Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-03-20


This ought not SO to be. The astronomer
must come down from his starry revelry
and help US in our navigation. The sur
geon must come away from his study of
the human organism and set our broken
bones. The chemist must come away
from his labora tory, where he has been
studying analysis and synthesis, and
help US to understand the nature Of the
soils. [ bless God that all classes of peo-
pie are compelled to meet on the street.
The glittering coach wheels clashes
against the scavenger' S cart. Fine robes
run against the peddler's pack. Robust
health meets wan sickness. Honesty
confronts fraud. Every class Of people
meets every other class. Impudence and
modesty, pride and humility, purity
and beastliness, frankness and hypoc-
risy, meeting on the same block, in the
same street. in the same city. Oh, that
is what Solomon meant wien he said,
''The rich and the poor meet together:
the Lord is the Maker of them all. >
like this democratic principle of the
gospel Of Jesus Christ which recognizes
the fact that we stand before God on
one and the same platform Do not take
on any airs. Whatever position you
have gained in society you are nothing
but man, born of the same parent, re-
generated by the same spirit, cleansed
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 &C
knowledged not only the Fatherhood of
God, but the brotherhood of man.
To Keep His Heart Right.
Again the street impresses me with
the fact that it is a very hard thing for
a 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 affiu
ence, how much temptation to covetOus-
ness and to be disconnected with our
humble lot! Amid so many opportuni-
ties, for Ove1reaching what temptation
to extortion! Amid so much display
what temptation to vanity Amid so
many saloons of strong drink, what al
lurement to dissipation In the mael-
stroms and hell gates Of the street how
many make quick and eternal ship
wreck If man-of-war comes back
from a 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
ton on the flag that hoated in victory
from the masthead But that man is
more of a 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-
fshed They never had any peace. Their
dishonesties kept tolling in their ears.
If [ had an ak and could split open the
beams Of that fine house, perhaps [
would find in the very heart of it
skeleton. In his very best wine there is
a smack of poor mans sweat. Oh, is 1T
strange that when q 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 lightnings 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
full 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
L IL
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 anxious about your
health who inquire concerning it? Do
all want to see you who ask you to call?
Does all the world know half as much
as it pretends to know? Is there not
many wretched stock Of goods with a
brilliant show window? 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 people who are
natural and walk While tops shipper
and fools chuckle and simpletons gig
gle, how few people are natural and
Taught The ccurtesan and the libertine
go down the street in beautiful apparel,
while within the heart there are vol
canoes Of passion consuming their life
away. l 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, stabs him through with dagger
until no haf in, Of no do