rNhIus'ng indulgence. cod .,...I
place tha flashing rYrouct ofa -a.....,..
forgiveness. "Oh MOI" SON sl,. .l.
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