Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

generated cy the same 6p1r1J, cleanSeQ
 in the same blood. to lie down in the same dust, to get up in the same resur
 rection It is high time that we all ac- knowledged not only the Fatherhood of God. but the brotherhood of man.
 To Keep Hi. Heart Right.
 Again. the street impresses me with the fact that it is very hard thing for Il man to keep his heart right and to get to heaven. Infinite temptations spring upon us from these places of public concourse Amid so much aff1u- ence. how much temptation to covetous- ness and to be discontented with our humble lot Amid SO many opportuni- ties. for overreaching what temptation to extortionl Amid so much display. what temptation to vanity Amid so many saloons of strong drink, what al- lurement to dissipationl In the mael- stroms and hell gates of the street how many make quick and eternal ship wrecki If a man-of-war comes back from battle and is lowed into the navy yard. we go down to look at the splintered spars and count the bullet holes and look with patriotic admira- ltion on the flag that floated in victory from the ma3thead. But that man is more of curiosity who has gone through 80 years of the sharpshooting of business life and yet sails on. victor over the temptations of the street Oh, how many have gone down under the pressure, leaving not so much as the patch of canvas to tell where they per ished They never had any peace. Their dishonesties kept tolling in their ears. If I had an ax and could split open the beams of that fine house. perhaps would find in the very heart of it 8 skeleton In his very best wine there is a smack of poor mans sweat. Oh, is it strange that when man has devoured widows houses he is disturbed with in- digestion 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 ightnings 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 men who were faithful to God and faith ful to the souls of others amid the marts of business. proving themselves the he- roes of the street. Mighty were their temptations, mighty was their deliver ance and mighty shall be their triumph.
 Again, the street impresses me with the fact that life is full of pretension and, sham. What subterfuge, what double dealing. what two facednessi Do all people who wish you good morning really hope you happy dayf Do all the people who shake hands love each bther1 Are all those anxious about your health who inquire concerning itf Do all want to see you who ask you to call 2 Does all the world know half as much as it pretends to knowf Is there not many a wretched stock of goods with a brilliant show windowf 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 pretensionsf I Oh, how many there are who swagger and strut, and how few people who are natural and walkl While fops simper and fools chuckle and simpletons gig gle, how few people are natural and laughl The courtesan and the libertine go down the street in beautiful apparel, while within the heart there are vol canoes of passion consuming their life away I say these things not to create in you incredulity or misanthropy. nor do forget there are thousands of peo- pie 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. etabs him through with dagger until the haftw went in after the blade. Judas Iscariot kissed Christ asfse
 Field For Christian Charity.
 Again. the street impresses me with the fact that it is a great field for Chris tian charity. There are hunger and suffering, and want and wretchedness in the country, but these evils chiefly congregate in our great cities On ev-5 cry street crime prowls. and drunken ness 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 a 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 thrice. "Can you read and write r And then the boy answered, with a tear plashing on the back of his hand
 He said in defiance: "No, sir; can'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 himf And haven't had to go along the streets to get something to fetch home to eat for the folksi And didn't I, as soon as I could carry basket, have to go out and pick up cinders and never have DO schooling, sirf God don't want me to read. sir can't read nor write, nei- ther. Oh, these poor wanderersl They have no chance. Born in degradation, as they get up from their hands and knees to walk, they take their first step on the road to despair. Let us go forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to rescue them. Let us 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 era vat or while we are in the study round ing off come period historically we might be saving soul from death and hiding a multitude of sins. O Christian laymen, 30 out on this workl If you are not willing to go forth yourself, then give of your means. and if you are too lazy to go. and if you are too stingy to help, then get out of the way l and hide yourself in the dens and caves of the earth. lest. when Christ's chariot comes along the horses hoofs trample you into the mire. 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 A AL