Milford chronicle., 1901-10-18

your pity. The Christian poor, God helps
them. Through their night there twin
kles the round, merry star of hope and
through the broken window they see the
crystals of heaven, but the vicious poor,
they are more TO be pitied. Their last
light has gone out. You excuse yourself
from helping them by saying they are so
bad they brought this trouble on them
selves. l reply, Where / give ten pray
ers for the innocent who are suffering l
will give twenty for the guilty who are
suffering.
The Open Door.
Pass on through the alley. Open the
door. "Oh," you say. 'it is locked" No,
it is not locked. 1t has never been locked.
No burglar would be tempted to go in
there to steal anything. The door IS never
locked. Only broken chair stands
against the door. Shove it back. Go in.
Strike a match. Now, look. Beastliness
and rags. See those glaring eyeballs.
Be careful now what you say. Do not
utter any Insult, do not utter any sus-
picion, if you value your life. What is
that red mark on the wall? 1t is the
mark Of a murderer's hand! Look at
those two eyes rising up out of the dark
ness and out from the straw in the cor
ner, coming toward you, and as they come
near you your light goes out. Strike an
other match All, this is Il babe, not like
those beautiful children presented in bap-
tism. This little one never smiled; it never
] will smile. A flower flung on an awful
! ly barren beach. 0 Heavenly Shepherd,
fold that little one in thy arms! Wrap
around you your shawl or your coat tight
| err for the cold wind sweeps through.
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bic that the SCARED and bruised face Of
that young woman was ever looked into
by maternal tenderness2 Utter no scorn.
Utter no harsh word. Ne ray Of hope
has dawned on that brow for many a
year. No ray Of hope ever will dawn on
that brow. But the light has gone out. Do
not strike another light. 1t would be a
mOckery to kindle another light in such a
place as that. Pass out and pass down
the street. Our cities are full of such
homes, and the worst time the third
watch Of the night.
Do you know it is in this third watch
of the night that criminals do their worst
work? 1t is the criminals watch. Al
half past O'Clock you will find them il
the drinking saloon, but toward u O'Clock
they go to their garrets, they get out theil
tools, then they start on the street
Watching on either side for the police
they go to their work of darkness. Thi!
is a burglar and the false key will soOI
touch the store lock. This is an incen
diary, and before morning there will be ,
light on the sky and a cry of Fire, fire!
This is an assassin, and tomorrow morn
ing there will be a dead body in one o.
the vacant lots. During the daytime
these villains in our cities lounge about
some asleep and some awake, but whel
the third watch Of the night arrives thei
eye is keen, their brain cool, their arm
strong, their foot feet to fly or pursue
! they are ready. Many of these poo
creatures were brought up that way
They were born in a thieves garrei
Their childish toy was a burglars dar
( lantern. The first thing they remembe
!. was their mother bandaging the brow q
= their father, struck by the police clul
z, They began by robbing boys pockets. an
2 now they have come to dig the undel
: ground passage to the cellar of the ban
II and are piL pairing to blast the gold vaul
o Just so long IL there are neglected chi
e dren of the street, just so long we wi
2 have these desperadoes. Some one. wisl
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