Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06


tudes, who, with streaming eyes and wan
cheeks and broken hearts, In behalf OF
themselves and their families, are plead
ing for bread.
Let us take another look around and see
how we may serve our generation. Let us
see, as far as possible, that they have
enough to wear. God looks upon the
human race, and knows just how many in
habitants the world has. The statistics OF
the worlds population are carefully taken
in civilized lands, and every few years
the land and count how many peo-
pie there are In the United States or
England, and great accuracy Is reached.
But when people tell us how many inhabft-
ants there are in Asia or Africa, at best 1t
must be wild guess. Yet God knows the
exact number of people on our planet, and
He has made enough apparel for each, and
II there be fifteen hundred million, fifteen
thou sand, fifteen hundred and fifteen peo-
pie, then there is enough apparel for If
teen hundred million, fifteen thousand, f1f-
parel, not ragged apparel. not tnsu fdclent
apparel, but appropriate apparel. At least
two suits for every being on earth, sum-
mer suit and winter suit. A good pair
OF shoes for every living mortal. good
coat, a good hat, or good bonnet, and
good shawl, and a complete masculine or
feminine outfit OF apparel. "A wardrobe for
all nations, adapted to all climates, and
not a string or a button or pin ora hook
or an eye wanting.
But, alasl where are the good clothes for
three-fourths of the human race? The
other one-fourth have appropriated them.
The fact is, there needs to be and will be-.
q redistribution. Not by anarchistic yio-
lence. II outlawry had its way, 1t would
rend and tear and diminish, until, instead
of three-fourths of the world not properly
attired, four-ffths would be in rags. Twill
let you know how the redistribution will
take place. By generosity on the part OF
those who have a surplus, and increased
industry on the part of those suffering
from deficit. Not all, but the large ma oritY
result Of idieness or drunkenness, either
on the part Of the present sufferers or their
ancestors. In most cases the rum Jug is
the maelstrom that has swallowed down
the livelihood Of those who are In rags.
But things will change, and by generosity
industry and sobriety on the part OF the
empty wardrobes, there will be enough for
all to wear.
Again, let US look around aud see how
we may serve our generation. What short
sighted mortals we would be II we were
anxious to clothe and feed only the most
Insignificant part Of man, namely. his
body, while we put forth no effort to clothe
and feed and save his soul. Time Is u little
piece broken off great eternity. What are
we doing for the souls of this present gener-
alton? Let me say 1t Is generation worth
saving. Most magnificent men and women
are in it. We make a great ado about the
improvements in navigation, and in locomo-
ton, 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 ell
these improvements are Insignificant COM
pared with the Improvement In the human
race. In olden times. once In while, 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 numer-
Gus, we scarcely speak about them. We put
a halo about the people OF the past, but
think II the times demanded them, 1t would
be found we have now living In this year
1898 fifty Martin Luthers, fifty George
Washingtons, fifty Lady Huntingdons, fifty
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
twenty years. I challenge the 1000 years
before Christ to show me the equal OF
charity on large scale Of George Pea
body. This generation Of men and women
is more worth saving than any one of the
$50 generations that have passed of.
Where shall we begin? With ourselves.
That Is the pillar from which We must
start. Prescott. the blind historian, tells
us how Pizarro saved his army for the
right when they we're about deserting him.
With his sword he made long mark on
the ground. He said: "My men, on the
north side are desertion and death; on the
south side is victory; on the north side
Panama and poverty; on the south side
Peru with all its riches. Choose for your
selves; for my part go to the south"
Stepping across the line one by one his
troops followed, and finally his whole
army.
How to get saved? Be willing to accept
Christ, and then accept Him instantane.
ously and forever. Get on the rock first,
and then you will be able to help others
upon the same rock. Men and women have
been saved quicker than have been talk
ing about 1t. What Without a prayer
Yes. Whatl Without time to deliberately
think it over2 Yes. What Without tear?
Yes, believe. That is all. Believe what3
death and He'll. VIII you? Do your You
have. Something makes me think you have.
Wight has come into your rcountenances.
Welcome! welcomed HALL Haiti Saved
yourselves, how are yon to save others2 By
testimony Tell 1t to your family. Tell it
to your business associates. Tell 1t every
where. We will successfully. preach no
more religion, and will successfully talk no
more religion than we ourselves have. The
most OF that which you DO to benefit the
souls of this generation you will effect
through your own behavior. Go wrong,
hAu tuul WALL LuuuCo OIuoIb 10 kO
wrong. Go right, and that will In
duce others to go right. When the
great Centennial Exhibition was being held
in Philadelphia the question came up
among the directors as to whether they
should keep the exposition open on Sun
days, when director, who was a man Of
the world from Nevada arose and said, his
voice trembling with emotion. and tears
running down his cheeks: II feel like re-
turned prodigal. Twenty years ago went
West and into region where we had no
Sabbath, but to-day old memories come
back to me, and I remember what my glori-
fed mother taught me about keeping sun
day, and seem to hear her voice again
and feel as did when every evening
knelt by her side in prayer. Gentlemen, I
vote for the observance OF the Christian
Sabbath" and he carried everything by
storm, and when the question wasj put,
shall we open the exhibition on the Sab
bath?" II was almost unanimous, "No,"
mo" What one man can do II he does
right. boldly right. emphatically right!
confess to you that my one wish Is to
serve this generation, not to antagonize
it, not to damage 1t, not to rule It, but to
serve 1t. would like to do something
toward helping unstrap its load, to stop its