The Whig standard., 1844-01-04

OF the froit0e OF 01t1y tori! WIZ not.
would joip in the gay lssgh, the sst and wit, but
per, and agonizing tho1ghts would rqsh through
the brain, and dampsn 7or q IaSarnent tl,e merri-
ment Of the hour. and F would resolve that that
should be the last--resolvAs that w0nldlbe bro
Ken upon the least temptation u ycouM not re-
s.st Often have pledged my watch, borrowed
what money / could, spsnt the whcles and then
gone to work with q smile upon my faEss and
those around me knew not the remorsc and an
guish that was concealed within.as
When left my home, had intended to visit it
again within six months, and yet / could not get
decent clothes enough to 20 until two and 4 half
years had elapsed, though only one hundred miles
away. My mother often wrote, beseechinG me
| TO come homey and whentI did 70, aud fals 1bmo-
theirs kiss, and saw q mother's tears. and locked
around upon old family scenes and, thought Of
what was, and what might have been, could
not restrain myself but wePt in bitter agoay. I
then most solemnly resolved to return; % better,
departed again, her prayers rose to Heaven for
her erring but repentant son. | then felt proof
against all temptation, and thought Imight re-
gain my lost ground
And how has it been since ( .Haye kept,my
promise Alas, with grief and shame confess
that though " the spirit is willing, the Aesh is
weak" have transgressed- but sometimes
check the rising wish, and / resist. a
Last Saturday evening, the rain was pouring
in torrents, and as was passing ID front of the
post Office, three or four little boys presented
their papers to sell. III took one, and another
little boy asked me in feeble vUiceato; buy one
Of him. I lookedHat him q moment; he was
barefooted, and I think sbareheaded- md his
voice seemed piteously mcutnfuls 4 fkdnot want
the paper, but gave him TWO or three cents all
4 nod Ho han nkoI ord III frlf - ~
genuine happiness, the first for months Then
| I thought Of that poor boy, how very much he
needed money, and how much good what bad
speht.that evening 0naf wAN2 sh1x kll1.
4 Eags6nT Tae0lyea f4aqp4 4h1t - v l ~
ing, do better ia tnflisgs Il
misconduct. / know moi that, shaM snecesd,
but hope 70 be able g sever asu6dsf the Po.I
erful chains Of habit, and becomesa I've Mt4n
indeed. No one, who has not fall and expeEi-
enced what 4 have. can know the force ef habit.
But the gentle reader may ask, why intrpde
all this upon Ene3 What good win It do to ex-
pose your shame to the world II IS this.
Reader, ifever you see q young man inclined 10
spend his hard earnings ia useless things for
that which sa,isfe,h not, which viii bring him
weep over blighted hopes, just give him 4 kindly
word in season. Il may saye him many fepent-
ant tears, and he will love vou ~ bxosher.assi
Young man! remember that hte is< short
that youth is the time to prepare for old age.
Therefore, be wise ia season. Help yourself
and those dear parents who are watching with
the tenderest solci,ude over your welfare. H is
not for themselves they wish it. Il is for you,
you alone, that their prayers are offered. Mark
out the path Of duty, and follow il with unf1inch-
ing perseyerance-turn neither 10 the right hand
nor to the left, and you will be happy, That
you may be so, is the sincere wish of one who
knows the effects of departure from virtue by
sad s se y ExPERIENcE. :.