That is the way with hundreds in Chicago. If you go to
them and point out their danger, they will jest and joke at you. By and
by he says: "I think I hear the rapids--yes, I hear them roar;" and he
seizes his oars and pulls with all his strength, but the current is too
great, and nearer and nearer he is drawn on to that abyss, until he
gives one unearthly scream, and over he goes. Ah, my friends, this is
the case with hundreds in this city. They are in the current of riches
of pleasure, of drink, that will take them to the whirlpool.
A Blind Man Preaches to 3,000,000 People.
I was at a meeting in London, when I was there, and I heard a man
speaking with wonderful power and earnestness. "Who is that man?" I
asked, my curiosity being excited. "Why, that is Dr. ----. He is blind."
I felt some interest in this man and at the close of the meeting, I
sought an interview, and he told me that he had been stricken blind when
very young. His mother took him to a doctor, and asked him about his
sight. "You must give up all hope," the doctor said. "Your boy is blind,
and will be forever." "What, do you think my boy will never see?" asked
his mother. "Never again." The mother took her boy to her bosom and
cried, "Oh, my boy, ''Who will take care of you when I am gone? Who will
look to you?"--forgetting the faithfulness of that God she had taught
him to love.
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