Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-08-10

pressed diSpOSltlnIl ~ accSEt "r auti ia. !
orai,Ie terms It is generally acknowi
|edge1 and known here that nothing could
be more unlike an expression ot 7exnl'a>
ZION or satisfaction than tire demeannr and
language of Mr.. Davis on this subject. -
|I1,e very contrary can be proved by sevc-
raj who have ct,nveised with him, who +
were much more intimate viii, HIM than
II. write this TO you as q simple act at
|ius,ices to Mr.. Davis i,r reference 10 his j
'position. without political or sectiotat bias i
of any kind, which strive TO avf'id'
, MY FIRST step to rttin,' exclaimed
al,uni,appy youth, as he lay tossing from
| side to SIDE on the straw bed III "na corner
/ OF his prison house, my first step +" run
was going fishing on, the Sabbath knew
lit was wrong; my mother aud my. Bible
| taught me better, ] didn't behave them \
bit I didn't thiuk it would come TO this
! sad end I am u,done am lost.
Poor fellow! He dcspised the voice OIL
/ his teachers and now he is left 10 mourn
his folly in a dismal prison.
/ y. Eerlaos he had often said, us nc tnrned
away from the house OF f5od Sabbath alter
| Sabbath. SIT is too unpleasant to be co'l'-
| ed III, here in church all the .,nornlng.- -
What harm is there in taking a stroll
| through, the woods2 What harm, in car
frying my fishing tackle and catching
! few perch u #@ a".~. e. -
/. What harm 2 Why the harm is that in
ldo;ngsit you disebey God, who says, ne:
,netuber the Sabbath day TO keeplt holy"
The very lno,nent child determines to
have his own way regardless OF " hat God
SAYS he must do, that very moment he
/ c.,,ll,nences to travel in tho road To de-
isiruc,iou And when yoa-olce c"mn.ence
fr,te ellg III that road, the probability Is
Won will never STOP until voug are ruined
A .entle,nan, who has had charge oi
in,pre than one hundred thousand prison
!ers, and has taken SPECIAL paLs tn ascer-
tam the causes of their criuies. says that
ne does not recoilect u single Case ut Cap
,tal otfe.ce, where; the party had not beer
. i Sabbath breaker. And, III many cases
Ilhtu ass s.ired him, that Sabbath l,reakllg
t was the first step in their downward course,
Il Indeed lac says with reference tnrraeopers
IT all classes. nineteen out ct -twenhy. neg
icc,:tea The Sabbath and otlter ORDINANCES
4 vt religion. .a.s.4,..- sJf X 81. ,as~s -
:. OF one hundred men admitted t" the
/ Massachusetts State. prison III o:Ic year
eighty had lived in habjtual violation
i ii til. Sabbath and 81 public worship. ~
Il These are voices nt solemn warning i
: every child who may be tempted tn ,dlsre
i gar, The Sabbath day. slnu p,ay now
q Think ii arsnlall Matt.r tobrefuse '.hkeel'l
VI noiy, blt re'nenberx it may By T. you =
it il has been 10 thousands before IN
!, first stepto run II asaaa zta&7es rs +spe,
II 1T viii ruin yp',r character in u the esf'
hH hH'pation 81 All gsHyl pso,le. a. disllnenst
~ cd ,nerchant. Ing aec1s,olnea tofsA!g g
III sive observation and <eSperit,acs, stnd II
NJ, hud ,,;,iiIled much know ledge .'f nlen, salc
nr NV fel, see young mau in my empln
ut regardless of the sanctity OF the 81 bl'ati
lis, | DO not rest til: get rid Of him, t"rs to.
ot that he cannot be trusted" ...st :. a..,.
ii A sa3bath breaking youth, viii st,ol. los
re the respect Of all Who have the tear IS
,ill God before their eyes. .
IL DO not com; ;,iai, then. children, Yo
ed dear parents urge upil yoii' tire prope
,e, observance qoffs the Sabbath day Do M
I'D lnur,nur if they positively ref:sc TO fet'yo
he stroll through tle~ streets or down by tt
ad river on tue Sabbath, regardless Of j
lin sanctity. They know tlie danger Of sue
I'M 4. .habiis& hey kf,ow@it has bern to mar
sit the tisst step to1nin, and they do not va
'S..Ito weep over antihed child. S<|"~s
~ ----1-zu.> @!s@s.s
- ME- MAuRr AND. GENERAL BEAUREeAR
,1ssl A private leper from Paris sofsa late da
indl savs sassIt is rlllnored that theEmperor
srd Franoe has offered Mr.. Maury q goods .
81 I4;nu and tl,,afit il probable he will n