. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . are Ifyou undertake to chaff oneof them, in nine eases out of I ten you will get the worst of it; fjT they are so sharp ami quick in retort. On one occasion, a very stout man—as the Frenchman said, Vary moch developed — was walking through the streets, when one of these little fellows stood before him, and he said, Boy, dont you see me? i es, sir, J can see you with the naked hye. Well, said he, get out of my way. Which vay round, guvnor? the boy retorted. They arc quick, sharp, keen, and wonderfully astute. In banter, sarcasm, and bold
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . are Ifyou undertake to chaff oneof them, in nine eases out of I ten you will get the worst of it; fjT they are so sharp ami quick in retort. On one occasion, a very stout man—as the Frenchman said, Vary moch developed — was walking through the streets, when one of these little fellows stood before him, and he said, Boy, dont you see me? i es, sir, J can see you with the naked hye. Well, said he, get out of my way. Which vay round, guvnor? the boy retorted. They arc quick, sharp, keen, and wonderfully astute. In banter, sarcasm, and bold repartee, your boy is a fool to them. What if all these sharp intellects, this acuteness, this strange intelligence, were trained for humanity, for God for Christ, and heaven, instead of being trained to prey on socici v. for crime, for Satan, and perdition ? Do we not make a fearful mistake, as Christians, if we donothing for their rescue? ami shall we not pay a terribleprice for our neglect? Come witli me, and I will show you a scene I once wit-. I CAN SEE yOU WITH THENAKED HYE. 360 LIFE IN CITY. STREETS. nessed. Come from your pleasant home, where children trained for purit} and heaven climb uj your knee. < fro m y our family altar. Come from the comforts and Luxuries that God lias given you. and see where these childrenlive. Turnoutof this mag-nificent streetof palaces, andlook at a newworld. Everygrade of exist-ence, as youadvance, In-comes , fouler,and more de-graded. Sick-ening odors, heavy with tliscase, conic from open cellar-. :oaths ringout from subterraneandens. I [ere, thronging the filthysidewalks, are children with no sunshine in their lace-., children who are a walking heap ofrags, children who often hear a mother swear, but have neverheard her pray; children who will occupy prisons, peniten-tiaries, poor-houses, or worse. Can they be rescued? Here
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