The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-17

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| nto barbarians and cannibals and
| ends. Suppose that some Of thu
nergy we are expanding in useless ano
navailing talk about the bread ques-
ion should be expended in mercful al
| eviatfons. I have read that the battle
'eld on which more troops met than on
| my other in the worlds history was
he battlefield of Leipsic-160,eO 600 men
'nder Napoleon. 100000 men under
Schwarzeberg. No, no! The greatest
and most terrific battle is now being
fought all the world over. 1t is the
battle for bread.
Let us take another look around to
see how we may serve our generation.
Let us see, as far as possible, that they
have enough to wear. God looks upon
the human race. and knows just how
many inhabitants the world has. The
statistics of the worlds population are
carefully taken in civilized lands. and
every few years officers of government
go through the land and count how
many people there are in the United
States or England, and great accuracy
Is reached But when people tell us
how many people there are in Asia or
Africa. at best it must be a wild guess.
Yet God knows the exact number Of
people on our planet, and he has made
enough apparel for each, and If there
are 1,500,000,00O, Is, 900. 1900 and fifteen
people, there is enough apparel for
$500, 900, $4,000, $500 and fifteen.
CLOTHES FOR NEEDY.
Not slouchy apparel, not ragged ap-
parel not insufficient apparel but APP
propriate apparel. At least two suits
for every being on earth, summer
suit and winter suit A good pair
Of shoes for every living mortal. A
good coat. a good hat, or good bon
net, and a good shawl, and complete
masculine or feminine outfit of apparel.
wardrobe for all nations. adapted to
all climes. and not string or button
or pin or hook or an eye want
ing.
But, alas! where are the good clothes
for three-fourths Of the human race?
The other one-fourth have appropriated
them. The fact is, there needs to be
and will be a redistribution. Not by
anarchistic violence. If outlawry had
its way. it would rend and tear and
diminish, until, instead Of three-fourths
of the world not properly attired, four
fourths would be in rags. will let
you know how the redistribution will
take place. BY generosity and increased
industry on the part of those suffer-
ing from deficit.
CLOTHE THE SOUL.
Again. let US look around and see
how we may serve our generation.
What shortsighted mortals we would
be If we were anxious to clothe and
feed only the most insignificant part
of man, namely, his body. while we
put forth no effort to clothe and feed
broken of a great eternity. What are
we doing for the souls of this present
generation? Let me say it is genera
ton worth saving. Most magnificent
men and women are in 1t. We make q
great ado about the improvements in
art and machinery. We remark what
wonders of telegraph and telephone
and the stethoscope. What improve
ment is electric light over a tallow
candle! But all these Improvements
are insignificant compared with the i'm
In olden times. once in a while,
great and good man or woman
would come UP. and the world hes
made a great fuss about it ever since:
but now they are so numerous we
scarcely speak about them. We put
halo about the people of the past.
but think If the times demanded them
it would be found we have now living
in this year 1898 fifty Martin Luthers,
fifty George Washingtons, fifty Lady
Huntingdons, fifty Elizabeth Frys
During our civil war more splendid
warriors in north and south were de-
welcomed in four years than the whole
world developed in the previous
twenty years. challenge the 1000
years before Christ and also the eight
cen centuries after Christ to show me
the equal of charity on a large scale
Of George Peabody.
The sword Of Gods truth draws the
dividing line today. On one side OF it
are sin and ruin and death: on the
other side Of it are pardon and useful
ness and happiness and heaven. You
cross from the wrong side to the right
side and your family will cross with
you, and your friends and your asso-
ciates. The way you go they will 60.
If we are not saved we will never save
any one else.
DO SOMETHING TO AID.
I confess to you that my one wish is
to serve this generation. not to anrag-
onize IL. not to damage 1t, not to rule
It, but to serve 1t. would like to do
something toward helping unstrap its
load, to stop its tears, to balsam its
wounds, and to induce it to put foot on
the upward road that has at its terri-
nus reclamation rapturous and gates
pearline and garlands amarantine. and
fountains rainbowed. and dominions
enthroned and coroneted. for cannot
forget that lullaby In the closing words
Of my text: David, after he. had