Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-06
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
sse Adds - me Pcrtins1s Comment.
To the Preachers Sermon.

ATLANTA Const itution.l
ID. haysopI preached a sermon al our
town not long ago, AMI with solemn earnest
Less declared that 1t was perilou thing for
a father {" lay upmpnev for his chill lrep For
! many long years, said lie, Il have been an ed
| Tciito- OF the toys OF This ianl have oveI
.ein and watched them, and tried I, guide
them 10y proce. 1t and example, an | say now
with sol slln conviction, that there i no dam
ger, no peril, No temptation 50 fatal To
youth II, riches. Many boys come
| 10 co,lese as ben.ficiaries; many
come whose parents are toiling and
struggling TO give them an education. and
many come Who's parents are ii IA, and
| fheir children never know a want 1t is this
last class only that have ever given tbs
| trouble or anxiety. From this elias. all tha,
explosions come AMI not long ago we hG 4 to
expel one of them who was only Ii years I'D
for being habitull drankari keep roll
OF our graduates and watch them from year
10 year after they leave Us. AMI it + only
this class who come to grief ami make ,Ip u
recor. either OF Incidence or o! shame OF
Course there are many noble exceptions, and
only allude 10 the contrast IN general
This was the substance of the doctors
declaration. and wish every parent in the
In could have heard If, and realized the
solemn emphasis with which h. said it, for
DIR. Haygood knows. He has opportunity to
know. Poor boys maze the best citizens
They obey the law. and they WORK and toll
for an honest living. Riches are hcset with
many rilS. man can pile up and keep
on piing il he wants 20. but let him look out
for breakers
No. long ago passed 10y a princely nssss
ss.,r m,
what had become Of that mans children ami
he said well he didn't know but two. The son
is gcn'esl vagaboud who loafs around town
and the daughter married a gambler who
neSlrc;s her, and that is what billed the Old
man. ~, after all, there is :, NE good in
poverty; soma comfort; some security for
our children No. long go asked wealthy
old Sentl man about his children. where
they were and what they were ,I.ir.;. AMI he
answered with pride about his oides.
boys an | said they were sober and steady
and at wDr&--lnl then he a,lsiod. but these |
boys were born when ] was poor. very poor.
and had TO work hard for living and as i
they grew up they had to work too and ac- |
quired habits Of industry and economy. but |
our two youngest came to us after [ had got \
well or and they lever worked any, and |
they give me a great deal Of trouble
and anxiety. am sorry / ever got rich
That Is the way OF il exactly The y-rils
II riches
But still fortune gained honestly in th.
pursuit. Of an h"rcst calling l. good thing.
and many men manage II Alright an man
age their cnildreI. too. and | am like every !
BODY el>e; think | would lie willing to risk
[ ami take the chances II j. no sin to have
T. but every man who Is hunting for it. ought
% be forewarned and forearrned anil bring
ip his children ON proper principles ~Ge;
acquainted with them | heard a rich man
II Admission say, Il ana ii-cl IF work and
must quit. have got money enough. but it
ooSs like | can't stop. | want 10 stop and
,et ecquaf1lt II with my children
Wei that Is Ii ght. \ man ought T., know
rs children and they ought TO know him.
lie ought 10 take time % talk 10 them and tell
hem stories about what he did when he was
little hoy. and he ought TO frolic with them
md all have good family tine together.
hat BEATS money all to piecse AMI even if /
e has ct big pile for them. they won't te
rating FOR the Old man 10 die