Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-11

waSn had IL name Of being q cietef fsilcws
.s,,d s;nra + have been haze have had abtn1aug
Svidenra DAT The name was not misappled
pcSf rood situation, and mighiS III inansliy
ana pFodentns have laid by q good ensn ~
firySe or need faoon became acquainted With
Young men Wfc visited the theatre refresh
nnenf roofnb, and other plaeag ol Amusement
and eccn qOt into the habit 81 visiting them
myself In fact il was not long beI0aa spent
nv money 90 fast As 1 earned Il. would
take or three cfmy acquaintance and Viss
4 llla theatre and Fefreuhfnent shops au4 pay
the bill Ia the cficej too ! used ffaquent.y
TO S0pply ,hem with whatever they wished t1
have. WEEK after week did 60 on without
Thought ofths futute 81 concern fDr conse-
quences. Frequently have IN order % CD
tain money TO spend. neglected 20 pay my
board, or even TO get decent clothes 70 wearf
and many time have pledged my watch 20
pay money bOrFo @cd for the purpose o. having
a @spfet"
Itried many and many time 70 break III
the habit Of spending money IN such foolish
ways. knew that L did me 10 good that
waa wasting the b%st part Of my life IN earn
ing money which had better have been thrown
away. But in vain wood form resolutions
made but Co be broken At the inst temptation.
Again and again did most solcutnly fesolvs
TO reform, but che habit had taken too strong
hold I0 vain tried "a 6roaAl llss iat4l chains
that was drawing It's fatal coils closer and clo-
GER around me. En vain did friends renOnslfateS
and parents plead. l left my parents Poor3
they had given me the best education they
could, and hoped that I would afford them
some assistance in their old age. q heavensl
what misery have caused what pangs Ofan-
guis6 hate rent their hearts when they re1ec-
ted thatthe hopes Ofhsppiness in seeing their
son loved and respected, were soon 10 Wither
and die How much good ONE half OF the mon-
ey I had SO foolishly sacrificed, might have
done them. They struggled on IN poverty
ill even almost hope itself had fed. thinking
that soon I should reform;that they would yet
be happy in seeing me respected and ProsPe-
rous.
And what did get in return fof all my
money 20 lavishy bestowed upon my cOhlPG1i3
iOnS!-l would not call them ITSends,--they
deserve not the name! I received the name
| of being ga first rate fellow" the %clev-
crest" and "most generous" hey ever saw.
was called Upon 10 pay for every amusement
they wanted. When had spent my moneys
they would lend me theirs, spA fell me 10 pay
it when got ready. They piaised my learn
ing, referred to my jrdgmeHtt and were very
careful not to offend me. And this was ALL
| II ] had one friend that would whisper q
word Of kindly warning in my ear, az the Mo-
nent Of teniyeqfion, who had the courage %
rell me was wrong, might have listened and
! resisted. But no, they were ell too selfish
What cared they, as long as my purse was
ready to answer any demands they might
choose % make upon II! What Yves il %
them that beggared myself destroyed my
brightest prospects, and brought sorrow to the
| home of my childhood!
And was Fhappy in thus lavishly disposIng
of the frhjts of daily tol?-NO-I was not
/ 81. IL rrvn
but eter and anon, the still small voice would
whisper, aid agonizing thoughts would rush
thro' the brain and damper, for moment me
merrimerlt of the hour, and ] would resolve
that that should be the last--resolVes that
would be broken upon the least temptation \
could not resist. Often have 1 plaiged my
watch, borrowed what money could apant
the whole, and then gone TO wQrF with O.
emile upon my face. aud those ound me
knew not the remorse and anguish that was
concealed within.
| When left my home, I had intended to
- sit 1. again within six months, and yet could
"a. get decent clothes enough TO go until two
nOJtA halfyears had elapsed, tho only one
SS, TiIes away. NV mother often wrote
p""u"es q. 20 come home~ahd when { did
Oeseechng toe "er's kiss and saw mothers
go'aDd felt moth round uPOn old family
tears and looked b: hat | was and what
cOCACoS RESTRAIN
nigh have been, could no, most solemn
but wept IN bitter agony. then. md do an
ly resolved to reform, do better sparied
that mother could wish. When ~, 2"
again, her prayers rose 10 heaven Tor .'-s ofy~'
ing but repantant son. then felt pFoof Ak 4'iise
all Temptation, and thought / might regain
my lost ground.
And now has it been since! Have I kent
my promise! Alas, Win grief and shame 1
confess that though 'the spirit is willing tho.
flesh IS weak" have irausgfessed-b
sometimes the remembrance Of a mot he
prayer seems to check the tising wish, anr
resist.
Last Saturday evening, the fain was b6dr-
ing in torrents, and as | was passing IN front
o the Post Office, three or four little bows
the papers 10 sell. took one, and
another little boy asked me in a feeble tbca
% buy one him, looked az him q moment
ne was bare'ooied, and think bareheadedssHa
ais voice seemed piteonsly mOuFnlul. I AMI
Tot want the paper, but gave him Two Of three
;ents, all | had. He thanked me, and fell n
brill ofgenuine happiness,the fret for montba.
Then thought Of that poor BOY, how vor,r
much good what had spent thar EVENING only~
would have done him. again resolved 10
luit the course | was pursuing, DO better h.
uture, aud thus atcne for. past nigcopducf a.
NOW not that shall succeed but I hone IN ~
bleto sever asHnder the powerful chains OF
labit. and became free man indeed. No one
Who has not Iel' and experienced what / have
an know the force Of habit.
But, the gentle reader may ask, why intruds
II tins upon O. What good will Il do 10 ~.
lose your shame 10 the world Il Is tbir-
Reader, if ever you see young man inclined
o spend his hard earnings u useless thing.
or that which satisfyeth moi, which will hrino,
vim to want and sorrow and cause bis friends
o weep over blighted hopes, just give him q
indy word in season. ltmay save him mfnV
epentant tears,and he will love you as BROTH
r..
Young man! remember that iiis iB shortl-
hat youth 10 the time TO prepare for old ace.
Therefore. be wise in season. Help yourself
nd those dear parents who are watching with
be tenderest solicitude over your welfare. n
not for themselves that they wish Il. ItI
Or you, you alone that their prayers are offer
d. Mark out the path Of duty, and follow L
nth unflnching perSeveTance-turn neither
, the right nor the left Is the sincere wish az
ne who knows the effects Of q departure rom