The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-07-31

long story of It's sin AMI shame and glory
and triumph will turn TO ashes; but pa
rental influences, starting In the early
home, will roll on and up into tho great
eternity, blooming In all the JOY, waving
In all the triumph, exulting In all the song
OF Heaven, or groaning In all the pains and
shrinking back into tho shame, and frown'
ing In all the darkness of the great prison
house. O, fatherl Oh, mother In
which direction Is your influence tendingi
verify believe that three'fourths OF the
wlckedness OF tho great city runs out rank
and putrid from undlsclpllned homes
Sometimes, know, there is an exception.
From bright, beautiful, cheerful Chris.
tian home u husband or son will 20 on
10 die. How long you have had that boy
In your prayerl Ho does not know tho
tears you have she'd He knows nothing
about the sleopless nights you have passed
about him. He started on the downward
road and will not stop, call you never 40
tenderly. oh, II Is tough, II Is very tough,
after having experienced so much kind.
ness and care 10 got such pay of ingrati.
tudel There is many young man proud
OF his mother who would strike into tho
dust the bastard who would dare 10 do her
wrong, whose hand by his first step In sin
Ia sharpening adagger 10 plunge through
that mothers heart | saw ID. The tele-
gram summoned him. saw him come In
SCARED and boated TO look upon the lifo-
less form Of his mother-thoso gray locks
pushed back over the wrinklod brow no
had whitened by his waywardnoss, Those
eyes had rainod foods OF tears over his In.
iquity. That still whlto hand had written
many loving lelter OF counsel and lnvi.
tation. Ho had brolson that old heart.
When he came In he threw himself ON the
coffin and sobbod outright and cried,
"Motherl motherp But tho lips that
kissed him In infancy, and that had
spoken 30 kindly on other days when ho
came home, spahe not They were sealed
forever Rather than such memory on
my soul | would have rolled on mo tho
Alps and the lIimalayas, "Tho eye that
mocketh It's father and refusoth TO obey lts
mother, tho ravens Of the valley shall
pick II out and the young eagles shall eel
it.p
Tho second caldron OF lniqulty 10 which
l point is an lndolent life. There are
young men coming 10 our city with In.
dustrlous habits, and yet thoy SEQ IN tho
city great many mon who seem TO got
along without any work. They have no
business, and yet they arc better dressed
than industrious men, and they seem 10
have more facilities OF access TO amuso.
monts. They have plenty OF timo 10 spare
10 hang around the beautiful hotels, or
lounge around tho City Hall, their hands
In their pockets, toothplck In their
mouths, waiting for some crumb 30 fall
from tho oillco-holdors' table; or gazing at
the criminals an they como up IN tho morn.
Ing from tho station.housos, joorIng at
them as thoy leap from the city van 10 tho
courthouse stops. Ali | would az soon
think OF standing 40 tho cato Of Groon.
wood 10 onjoy funeral as 30 stand at tho
City Hall In tho morning whom tho city
van drives up 10 look at tho carcassoa OF
men and women slain for both worlds.
Tho industrious people 500 those idors
standing about, and thoy wonder how thoy
mako tholr living, wonder, too. Thoy
have plenty OF money for tho ride; they
have plenty OF money 10 bot on tho boat
race or tho horso.raco, thoy can discuss
the flavor Of tho oostliost Wines, thoy havO
tho best seats at the thcator, But stlll
you ask mot "llow do thoy get their
monoyp We'll, my friends, thoro are four
ways OF getting moncy--Just four. by In.
horitanco, by earning II, by begging II, by
stealing H.. Now, thoro are many people
In our community who SOON 10 have plenty
OF money who did not inherit II, and who
did not earn II, and who did not bog II.
You must take tho responsibility OF say.
Ing how they got H. There are mon who
got tired of tho drudgory Of lifo, and 500
thcso prosperous idlors, and thoy consort
with them, aud thoy learn tho same tricks,
and thoy so 10 the same ruin--at thcir
death, their departure causing no moro
mourning than " folt for tho fast horsoa
they foundorod and killed by too hasty
Watering.
Oh, tho pressure on tho industrious
young mon Is tremendous whom thoy 900
people all around about thom full Of SOON.
ing success, but doing nothing. Tho mul.
tltudo Of those who got their living by
sloightof.hOnd h multiplying, What Ia
the uso Of working In tho store, or oillco, or
shop, or on tho scoirold, or by tho forge,
whom you can get your living by your
witsp A merchant In Now York was pass.
Ing along tho stroot ono evening, and he
saw one Of his clerks, half disguised, going
Into ono of the low thoatcrs, Ho said with.
In hlmsclfi al must look out for that
young man, Ono morning tho merchant
camo 10 his store, and tho olork came up
In assumed CONSERVATION and saldi "Tho
store has boon on fire. | havo got II put
out, but many Of tho goods nro gone" Tho
merchant Instantly sogcd the young man
by tho collar and aaldi III havo had
enough of this. You can't deceive mo.
Whore arc tho goods you stolop and tho
clcrk confessed II Instantly. Tho young
man had gono into the plan OF making
money by sloight.of'hand and by his Wits.
You will got out OF this world Just no much
ns, under God, you can earn 10y your own
hnnu unu ufhln' HorulluA WIZ tolu no
might have 40 much land as ho could plow
around In ono day with yoke Of oxen,
and have noticed that men got nothing
In this world that IL worth possessing OF
financial, moral or spiritual nature, aayc
that they get u by thor own hard work.
II Ia just 30 much az from tho morning 10
the ovoning Of your life you can plow
around by your own continuous and hard
sweating industries. 100 10 tho ant, thou
Sluggard, consider hor ways and bo wlso.r
Dr. Talmago closed hls sermon with .
u aglowing review OF tho evils Of intompor.
ancc, concluding with those v'ordsi
This sin chooses tho fattost lambs for
sacrifice. What garlands of victory this
oarbunoled hand of drunkenness hath
snatohed from the brow OF tho orator and
poct What cleaning lights of generosity
II has put out into midnight darkness.
Come with mo and look overcome and
hang overlook down into 10 whilo lift
tho cover and you may soc the loathsomc,