The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-20

more Of curiosity who has gone through
| 90 years 0 the sharpshooting Of business
lie and yet sails on, victor over the temp
tations Of the street. Oh, how many have
gone down under the pressure, leaving not
60 much a. the patch Of canvas to tell
where they perishedl They never had any
peace. Their dishonesties kept tolling In
their ears. II had an Ak and could split
open the beams of that fine house, perhaps
Iwould find in the very heart Of 1t ske1e-
ton. In his very best wine there IL a
smack Of poor mans sweat Oh, 10 1t
strange that when u man has devoured
widows houses no is disturbed with indi-
gestions All the forces Of nature are
against him. The foods are ready to
drown him and the earthquake to swallow
him and the fires to consume him and the
lightnings to smite him. But the children
Of God are on every street, and In the day
|. when the crowns Of heaven arc distributed
some of the brightest of them will be given
to those men who were faithful to God and
faithful to the souls Of others amid the
marts ofbusiness, proving themselves the
heroes Of the street. Mighty were their
temptations, mighty was their deliyeranoe,
and mighty shall be their triumph.
bnu AA<tC"bAV~os
Again, the street impresses me with the
fact that life Is full Of pretension and
sham. What subterfuge, what double
dealing, what two facedness! Do all peo-
pie who wish you good morning really
hope for you happy day? Do all the peo-
pie who shake hands love each otherP Arc
all those anxious about your health who
inquire concerning it? Do all want to see
you who ask you to calf Does all the
world know half as much as 1t pretends
to know? Is there not many wretched
stock Of goods with brilliant show win
dow 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 there are subterfuges and
pretensions? Oh, how many there are
who swagger and strut and how few peo-
pie who are natural and walk! While
tops shipper snd fools chuckle and simple
tons giggle, how few people are natural
and taught The courtesan and the liber-
tine go down tho street in beautiful ap-
parel, while within the heart there are.
volcanoes Of passion consuming their life
away. l say these things not TO create in
you incredulity OF misanthropy nor do
forget there are thousands Of people a
great deal better than they seem, but do
not think any man Is prepared for the
conflict Of this life until he 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 a dagger until the haft went
in after the blade. Judas Iscariot kissed
Christ
Field For Charity.
Again, the street impresses me with the
fact that it is great field for Christian
charity. There are hunger and suffering
and want and Indebtedness in the country,
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 want Is most squalid
and hunger is most lean. A Christian
man going along street in New York
saw poor lad, and no stopped and said,
my boy, do you know how to read and
writer" The boy made no answer. The
man asked the question twice and thrice,
Can you read and writer" and then the
boy answered with tear plashing on the
back of his hand. He said in deflance
mo, sir; l can't read nor write neither.
Didn't he take away my father SO long
ago never remember to have seen him,
and haven't had to go along the streets
to get something to fetch home to eat for
tho folks, and didn't l. as soon as could
carry basket, have to go out and pick up
cinders and never have no schooling, sir?
God don't want me to read, sir. can't
read nor write neither" Oh, these poor
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in degradation, as they get up from their !
hands and knees to walk, they take their |
first step OH the road to despair. Let us go |
forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ |
to rescue them Let lis ministers not be |
afraid Of soiling our black clothes while |
we go down on that mission. While We |
are tying an elaborate knot in our cravat |
or while we are in the study rounding of |
some period rhetorically We might be saw |
ing a soul from deathand hiding u multi |
tude of sins. Oh Christian laymen, go |
out on this work. II you are not willing |
to go forth yourself, then give Of your
means, and if you are too lazy to 60 and
II you are too stingy to help then get out
of the way and hide yourself In the dens
and caves Of the earth, lest when Christ's
chariot comes along the horses hoofs
trample you into tho miro Beware lest
the thousands of the 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 u Christian
man was going along tho Battery in New
York. he saw II little girl seated at the
gate, shvering in the cold. He said to
Ter, My child, what do you sit there for
this cold day?' OH she replied II am
waiting-I 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 your" '"Oh,
she said, my mother died last week, and
| was crying very much, and she said;
Don't cry, dear Though am gone and
your father is gone. tho Lord will send
somebody to take care Of you. My mother
never told a lie She said some one would
come and take care or me, and am watt
ing for them to come" Oh, yes, they are
waiting for you. Men who have money,
men who have influence, men of churches,
men of great hearts, gather them in, gath
er them in. 1t is not the will Of your
Heavenly Father that one Of these little
ones should perish.
Looking Forward.
Lastly, the street impresses me with the
fact that all the people are looking for
ward. see expectancy written on almost
every face meet. Where you find thou
sand people walking straight on, you only
find one man stopping and looking back.
The fact is, God made us all to look ahead,
because we are immortal In this tramp
Of the multitude on the streets hear the
tramp Of great host marching and
for eternity. Beyond the Office,
the store the shop, the street, there is a
world populous and tremendous. Through
Gods grace, may you reach that blessed
pince. A great throng fills those boule-
wards, and the streets are a-rush with the
Of conquerors. Tho inhabitants
90 up and down, but they never weep and
they never toll. A river flows through that
,ity, with rounded and luxurious banks
md tho trees of life, laden with everlasting
fruitage, bend their branches into the crys-
taL
No plumed hearse rattles over that pave
nent, for they arc never sick. With i'm
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