Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-04-06

poftahItle5 for oyerreaching. what ~tannta-
tIoh 20 exfortion, Amid SO much DISPLAY.
wnat temptation to vanity, Amid 50 many
saioons OF strong drink. what alurenent
70 dissipation, In the maelstroms and
nell gates Of the street how MANY make
!ulcK and eternal shipwreck, II a
Inan-of- war comes back from a bat
tle ana IS towed into the navy
Saru, We 20 down TO looi at the
sbllDtered sDars and count the bullet hole.
ana look with patriotic admiration on the
gag tnat foated in victory from the mast
nTdu: But that man is more OF a curiosity
VINO mas gone through thirty years % the
s~harpshootinS of business life and vet sails
on. victor over the temptations O. the
street. On, how many have gone down
under the pressure, leaving not so much as
the patch OF canvas to tell where thew ner-
lshed! They never had anv peace. Their
~4ishonesties kept tolling in their ears. II
l mad an AK and could split open the beams
81 that fine house. perhaps would find in
the very heart Of 1t a skeleton. In his very
best wine there is a smack OF poor mans
sweat. Oh, it is strange that when a man
mas devOured widows houses he is dis.
turbed with Indigestion? All the forces Of
rsg !, rn are G1o agafnst him The foods are
swallow him and the fires to consume hin
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
ON Oh tue brightest or cnom
Will be given to those men who were faith
ful to God and faithful to the souls Of
others amid the marts of business, proving
themselves the heroes OF the street.
Mighty were neutrality-suspicious.. mighty was
their deliverance and mighty shall be their
triumph.
Again. the street mpresses ne with the
fact that life is full Of pretention and sham.
What subterfuge, what double dealing.
what TWO f2cpdDeSGf Do all rpNnip who
wish YOU good morning really hope YOU a
happy day? Do all the people who shake
hands love each other? Are ell those anxi-
Gus about our health who inquire con
corning It? DO al want 10 see YOU VINO
ask you to call? Does all the world know
half as much as It preten,ls to know? Is
there not man q wretched stock of goods
with n brilliant show? Passing NJ and
down the streets to your b~usiness and your
work. afsTou not impressed with the fact
that society is hollow and that that there
are subterfuges and professions? Oh.
how many there are who swagg
and STRAIT. and how few peopla who are
natural and walk. While tops shipper
and fools chuckle and simpletons giggle.
now few people are natural and laugh.
The courtesan aud the libertine 90 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 i~ncredulitv or
misanthropy. nor do I forget there are
thousands of people a great deal better
than rnev seem, but 7 do not think any
man is prepared for the conhict 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, stahs him through with a dagger I'M
til the halt went in after the blade. Judas
%lscafiOt kissed Christ.
Again, the street impressas ne with the
fact tDst it Is a great field for Christian
charity. There ara hunger and suffering.
and want and wratchedness in the cOun-
try, but these evils chiefly congregate in
our great cities. On every street crime
prowls, and drunkenness stagSers. and
shame winks. and pauperism thrusts out
its hand asking for aims. Here what is
most s4ualid and hunger is most lean. A
Christian man, going along a street IN New
York, saw n poor lad, and he stopped
and said. My boy. do you Know how to
read and write?" The boy made no an
.wer. The ian asked the question twice
and thrice. Can you read and Write?'
And then the boy answered, with a tear
FLASHING on the back Of his hand. Re 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
20 long ago | never remember to have seen
him? And haven't I had to 90 along the
streets to get something to fetch home to
eat for the folks? And didn't. as soon IS
I could carry a basket, have TO 90 out and
pick III cinders and never have 10 school
Ing, sir? God don't want me to read. sir.
| can't read nor write. neither Oh. these
poor wanderers, 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 OF despair. Let
us 60 forth in the name Of the Lord jesus
Christ to rescue them. Let us ministers not
be afraid Of soilinS our black clothes while
we 50 down on that mission. While We
are tying an elaborate knot in our cravat
or while we are in th8 tue rounding off
some period ~rhetOricaliv we might be say
inS a soul from death and hiding a multi
tuie Of sins. Christian lavmen. % out on
this work, II You are not willing to 60
forth yourself, then give OF your means,
and if you are too lazy to 90. and if YOU
are too stjngv to help. then get out Of the
way and hide yourself in the dens and
.aves of the earth, lest. when Christs
chariot comes along the horses hoOfs
trample YOU into tho mire. Beware lest
the thousands Of the destitute of your city
in the last great dav rise up and curse
your stupidity and YOUR neglect. Down to
work Lift them up.
One cold winters day. rs a Christian
man was going along the Battery IN New
York, he saw a little girl seated atthe gate,
ShlverinE in the cold. He said to her:
MY child. what DO YOU sit there for. this
cold day?' tOh." she replied, 4 am
waiting for somebody to cone and take
Gaze Of me- why said the man,
what makes you think anybody will come
and take care Of you?" On" She said,
my mother died last week. and | was cry
ing very much. and she said: Don't cry.
dear, though | an gone and your father is
gone. the Lord will send somebody TO take
ere OF vou.' Nv mother never told a lie;
she said some one would come and take
care otma. midi an waiting for them to
ONE On. yes. they are waiting for
Won. Men VINO have money. men who
have Inference. men Of churches. men %
great hearts. Gatherthem in, gather them
IN. 1t is not the will Or your Heavenly
Father that one OF these li;t!e ones should