The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-28
COMING GENERATIONS.
,oNrMUED FRoM THE EIRsT PAaE.

THAT; but there i9 one SIN committed al
twenty years of age that will never
forgive myself for. It sometimes comes
over me overwhelmingly, and it absO-
lutely blOts out my hope OF heaven"
Young man hear it. How many traps
there are set for our young people, That
Ia what makes parents so anxious.
Here are temptations for every form OF
dissipation and every stage of it. The
young man when he Arst goes into dis.
slpatiOn is very particular where he
goes. 1t must be fashionable hotel.
He could not be tempted into these cor
ner nuisances with red stained glass
and a mug Of beer painted on the sign
board. You ask the young man to go
into the place, and he would say: do
you mean TO insult met" No; IL must
be q marble-hOOred bar-rOOm. There
must be no lustful pictures behind the
counter. There must be no drunkArd
hiccuppinR while he takes his glass. It
must be q place where elegant gentle
men come In and click their cut-glass
and drink to the announcement of fat
tering sentiment. But the young man
cannot always tind that kind Of a place,
yet he has q thirst, and II must be graft
hed. The down grade Is sleeper now,
and he Is almost at the bottom. Here
they sit in an Oyster-eellar round card
table, wheeling, blOated and blOOdshOt,
with cards 80 greasy that you can hards7
ly tell who has the best hand; but never
mind, they ar0 playing for drinks.
Shuttle aWayi Shuttle aWayl The land
lord stands in his shlrt-sleeVes, with his
hands on his hips, watching the game
aud waiting for another call to till up
the glasses. IL Is the hot breath Of eter-
nal woe that flnsheS that young mans
cheek. In the Jets Of gas light see the
shooting out OF the fiery tongue OF the
worm that never dies. The clock strikes
twelve. 1t Is the tOlling Of the bell OF
eternity at the burial Of soul. Two
hours pass on, and they are all sound
asleep in their chairs. Landlord says:
Come, now, wake upl It's time to
shut npI' They look up and say:
"WhatI" It's time to shut up. Push
them out into the air. They are going
ner and the children hide in under the
bed. They are going home. What L.
the history OF that young manp He be-
gan his dissipation at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel and completed his damnation In
the worst grOg-shOp In Navy street.
But sin even does not stop here. II
comes to the door OF the draWing-r. ON.
There are men OF leprous hearts that 60
into the very best classes OF society.
They are so Ofasctnating-tbey have such
bewitGhing way OF Offering their arm.
Yet the poison of asps is under their
tongue, and their heart is he'll. At first
their sinful devices are hidden, but after
a while they begin to put forth their
talOnS Of death. Now they. begin tO
show really what they are. Suddenly,
although you could not have suspected
IL, they were so charming In their man-
ner, so fascinating In address, suddenly
a cloud blacker than was ever woven o.
midnight OF hurricane, drops upon sOmt
domestic circle. There Is agony In the
parental bosom that none but the LOrO
God Almighty can measure-Rn agony
that wishes that the children of tht
household had been swallowed by the
grave when 1t would be only loss OF
body instead Of q loss Of soul. What IL
the matter with that hOusehOldp They
have not had the front windows open III
six months or year.y The mOther's
hair suddenly turned white. The
father, DhOllOW checked and bent OveT'l
Dfematurely, goes down the street. There
has been no Death in the family, no lOss
of property. Has madness seized upOL
themI No, mol A villain, kid-glOved, pat
ant-feathered,w with gold chain and grace
ful manner, took that cup or domestic
bliss, elevated IT high in the air, until
the sunlight struck It, aud all the rain
bows danced about the brim, and the.
dashed II down in desolattOn and woe un
til all the harpies Of darkness elapped
their hands with glee, and all the VOicee
Of hell uttered loud ha hal Oh, there
are scores and hundreds Of homes that
have been blasted, and If the awful sta
bistics could 0e fully set before yOu,yOu
blood would freeze into solid cake OF
ice at the heart. Do you wonder thai
fathers and mothers are anxious abOu
their children, and that they ask them
selves the questions night and day:
what Is to become, Of them2 What
will be their destinyW FL ~
shall devote the rest of my remarks
to alienation Of parental anxiety. Let
me say tOyOu as parents, that great
deal Of anxiety may be lifted IL you will
begin early with your children. Tom
Paine said: 'eThe first Ave years of my
life became an infidei." A vessel goes
out to sea; IL has been out hVe days;
storm comes on; 1t springs leak; the
helm won't work; everything Is out Of
order. What is the matterp The ship
Is not seawOrthy; never was. It's poor
time 10 and IL now. iUnder the fury of
the storm the vessel goes down with 250
passengers to RWatefy grave. The time
TO make the ship seawOrthy was in the
drydOck, before 1t started. Alas for us,
II We wait until our children get out
into the world before we try to bring
upon them the influence Of Christ's re.
hgiOn. tell you the dFydOck of the
Cnrl9Llan nome lB bno place WD0T0 we
are TO ffit them for usefulness and for
heaven. In this world. under the storm
of vice and temptation, IL will be too
late. In the domestic circle you decide
whether your child shall be truthful or
false; whether 1t shall be generous or
penurious. You can tell by the way
child divides an apple.jus what Its fu-
tuFe history will be. You ought to over
see the process. II the child takes nine
tenths Of the apple, giving his sister the
other tenth, IL he should live to be
hundred hs will be grasplng, and want
the biggest piece Of everything. stood
IN house in one Of the Long leland viii
lagos. / saw a beautiful tree, and said
to the owner: That's O very fine tree;
but what q curious crook there Is In itP'
'Yes," said he, Il planted that tree and
when 1t was a year old l went to New
York to work az a mechanic for q year
or two, and when l came back 1 found
they had allowed something to stand
against the tree, and 80 1t has always
had that crook" And so, l thought, 1t
was with the influence upon children.
II you allow anything to stand In the
way of moral influence against a child.
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