Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-04
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MAY 4, 1885,

q great soul IN an atulclc utu4s every
nerve, muscle and hone of which is con-
secrated TO right uses. on. II seems 70
me outrageous that men through neglect
should allow their physical health TO go
down beyond repair spending the rest q
their j lie nos in some great enterprise for
God and the world, but IN studying what
Is the best thing TO take for dyspepsia. \
ship which ought. with all sails set and
every man at his post to be carrying a
rich cargo for eternity, employing all its
men IN stopping up leakages, When YOU
may through some Of the popular and
healthtul recreations Of our time work of
your spleen and your querulousness, and
One-half of your physical and mental
ailments, do not turn your back from such
a grand medicament.
Again. judge Of places OF amusement by
the compauionship into which they put
you. II you belong TO an organization
where YOU have to associate with the in.
temperate. with the unclean, with the
abandoned, however well they may be
dressed. in the name Of God quit 1t. They
VIII despOil your nature. They Will un-
dermine your moral character. They Will
crop you when you are destroyed. They
will give not one cent TO support your
children when you are dead. They will
weep not one tear at your burial. TLey
will chuckle over your damnation. But
the day comes when the men who have eX-
erted evil influence upon their fellows will
be brought 70 judgment. Scene: The last
day. stage: The rocking earth. Enter
dukes, lords, kings, beggars, clowns. No
sword. NO tiusel. No crown. For foot
lights, the kindling flames Of a world.
For orchestra, the trumpets that wake
the dead. For gallery. the clouds filled
with angel spectators. For applause,
the clapping floods of the sea. For
curtain, the heavens rolled together as a
scroll. For tragedy, the doom of the
destroyed. For farce, the effort to serve
the world and God at the same time. For
the last scene of the fifth act, the tramp
OF nations across the stage-some to the
right, others to the left.
Again, any amusement that gives you
a dlstaste for domestic life Is bad. How
many bright domestic circles have been
broken up by sinful amusements! The
father went off, the mother went off, the
child went off. There are to-day the frag-
ments before me of blasted households.
Oh, il you have wandered away | would
like to charm you back by the sound of
that one word ''hOme." DOyO not know
that you have but little more time to give
10 domestic welfare? Do you not see,
father, that your children are soon to 90
out into the world and all the influence
for good you are to have over them you
must have now? Death will break In on
your cOnjugal relations, and alas, if YOU
have to stand over the grave of one who
perished from your neglect! l saw a way
ward husband standing at the death-be of
his Christian wife and | saw her point to
a ring on her finger and heard her say to
her husband: ''DO you see that ring?''
He replied Eyes, L see it," "Wen." said
she, do you remember who put it there ~
yes" said he, 81 put II there" And
all the past seemed to rush upon him. BY
the memory of that day, when in the pre-
sence of men and angels you promised
to be faithful in JOY and sorrow, and in
sickness and in health; by the memory of
those pleasant hours when you sat to-
getber in your new home talking of a
bright future by the cradle and the joyful
another given; by that sick bed when the
little one lifted up the hands and called
for help and you knew he must die, aid
he put one arm round each of your necks
and brought you very near together
in that dying kiss; by the little grave in
Greenwood that you never think of with
out rush Of tears; by the family Bible
where, in its stories OF heavenly love. is
the brief but expressive record of births
and deaths; by the neglects of the past
and by the agOnies of the future: by&a
judgment day when husbands and wives,
parents ana children, in immortal groups,
will stand 70 be caught up in shining ar
ray or to shrink down into darkness: bV
all that | beg you to give to home your
best affections. / look in your ewes to-
day and ] ask you the question that Ge-
hazi asked Of the Shunammite: lis it well
with thee? Is it well with thy husband?
Is it well with thy ehildT' God grant
that it may be everlastingly Well!
OF ma 40 fn al s4.-r,
of amusement will decide your eternal
destiny. One night l saw a young man
at the street corner evidently doubling as
10 which direction he had better take, his
hat ltd high enough so you could see
be had an intelligent forehead, stout
chest; he had a robust development.
Splendid young man. Cultured young
man. HonOred young man. Why did he
stop there while so many were going up
ana down. The fact is, that every man
has a good angel and bad angel contend
ing for the mastery of his spirit. And
there was good angel and a bad angel
struggling with that young mans
soul at the corner of the street
Come with meD said the
good angel, 81 will take you home. I Will
spread my wing over your pillow. / will
lovingly escort you all through life under
supernatural protection. | viii bless
every cup you uIlhk out OF, every cOuch
you rest on, every doorway you enter.
will cOnsecrate your tears when YOU
weep. Come with me-" said the good an
gel in a voice of unearthly symphony.
"NO, no." said the bad angel; ''cOme with
me. / have something better TO offer
The wines l pour are from chalices Of be-
witching carousal. The dance | lead is
over floor tesselated with unrestrained
indulgences. The paths / tread are
through meadows daisied and primrosed.
Come with mel" The young man hest
tated at time when hesitation was ruin.
And the bad angel smOte the good angel
until IL departed. spreading wings through
the star light until forever the
wings vanished That was the
turning point in that young mans his
tory, for, the good angel flown, he hesI-
tated no longer but started on pathway
which is beautiful at the opening but
blasted at the last. The bad angel, lead
ing the way, opened gate after gate, and
at each gate the road became rOugher and
the sky more lurid, 0ud what was pecu-
liar, as the gate slammed shut 10 came TO
with a jar tlat indicated IL would never
open. The scenery on either side the
road changed from gardens 10 deserts.
and the bright wings Of the bad angel
turned 10 sackcloth. ana the eyes Of light
became hollow with hopeless grief. And
on the right side the road there was ser
pent, and the man said TO the bad angel.
"What ie that serpentp Aud the an
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