freely, both externally and internally. While this is not WashingtonCity, yet it is a washing city. We take in washing—tons of it.But not only the best of waters, but we have also the most preciousstones. Passing by the baser metals, such as corruptible gold andsilver, of which there are prospective mines more promising than theretrospective ones. Yea, we have mines in our minds more promisingthan those in our mountains. Passing by these, I Introduce to you our crystal, the like of which is not found in all the world. No diamond cansparkle more brightly than ours; and the whole world is our market for whetstones. Bro. Moderator, as you are a lover of the beautiful, wepresent to you a Hot Springs crystal. That you may never feel poor,we present to you a Hot Springs diamond, and that you may never feel dull, we present to you a Hot Springs whetstone! These we havein great abundance. You may show this to your dull speakers.But ours is also a boarding city, and it is needless to say wewelcome our boarders. It is not customary to welcome customers, butto
thank
them. You have heard addresses of welcome belabored witheloquence, but eloquence is not needed now. You have heard it"spread on thick," which was necessary if the welcome was thin. Butours is thick enough, perhaps too thick, as some may covet not you,
but yours.
Not all of us, even in Hot Springs, are saints and angels. Itis possible in a city like this for strangers to be entertained by angelsunawares, but watch the angels, as there are two kinds. John says trythe spirits, but he didn’t refer to ardent spirits. Hot Springs has chargeof that case. We keep them for trial, keep them
on
trial, and we keep
up
the trial. But let strangers beware lest these spirits try them.Indeed, if reports be true, we would not like to have them tried byevery Baptist jury lest it happen unto them as it did to those evil spiritsin the camp of Israel when "the earth opened her mouth andswallowed them up." Up is right, as they "fly to the head."But I ask your attention to another peculiarity of our city. On alimited scale, here is perhaps the greatest combination of wealth andpoverty, sickness and health, misery and pleasure, to be found in allthe land. This is called the World’s Sanitarium. The rich come here for pleasure, the poor for alms and the afflicted for healing. Of the latter classes you can hear stories, as true as holy writ, more horrifyingthan the ghost stories of your youth. Often are the poor shipped hereon a charity ticket and dumped penniless at our, depot. These are notour poor, but
yours,
and, as you are the representatives of the world’s
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