The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-30

are you leading them on dangerous and
winding bridle-path, off which their mex
perlenced feet may slip, and up which
comes the bowling of the wolf and the
sound of loosening ledge and tumbling av-
alanche2 Blessed the family altar where
the children kneel. Blessed the cradle
where the Christian mother rocks the
Christian child. Blessed the song the lit
tie one sings at nightfall when sleep is
closing the eyes and loosening the hand
from the toy on the pillow. Blessed the
mothers heart, whose every throb is
prayer to God for the salvation. of her
children. The world grows old, and soon
the stars will cease to illuminate it, and
the herbage to clothe it, and the mount
aims to guard II, and the waters to refresh
1t, and the heavens to overspan it, and the
long story Of its sin and shame and glory
and triumph will turn to ashes; but pa
rental influences, starting in the early
home, will roll on and up into the 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 the shame, and frown.
ing in all the darkness Of the great prison
house. o, fatherl Oh, mctherl In
which direction is your influence tendingl
Iverily believe that three-fourths of the
wickedness Of the great city runs out rank
and putrid from undisciplined homes.
Sometimes, know, there is an exception.
From bright, beautiful, cheerful Chris.
Han lnma "a hno hand ~ N or xtyfD nn nH
to die. Howlong you have had that boy
in your prayer! He does not know the
tears you have shed. He knows nothing
about the sleepless nights you have passed
about him. He started on the downward
road and will not stop, call you never so
tenderly. oh, it Is tough, II is very tough,
after having experienced so much kind.
ness and care to get such pay of ingrati-
tudel There is many young man proud
Of his mother who would strike into the
dust the bastard who would dare to do her
wrong, whose hand by his first step in sin
is sharpening dagger to plunge through
that mothers hearth l saw IL. The tele.
gram summoned him. saw him come in
SCARED and bloated to look upon the life
less form of his mother-those gray locks
pushed back over the wrinkled brow he
had whitened by his waywardness. Those
eyes had rained foods of tears over his in
iquity. That still white hand had written
many loving letter Of counsel and invi.
tation. He had broken that old heart.
When he came in he threw himself on the
coffin and sobbed outright and cried,
''Motherl motherp But the lips that
kissed him in infancy, and that had
spoken so kindly on other days when he
came home, spake not They were sealed
forever. Rather than such memory on
my soul l would have rolled on me the
Alps and the Himalayas. "The eye that
mocketh Its father and refuseth to obey its
mother, the ravens Of the valley shall
pick it out and the young eagles shall eat
it."
The second caldron Of iniquity to which
point is an indolent life. There are
young men coming to our city with In.
dustrious habits, aud yet they see in the
city great many men who seem to get
along without any work. They have nc
| business, and yet they are better dressed
than industrious men, and they seem To
have more facilities of access TO amuse-
ments. They have plenty Of time to spare
to hang around the beautiful hotels, or
lounge around the City Hall, their hands
in .thelr pockets, a toothpick in their
mouths, waiting for some crumb to fall
from the ofTlce-holders' table; or gazing at
the criminals as they como up in the morn
ing from the station.houses, jeering at
them as they leap from the city van to the
courthouse steps. Ahl l would as soon
think of standing at the gate Of Green.
wood to enjoy funeral as TO stand at the
City Hall in the morning when the city
van drives up to look at the carcasses OF
men and women slain for both worlds.
The Industrious people see these idlers
standing about, and they wonder how they
make their living. I wonder, too. They
have plenty Of money for the ride; they
have plenty of money TO bet on the boat.
race or the horse-race; they can discuss
the flavor Of the costliest wines; they have
the best seats at the theater. But still
you ask me: SHOW do they get their
Iluutl "Nlla NY lAtIb lOui
ways of getting money-just four. By in.
heritance, by earning IL, by begging 1t, by
stealing 1t. Now, there are many people
In our community Who seem TO have plenty
of money who did not inherit It, and who
did not earn 1t, and who did not beg IL.
You must take tho responsibility Of say.
ing how they got IL. There are men who
get tired Of the drudgery Of life, and see
these prosperous idlers, and they consort
with them, and they learn the same tricks,
and they go to the same ruin-at theiI
death, their departure causing no more
mourning than is felt for the fast horses
they foundered and killed by too hasty
watering.
Oh, the pressure on the industrious
young men Is tremendous when they see
people all around about them full OF seem.
ing success, but doing nothing. The mul.
titude Of those who got their living by
sleight-of.hand is multiplying. What is
the use Of working in the store, or office, or
shop, or on the scaffold, or by the forge,
when you can get your living by your
witsi A merchant In New York was pass
Ing along the street one evening, and he
saw one of his clerks, half disguised, going
into one Of the low theaters. He spid with.
In himself: 81 must look out for that
young man, One morning the merchant
came to his store, and the clerk came up
In assumed CONSERVATION and said. 1.-THE
store has been on fire. / have got IL put
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