Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-02-12
CONSIDER THE END.

I
The shape and character which our
| lives assume are SO uniformly the result
of our actions that fit we're possible 10
foresee the course Of conduct, which
young man, setting out in life, would pur
sue, there would be no difficulty in lore
telling, with great precision, the result.
So invariably do we shape our destlnes,
and so uniformly and universally do caus
es and effects travel with each other.
Hence the often repeated maxim A man
may be what he Diu be.
Itis the want fdue cOnsideration-not
the want Ofgood seLse. that ruins thou
sands, The neglect to exercise, the INN
king and reasoning powers which they
have, rather than any deficiency OF intel
Iect, which makes 50 many shipwrecks
long the voyage of life. 1t is that men in
muItitudes yield TO temptations and In
duIge in habits, and lend themselves to
practices of which they do not consider
the end.
Have you reader just setting out in
the habit OF Gambling? If this should
meet the eye Of such an one, lei me ask
have you considered the end! Have you
deliberately considered it.? Have you ev
er run your eye back over the race oil Gam
blers that have gone Before you-counted
how many became beggars-how many
homeless drunkaids-how all became
knaves-how all lived without character
-alHded without hope some convlcts-
, others maniacs, and many suicides?
Have YOU considered how certainly these
h, are the ends Of The paths in which Jou are
enteringg If any voice says there Is no
, harm in 1t, 1t is the voice Of your evil geni
\ US; consider the end
: Another vice into which the young BY
+ thousands heedlessly enter, is intemper
aace, iu some or all Of its various forms.
II ia vice which comes in thousand
:, shapes; incorporate eating, drinking and
- shutting, will not, cannot enumerate
. them all, but in every case the great mis-
! take is in the beginning; and the warn
:, ing is, by all the evils which every where
70 you witness sprnging from these sources
II by all the wretchedness OF drunkenness
a. by all the rniseries Of disease land Po'
- erty and rum, do not enter upon any OF
- these habits until you we'll and deliberate
= ly consider the end. 49,
;, A 5aln, in The or Iinary business OF llit
- there are constantly presented a thousand
4 temptations and opportunities for the pra'
70 tee oil dishonesty In other words oil tax
ing advantage Of others, have NOR
particular allusion to that class ol httl'
"a frauds which the law does not reach, and
20 which in classes of society aro not conslt
no cred disreputabIe, pass offrather with e.
o. cat than censure. This you may, will
10 implicit confidence, rely uPon--that eve
Nv rs departure from the most rigid rules .
10 honesty in your dealing, will be sure Il
'r harm YOU in the end. Gains unfairly a.
re quired, are like self righteousness-th
= more man gets the worse he is oil b
n sides the frItterlng Of public confidence
u the wear and tear Of conscience, and tn
., o. loss of conscious integrity, there is ours
" that forever follows them. Before you
~ ~ low yourself TO enter upon such cours
"' consider the end.
The indulgence ola passionate tempe
IN is one of the most unhappy OF the huma
gu vices; because they are but few other
IL, which so perpetually prey upon the Peac
ok aud serenity Of the mind. This stron
let sturdy enemy to human enjoyment,
IN the vast majority Of cases, is left to gro
in with our growth, and strengthen with ou
strength, until its ascendency is complete
IS Ii progresses inits dominion step by ste
every indulgence adds to It's power, an
TO every acquisition Of power increases i
in thirs. for lnduIgence.-Yet 1t cannot /
lin controlled and brought into perfect subje
nO lion. lie who is not master OF hImsel
II no matter what else he is master oi, is
,Iv slave, and whatever efforts can be add
:; ced by tho consideration Of liberty, peaC
happiness and comparative exemPtio
a. from a thousand dangers TO which passlt
'P' exposes us in life, should be made to qua
'gs ourselves in this particular. Never
DC dulge in passion until you have c0ns'd
~ ed the end.
lhe Consider we'll the end in every thlt
pi' you do, the end not the immediate resu
The The momeutary satisfaction, the apparc
iSh gain or advantage for the time, but
ere end of all your course Of conduct. Lo
lin: on into the future until you clearly see
an and not imagine the consequences are
r. a. terminate in an hour, a day, week,