Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-10

eous- they'll do the grumbling for the
whole community; they have banker
ing to be prosecuted for righteousness /
sake, and will go three miles to be
stoned, or rotten egged. 1t is a mistake .
for bows aud girls TO disobey the fifth
commandment. Honor thy father and
thy mother" 1t Is mistake to diSobey
any of Gods commandments. Obedi /
euce to this 5th commandment contains /
a promise OF longevity. The reason l
speak of this, is because this command |
ment is disoDeyed more than any other
just now Our public schools are in
many respects better than they were
thirty years ago, and therefore boys get
it into their heads that they know more
thau their parents. rhey never made Il
greater mistake. But the average boy
of IL knows more In his own estimation
than he will ever know ag4ln. He
spoke of the books of the Oliver Optic
variety, not so bad in themselves, but
makes the boys SO Immortality smart; he
also spoke of books like Peck'S Tad boy,
and bad boys diary, and characterized
them as bad as the above. Iu real life
the old man takes that smart boy over
his knee and knocks the SmartneSS out
of him. and if they fail To do it the
work-houses do it. All these tend to
make the boys forget the 5th command
ment. 1t is a mistake, boys, to speak
slightingly of your mother or sister, Ui
of any other boys mother or sister.
1t is a mistake for boys to sow their
wild oats. Ii is a<miStake for boy to
swear No real gentleman will swear
in the presence of ladies or gentlemen
either. If you believe in God. how dare
you take his name in vain? 1t is a
mistake for boy to learn to smoke-l
am not speaking of the man, that's not
my job. The whole medical profession
says that tobacco is injurious to boys in
many different ways. Why will boys do
it? Now, boys, promise me that you
will not excruciate yourself until you
are 81 years. But if tobacco is TO be let
alone, what shall we say of whisky
Don't you see it leads to poverty, imoe-
cIlity, and premature death? 1t is
fearful mistake for girls to encourage
these bad habits. What boy would mar
ry the girl who was drunk last Saturday
night. and is going to get drunk next
Saturday night? Then why will the
girls have anything to do with boys
who do so? The time to reform d man
is before marriage. II is a mistake to
stay away habitually from church; if |
didn't believe at all in God l would still
consider it a mistake to stay away from
church, especially for farmers. They
need the social part of it. They must
clean up once in d while and go into
society. or they will go pack into baTbar
ism. You need this intellectual stim-
ulus. He spoke of the clash of contend
Tag interests in our congress, in the
courts, and said that nothing that could
be said or done, could do more good at
home or abroad than our board of min-
listers. He continued to point out rea-
sons why we could not afford to contin-
ually absent ourselves from
church; and spoke of the business man
who staid at home to read his paper,
and made point that while the minis
ters were all college graduates, the
newspaper man was seldom one; and
that a great deal of the news contained
in the papers, especially the ddliies,
might be omitted to advantage. You
want the minister when you are sick or
are in trouble, then why not help to sup
port him at other times. Some men
only call on God when they are in
trouble. You cannot afford to stand
aloof from those who worship together
every Sabbath. He who said, Let there
be light and there was light"
Adjourned to 10 Ii. m. on Tuesday.
For lack of space in this weeks paper
we W II have to give the second DAYS
proceedings Of the Institute next week :;
when, besides giving several of the ex-
cellent papers in fall, We will give ii
synopsis of all the OtheraddreSses which
were by Sec. Chamberlain, on practical
Horticulture aS an Educational Inhl-
g ce. and on Taxes" J. w. Axtell, of
the Pittsburgh National Stock man, on
stock Breeding" George Finley. OF
Pittsburgh, on carp Cultures" J. Mot
fett, President of Washington anG ,Je der
son College, on "The Relation of Educa
tion to Agriculture and l.. B. Pierce, OF
Summit county, on The Value of Horti-
cultural knowledge, especially to the
Young. Ed.