Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-04-05

The very heart OF Il q skeleton. In his very
best wine there is a smack Of poor mans
sweat. oh, 1t is strange that when q man
has devoured widows houses he Is dis
:urbed with indigestionf All the forces Of
nature are against him. The floods are
ready to drown him and the earthquake to
swallow him and the fires to consume him
and the hghtnings to smite him. But the
children Of God are on every street, and in
the day when the crowns OF heaven are
distributed some Of the brightest OF them
will be given to those mon who were faith
full to God and faithful to the souls Of
themselves the heroes Of the street.
Mighty were their temptations, mighty was
their deliverance and mighty shall be their
triumph.
Again. the street impresses me with the
fact that life is full of pretention and sham.
What subterfuge. what double dealing,
what two facednessl Do all people who
wish You good morning really hope you .
happy day? Do all the people who shake
hands love each other? Are all those anxt-
Gus about your health who inquire con-
cerning It? Do all want to see you who
ask you to call? Does all the world know
half as much as 1t pretends to know? Is
there not many a wretched stock OF goods
with a brilliant show? Passing up and
down the streets to your business and your
work, are YOU not impressed with the fact
that society is hollow and that that there
are subterfuges and pretensions9 Oh,
how many there are who swagger
and STRAIT, and how few people who are
natural and walki While fops stmper
and fools chuckle and simpletons giggle.
how few people are natural and laugni
The courtesan and the libertine go down
the street In beautiful apparel, while within
the heart there are volcanoes OF passion
consuming their life away. say these
things not to create in you incredulity or
misanthropy. nor do forget there are
4 daa1 hakk
than they seem, but I do not think any
man is prepared for the conflict OF this life
until ne knows this particular peril. Ehud
comes pretending to pay his tax to King
Eglon, and, while he stands In front OF the
| king, stabs him through with dagger un-
Iscariot kissed Christ.
Again, the street tmpresses me with the
fact that 1t Is great field for Christian
charity. There are hunger and suffering,
| try, but these evils chiefly congregate In
our great cities. On every street crime
prowls, and drunkenness staggers, and
shame winks, and pauperism thrusts out
Its hand asking for aims. Here what is
most squalid and hunger is most lean.
York, saw q poor lad, and he stopped
| and said, my boy, do you know how to
read and writer" The boy made no an
swer. The man asked the question twice
/
And then the boy answered. with a tear
plashing on the back Of his hand. He said
In defiance: "No, sir, don't read nor write.
neither. God, sir. don't want me to read
and write. Didn't he take away my father
SO long ago never remember to have seen
him? And haven't I had to go along the
streets to get something to fetch home to
eat for tho folks2 And didntI as soon as
could carry basket. have to 20 out and
pick up cinders and never have no school,
H. - dN
can't read nor write, neither" oh: these
Door wanderersI They have no chance.
Born In degradation, as they get up from
their hands and knees to walk, they take
their frst step on tho road Of despair. Let
) US 20 forth in the name Of the Lord Jesns
Christ to rescue them. Let us ministers not
be afraid Of soiling our black clothes while
We 20 down on that mission. While we
are tying an elaborate knot In our cravat
,r while We are in the study rounding on
: ng soul from death and hiding multi
:uds Of sins. o Christian laymen, go out on
:his work. n-yoc are not willing to go
, .orth yourself. then give Of your means.
and II you are too lazy to go, and II you
are too stingy to help, then get out OF the
saves Of the earth. lest. when CbrIst's
,hariot comes along the horses hoofs
.rample you into the mire. Beware lest
the thousands OF tho destitute OF your city
: In the last great day rise up and curse
: your stupidity and your neglect. Down to
work. Lift them up.
One cold winters day, as Christian
man was going along the Battery In New
York, he saw little girl seated at the gate.
shivering in the cold. He said to her:
cold dayP" "oh," she replied. II am
waiting for somebody to come and take
care Of me-" why" said the man.
"what makes you think ANYBODY will come
and take care Of you" "Ob," she said,
"my mother died last week. and was cry
ing very much, and she said: Don't cry,
dear, though am gone and your father is
gone, the Lord will send somebody to take
. crre Of you.' My mother never told q lie;
care of me, md am waiting for them to
come" Oh, yes, they are waiting To-
!: you. Men who have money, men who
, have influence, men OF churches, men OF
great hearts, gather them in, gather them
: Father that one OF these little ones should
Lastly. tho street impresses me with the
fact that all the people are looking for
I; ward. see expectancy written on almost
I every face I meet. Where you find thou
sand people walking straight on. you only
. find one stopping and looking back. The
: fact is, God made us all to look ahead, be-
cause we are immortal In this tramp OF
: the multitude on the streets l hear the
| tramp OF great most, nhtcuihB anu
8 marching for eternity. Beyond the Office,
1 the store, the shop, the street, there Is a
e world, populous and tremendous. Through
0 Gods grace, may you reach that blessed
$ place. A great throng fills those boule-
Q Yards, and the streets are arush with
g the chariots Of conquerors. The inhab-
: itants 20 up and down, but they never
n weep and the never toll. river flows
( through that city, with rounded aud lux
e urious banks, and the trees of life, laden
8 with everlasting fruitage, bend their
4 branches into the crystal.
g No plumsd hearse rattles over that pave
: ment, for they are never sick. With i'm
mortal health glowing in every vein, they
t know not how to die. Those towers OF
q strength, those palaces Of beauty, gieam
h In the light of a sun that never sets. Oh
8 heaven, beautiful heavenl Heaven
y | where our friends arel The take no
:, census In that city, for 1t is inhab-
J, tied by "a multitude which no man
e can number" Rank above rank
Q Host above host. Gallery above gallery
It sweeping all around the heavens. Thou
t sands of thousands. Millions OF millions
n Blessed are they who enter in through the
gate into that city. Oh, start for it to
e iayI Through the blood OF the grsa
) sacrifice of the Son OF God take up you
i march to heaven. 1.-The spirit and th'
y bride say, Come, and, whosoever will, le
i him come ami take the water of life irseiy.
!, Join this great throng marching heaven
y ward. All the !oors of invitation ars
e open. "And saw rwslve gates. aud tn,
u .welve gates were twelve pears.
capable of great acts of love is ey,
" iS alyUa VIC dol,