Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-03-18
STREETS OF 4 CITY.
Or. TALMAGE CONTRASTS THEIR
sPLENooR AND VICE.

oPLENDOh Anu WtlE.
tnIIke thr DcmocsatFc Principle OF
the Gospel of thri.s--Ic iupiations
For the tnmnr1 >han~ ard Pre-
trn~ions-w"rL t"r CHRISTIANS.
lCopyrleht iSe IS Nr,ilcan g'rcs= Asso-
riAt or.
WASHINGTON. March la-Il this dis
cour>s, Dr Talmngc, who haa lived thu
most ~ his life in cities draws practical
lessons from his own observation; text
Proverbs l. "a: Wisdom erie without
She uifcrth her Y ice I'm the streets %
We ara all ready 10 listen & the voices
of naturc-ihc voices II the mountain
the voices Of the sea, the voices Of the
storm. the voicrs Of the star As In some
Of the cathedrals In Europe there is an
organ AZ either end Of the building, and
the one instrument responds nnsically a.
the other, 81 In the great cathedral Of
nature day responds 10 day. ard night 70
night. and flower 60 flower ard star e
star in the grr, harmonics of the uni
verse The Springiimc Is an evangelist
in blossoms preaching ~ Gods love. and
the winJe- l. prophet white bearded
denouueing wue against oar sins We arc
all ready 10 listen Ia the voices - nature
But how few of us learn anvihing from
the voices 81 the noisy and dusty street
You 90 Ia your mechanism and Ia yonf
work and Ia your merchandise and vou
come back again-and often Rith how
different heart you pass through iho
STREETS Are ihrrr no things for us t.
learn from these pavemcnts ovei which we
pass Are there no tufts ~ TRUTH growing
up between these cobhlcsfanrs, beaten
with the feet of toll and pain and pleasure
the slow tread Of old aye and the quick
step Of childhoodf Ave there are great
harypsfs to In rcared. and now | thrust in
the sickle because the harvest Is ripe
Wisdom crieih without She uitereth
her voice In the streets.
Tell aud struggle.
In the first place the street imflresscs me
with the fact that this life Is scene OF
toll and struggle BY 10 o'clock every day
the city i Earring with wheels and shut
fling with feet and cumming with voices
and 'nvcrcd with the breath II smoke
stacks and a rush with frafiickera Once In
a while you lind man going along with
folded arms and with leisursy step. n
though he had nothing to DO. bnt. for tn,
most part a you find men going down
these strsci> nn the way 10 bust ess. there
Is anxiety Ia their faces ~ tn, ugh they
had some errand which must b executed
at the first possible moment You are
iOsflcd by those who haze bargains IL
make and notes 10 S'll Up this ladder
with hod II bricks, ont II this bank with
a roll II bills. on this drsly with a load Of
gnods. digging "a cellar. on -hingi ny a roof
or shoeing harsc or hHilding a wall. 81
mcndiug watch. er binding book In
dusiry. with her thousand rms and
thousand eyes and thousand fct. goes on
singing her song IT work work work
while the mills drum it and The steam
whistles fife H. All this j. net hecauss.
men loNe toll som. one remarked, Every
man j. a. lazy a be- can an, ri 10 be
But Il Is because necessity with -tcrn brow
and with upliftcd whip stands over YOU
ready whenever you relax yolr toll TO
make your shoulders sting with the lash
Can il H. that passing up ND down
the~e streets on your way 10 Hark and
business ynu do not learn anything ~
The worlds toll and anxiety and sirug
gl,.s Oh how many dropping HEARTS, how
many eye. On the watch. how u amy miles
Travelled how many burdens carried, how
many losses suffered. how many battles
fought huw many victories gained. how
many defeats suffered how II any exas
pcration. endured what losses what
hunger, what wntchedncss, what l,allor.
what disease what agony what despair
Sometimes have stopped AT tn. corner Ui
the street rs the multitudcs went hither
and yon. aud il has seemed to be great
Ft4fEFagsatftFts ana Looked
heart broke This great tide II human
life that gor~ down the street is il rapid
tossed and turned inside aud dashed ahead
and driven ia-k-iAuHtiful ia its canftl-
sion and confused iH ir~ haufy In the
carpctsd aisi,- ~ The forrest in tn, woud.
from which the eternal shadow j. never
lifted, On The Shore at the sea .,Ner Whose
iron coast tos~e- the tangled foam sl,rin
king tia, cracked clif~ with baptism Of
whirlwind and tempest is IN, best place
tu study God. huf In the rushing swarm
ing. rayiug street Is the best pla,.c 10 study
man
All CInKscs Meet.
Going down ~ ynur place # business
and coming home ap;,in | charge yun to
look ahpuf-sec the-u signs of poverty. II
wretshednes.. ~ hunger. of sin. uf be
rcavcimUuf- and yuu 90 through the
streets and rome back through the streets.
gather np ID tho arms Of your prayer all
the sorrow. all the losses, ali the suffer
ings. an the hereiVcments 81 Those whom
you pass and present them IN prayer be-
fore m all sympathetic cod II th,. great
day If eternity there viii b. thousands Of
persons with whom you in his world
never exchanged one word who kin rise M
and call you blessed aud there will be q
thousand fingers pointed at yot IN heaven
saying. That Is tia, man tlaf is tho
woman, who helped INC when was hun
Rry and sick and wandering and lost and
hcnrthrokcn That l. the man, that j. the
woman Aud the blessing viii come
down upon ynm as Christ shall shy !
was hungry. and 50 f,t me; ! sas naked
and - clothed me; was sick AMI IN prison
and 80 visited me lnasmuch o. Sc did il
~ these poor waits of the streets. W did
IL - me
Again. the street iinprrss,. me with
the fact that all CLASSES and conditions ~
society must cuumiugle We sometimes
culture u wicked cxclusiVenrss Intellect
dcspises ignorance RcGnemci will have
nothing to 10 with boariShnc.s Gloves
hate the sunburutd hand and the high
forehead despses the Hat he 4. and the
tfltil HtNEtfWN VIII HsAAA iffitHliE Vs. 10
with the wild copsewood and A fhrns hates
Nazacth This ought not "a - H. The
astronomer must cofne down from his
starry rcNelry and help US IN ur nayiea
tion The surgeon must come away from
his study Of the human organ 81 and ST
our broken bones ho chemist must
come away from his labarator+, where he
has been studying analysis and synthesi~
and help a. t. understand thu nature ~
che soils bless God that NJ classes ~
people are compelled "a meet on tie street.
The gliftcrin. coach wheel CLASHES against
the seavengers cart Fine robes run
against the peddlor pack. RI 'ust health
ns~.ts wan sickness Honesty confronts
fraud. Every class Of people laeets every
ofh.r class Iinpudtncc and mo'iB'sty, pride
ana humilit purity and trastliness,
frnnkncss and hypocrisy. meeting on the
san,c block. in the snnie str q, IN the