Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-09-13
The o her Train That is Coming,

As n train was passing over New Eng
land railroad it struck broken rail. The
conductor felt the shock. He knew car
was off the track, and sprang for a brake.
II was his last brave service. The crash
came, and he was picked up poor, man
gled wreck, his skull had been broken.
lie was heard, however, to utter these
words-the last words of faithful loyal
soul-"Put out the signal for the other
train" Somewhere down the line he
knew another train was coming, thunder.
ing, crashing along, dashIng faster faster,
faster, and there was his train on the line
Olt with the signal out with the signal;
ano'her train is coming! That was his
last injunction.
That her train. the generation that is
following Us, the boys and girls that are
coming along, Just ahead ofwhom we are,
!.erlt ps to be in their way, hindrance,
and, possibly, their ruin-what need of
vigilance, for their sake, in speech, act,
look If we are on the track, blocking it,
let us take ourselves out Of the way as
soon as possible.
"What will you take?" was the ques-
ton asked an Observant boy at the table.
'lwill take what father takes The
fathcr had received from the waiter
Il glass of Intoxicating drink, but hearing
the boys remark, set aside his glass and
called the waiter. He saw the other train
coming and cleared the track at once
| think the saddest of all experiences is
the consciousness that an opportunity for
right. doing has been lost. 1t brings a sad
10 Jk into mans face TO know that he has
set an example, bad in Itself, and followed
by others to their ruin.
We heard of an empty train that came
to stop on Il grade, the station having
bel reached. In the absence of the con-
ductor the train got loose, and went down
the line to meet the steamboat express.
Someone chased the runaway train but
could not overtake it. The opportunity
for the arrest of the train had gone
There was collision that night.
Oh, souls on the track! fathers, mothers,
teachers! your opportunity in behalf of
your boys and girls is nOU! Don't let it
slip from you.
We are not only to leave clear track for
the next train, but in every way we are
to make AMI keep it well prepared for the
tldNtl vi lnc ncAJ SeucldllOu' llClo SOluCS
the work of the Sunday school teacher, to
get the uneasy, rambling feet of childhood
over into the road way of the very bes,
life.
passed recently large rabble of boys
in vacant building plot. They were
noisy aud rough, What more important
work, asked myself, than to labor fol
that age and class of the coming genera
ton? Through the Sunday school, tht
Bible, the church, and through Temperance
agencies in the Sunday school, especially
we are to open n sure, stcadfast, blessed
way for their feet.
Our opportunity is to-day. Voltair'
IN .de the age of five the limit insi !,
which character substantially is settled!
At any rate, the limit cannot be set with
safety very far ahead. don't want to be
so absorbed in the cares and pursuits o
my generation as to forget the next
want to think of and plan for and worl
for the generation coming-the other trail
on the track. The Lord helping me
| will think more Of the interests Of the
chldren--the other train that is coming