The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-09-07

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for three -1ourths of the human race?
The other one-fourth have appropriated
them. The fact is, there needs to be and
will be redistribution. Not by anarch-
istic violence If outlawry had its way,
it would rend and tear and diminish
until, instead of three-fourths of the
world not properly attired, fourfourths
would be in rags. l will let you know
how the redistribution will take place.
By generosity on the part Of those who
have surplus and increased industry
on the part of those suffering from de-
ficit. Not all, but the large majority Of
cases of poverty in this country are
result of idlenesS or drunkenness, either
on the part of the present sufferers or
their ancestors. In most cases the rum
Jug is the maelstrom that has swallow
ed down the livelihood of those who
are in rags. But things will change,
and by generosity on the part of the
crowded wardrobes and industry and
sobriety Oh the part of the empty ward
robes there will be enough for all to
wear.
Gcd has done his part toward the
dressing of the human race. He grows
a surplus of wool on the sleeps back
and focks roam the mountains and val
leys with a burden of warmth intended
for transference to human comfort,
when the shuttles of the factories,
reaching all the way from Chattahoo-
chez to the Merrimac, shall have spun
and woven it. In white letters of snowy
fleece God has been writing for thou
sand years his wish that there might
be warmth for all nations. While others
are discussing the effect of high or low
tariff or no tariff at all on wool you
and 1 had better see if in our wardrobes
we have nothing that we can spare for
the suffering or pick out some poor lad
of the street and take him down to q
clothing store and fit him out for the
season. Gospel Of shoes! Gospel Of hats
Gospel of clothes for the nakedl
Food For Souls.
Again, let us look around and soe
how we may serve our generation.
What shortsighted mortals we would
be if we were anxious to cluthe and feed
only the most insignificant part of q
man-namely, his body-while we put
forth no effort to clothe and feed and
save his soul. Time is little piece
broken off great eternity. What are
we doing for the souls Of this present
generation? Let me say it is genera
tion worth saving. Most magnificent
men and women are in it. We make a
great ado about the improvements in
navigation, and in locomotion, and IN
art and machinery. We remark what
wonders Of telegraph and telephone and
the stethoscope. What Improvement IS
electric light over tallow candle. But
all these improvements are insignificant
compared with the improvement IN the
human race. In olden times once in
awhile a great and good man or woman
would come up, and the world has
made great fuss about it ever since;
but now they are so numerous we
scarcely speak about them. We put a
halo about the people of the past, but l
think if the times demanded them 1T
would be found we have now living in
this year 1898 50 Martin Luthe1s, so
George Washingtons, so Lady Hunting
dons, so Elizabeth Frys. During our
civil war more splendid warriors in
north and south were developed in four
years than the whole world developed
in the previous 20 years. l challenge
the 1000 years before Christ and also
the IS centuries after Christ to show
me the equal Of charity on 4 large scale
Of George Peabody. This generation Of
men aud women is more worth saving
than any one of the $50 generations
that have passed off. Where shall we
begin: With ourselves. That Is the pill.
lar from which we must start. Prescott,
the blind historian, tells Us how PiZarro
saved his army for the right when they
were about deserting him. With his
sword he made long mark OIL the
ground. He said: My men, on the
north side are desertion and death; on
the south side is victory; Oh the north
side, Panama and poverty; Oh the south
side, Peru with all its riches. Choose
for yourselves. For my part / go to the
south" Stepping across the line one by
one his troops followed, and finally his
whole army.
The Dividing Line.
The sword of Gods truth draws the
dividing line today On one side Of 1t
are sin and ruin and death; on the other
side of it are pardon and usefulness and
happiness and heaven. You cross from
the wrong side to the right side, and
your family will cross with you, and
your friends and your associates. The
way you go they will go. If we are not
saved, we will never save any one else.
How to get saved: Be willing to ac-
, cept Christ, and then accept him in
simultaneously and forever. Get on the
rock first, and then you will lie able to
help others upon the same rock Men
anc, women have been saved quicker
than 7 have hocr talking about it,