The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-04-15

ment will have nothing to do with
boorishpess Gloveshate the sun burned
hand, and the high forehead despises
the fat head, and the trim hedgerow
will have nothing to do with the wild
copsewood, and Athens hates Naz-
areth. This ought not so to be. The
astronomer must come down from his
starry revelry and help us in our navi-
cation. The surgeon must come away
from his study of the human organ
ism and set our broken bones. The
| chemist must come away from his lab
| oratory, where he has been studying
analysis and synthesis. and help us to
understand the nature of the soils. !
bless God that all classes of people are
compelled to meet on the street The
| glittering coach wheel 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, puri-
ty and beastliness, frankness and
hypocrisy, meeting on the same block,
in the same street, in the same city.
Oh, that is what Solomon meant when
he said: THE rich and the poor meet
together. The Lord is the Maker of
them ALL"
I like this democratic principle of the
gospel of Jesus Christ which recog-
nizes 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 moth
ing but man, born of the same parent.
regenerated by the same Spirit.
cleansed in the same blood, to lie down
in the same dust, to get up in the same
resurrection. It is high time that we
all acknowledge not only the Father
hood of God, but the brotherhood of
man. I'M
| Again, the street impresses me with
the fact that it is 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 such affiu-
ence, how much temptation to covet-
BUSINESS and to be disconnected with
our humble lot! Amid so many oppor-
tunities for overseeing, what temp
tation to extortion! Amid so much
display, what temptation to vanity!
Amid so many saloons of strong drink
what allurement to dissipation! In the
maelstromsand hell gates of the street
how many make quick and eternal
shipwreck! If a man-of-war comes
back from battle and is towed into
.he navy yard, we go down to look at
the splintered spars and count the bull
let holes and look with patriotic ad-
miration on the flag that floated in vic
tory from the masthead. 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
persisted! 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, per-
laps would find in the very heart of
it a skeleton. In his very best wine
there is smack of poor mans sweat
Oh, is it strange that when man has
devoured widows houses no is dis
turbed with Indigestion? All the forces
of nature are against him. The floods
are ready to drown him and the earth
quake 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 distrib-
uted some of the brightest of them will
be given to those men who were faith
full to God and faithful to the souls of
others amid the marts of business.
proving themselves the heroes of the
street. Mighty were their temptations.
mighty was their deliverance, 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-facedness!
Do all people who wish you good morn
ing really hope for you'a happy day?
Do all people who shake hands love
each other? Are all those anxious
fabout your health who inquire con-
corning 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 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?
| L. H.