Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-06-09
"CHURCH AND CHILDREN
"A Brilliant Sunday Discourse By Kew.
Howard MeliSh.
The Promise Of Zachariah to His Discourage
Countrynen.

Holy Trinity. a number OF requests lor
it's publication have been received and " Is
herewith given. The text was from Ierna,
riah Wits: "The streets of the city shall
be full of boys and girls playing in the
streets thereof" Mr.. Melish said:
Zechawah gave this promise as a word OF
announcement to his discouraged country
men when on their return from their exile
they were trying in the face OF enemies
and great obstacles TO rebul I'D jerusaem.
The time will surely come, ne hade them
believe, when the city shall STAND once
more on Mount Zion n all It's former
strength and splendor, blessed with that
greatest of all lfe's bcnedctions children
At plav, ""hc streets of the city shall be
full of boys and girls playing III the streets
thereof -,
One of the wonderful stories which eur
last census told was the phenomenal
growth of the American city. Briefly, the
story is this While the population OF the
country in the nineteenth century was
multiplying itself fifteen times the popn-
lation of the cities and tOWnS was mnitl-
plyjng itself 100 times. Wherca. he popn-
tation ot the talmin., community has been
multipned hy two in fifty years. mat 81
cities has been multiplied by ten; IN lSoo
one man in every twenty-five liNFd III
city. To-day ii is one man IN every three
The tremendous concentration OF men:
women and children in our cities Is one OF
the most significant and startling FACTS Oh
our times.
The city is built! The prophets promise
hos hoon fu)6llcd-thc streets are iuil of
bnys md urls But what a tulhllmcnt!
Thnv arc rIoyiug in our streets because we
have built our cities in such way tlal
there is no other place Tor them TO pay
In our tenement districts especially the
houses stand so closely together that th''e
!. sc,,relv snace for hpht and AR To enter
$500 ,,ot 70 mnntiun ,nur,s. back wards,
,,Ia,, ,,rn,nls and small marks. Within a
sshnrt wall, nt where we are o.dav are
hnndreIs If families living in one or two
I'LL roo,ns ia , family. rooms often
o'ann,, a, midday OF course the chill
dron .re in The streets.
Aud what nloces the streets are for these
I,,lo ones, Lool; over the pages OF oar
,,,nors J,y h dnv with the children IN
n,,,ind and vn, read the sad story OF this
E,tlo child crushed by A car. of that one
maImed for lie bv some wagon. Go into
tbo rhildron's Court and see boys OF
, w, and Yourtocn arrested for crimes
,,'Li,L wn,,id .nnd men tn the pcnitcntiary
S., 1,rl' no,,nj nf vrars between the
arnv'dnJ tnnoments and ,hcsc INJURIES,
I Il 'r;n,os ,bcrn' - iii, relation of
'c'lhH 'iu ,''',> li ,nro,nnnt. dive the
t t "'t,' ,i,o yiroris and thrrc they are
fo,h,ddcn hy the police and prevented by
traihc 70 pjav came, which kept me aud
my boy friends from gong to the devil
No | don mean that insmatlon. Inc
GOOD God won't let the devil have those
Soys They may become impairment
criminals, and die like the hardened thict
ON the cross. but conditions shaped them,
and God will give hem. in my heart OF
hearts | believe. a new chance to become
Ike linn IN tina new city, Jerusalem.
which is not puilt by mems hands. And
vet ,,1,n il * that IN our cities boys who
,re danicI ,nc healthy amusomcntS of BOY
lie Irift int, the crap games and form
strcot ,,,urs which tcrrifv neighborhoods
and bntajI2c noys and turn the spirit OF
Mischief intn the demon of crime Jacob
Ei,. has tod rs that between the tenement
and tho ren,lcnt,a,v o has found beaten
n,tb travelled by the feet of hundreds OF
onr how. every wear.
II !. about ms somewhat new and very