An officer of a Cunard steamer remarked that there is “a vast
difference between the appearance of steerage passengers
returning to Europe and those coming to America. On the western
voyage the faces of the immigrants are bright with expectancy.
You can see that they have been inspired by the roseate visions
painted for them by their friends who have succeeded on this
side of the water. Those who go back are not many. You can pick
them out by their dejected looks. They have not succeeded. They
have found that hard work is just as necessary to get along in
the States as in Europe.”
The sad faces of those who go back because they failed is an
illustration of the gloomy hearts that are carried by those who have
turned away from their Christian profession and gone back to their sins.
(117)
See PROFESSION VERSUS CHARACTER; SPIRITUAL DECLENSION.
=Appearances, Judging by=--See JUDGMENTS, INDISCRIMINATE.