Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31

mlght nave heard could YOU nave auorued 10
\ stay at home all day but never hear them. To
| have no mOurners at the funeral, aud
| even TO have TO carry on your own shoulder
| through the merry streets the light deal COT
I FIN. 70 see huddled into a pr0miscuous hole
the dust which is 30 dear TO You. and not ven
/ lure 10 mark the spot by planted Hover or
/ ioWliest stone, Some bitter winter or some
/ costly spring 10 barter for food the clock, or
the curious cupboard, or the Heory's Com
mentarlcs on which you prldcd yourself as
the heirloom OF frugal family, aud never TO
be able 10 redeem it. To feel that You are
/ getliNg OLD, nothing laid aside ana present
earnings scarce sufficient. TO change the
parlor floor for the top story, aud the top
story for single attic. and wonder what
! change viii he next"
But have no time this morning longer 10
! dwell upon the hardships and the trials OF
those who toll with hand and foot. for must
| go on TO Offer some grand and glorious en-
couragement for such; and the first encour-
agement Ia, that one of the greatest safe
| guards against evil is plenty to do. When
men sin against the law OF their country
where do the police detectives go TO hnd
| them? Not amid the dust OF factories, not
among those who have on their "overalls,'
but among those who stand with their hands
! in their p0c6ets around the doors OF saloons
and restaurants and taverns. Active en-
ploymeut is one of the greatest sureties for
pure and upright life, There are but very
few men with Character staiwart enough to
endure consecutive idieuess. | see pool OF
water In the country and say: Thou Shiny,
fetId thing-what does all this meanF "O,'
says the pool of water, 81 am Just stop,
ping here" say to the peol
OF water: "Didn't / see you dance in the
shower" 20. yes" says the water; 81 came
down from God shining like an angel" say
to that water: Didn't you drop like q beau
tifui gem into a casket of other gems, as you
tumbled over the rocksg' 20. yes" says the
water, II sang all the way down from the
cliffs to the meadow" l say again: "Didn'tl
see you play with those shuttles and turning
that grlst mill2" 80, yes" says the water;
II used TO earn my living" | say again;
Then what makes you iook so sickY why
are you covered with this green scumr why
is your breath so vile2" 90" says the water,
II have nothing to do. l am disgusted with
shuttles and wheels. i am going to spend
my whole lifetime here, and while yonder
stream sings on its way down the mountain
side, here am left TO tester and die. accursed
of God, because | have nothing to do" Sin -
an old pirate that bears down on vessels whose
sails are tapping idly in the wind. The arrow
of sin has hard work to puncture the leather
of an old working apron. Be encouraged by
the fact that your shops, Your rising walls,
| your anVils, are fOrtresses in which you may
| hide, and from which you may hght against
| the temptations of your life. Morning, noon
and night, Sundays and week days, thank God
| for plenty TO do.
Another announcement is the fact that
their families are going To have the very best
| opportunity for development and usefulness.
| That may suund strange Co yOus but the chill
| dren of fortune are very apt to turn out
poorly. In nine cases out OF ten the lad finds
| out II fortune Is coming, by u years of age
| he finds out there is no necessity OF toll and
! he makes no struggle, aud q life without
struggle goes into dissipation or into stu
| pldity. There are thousands and tens OF
| thousands of meu in our great cities who are
toiliug on, denying themselves al luxuries,
| year after year tOiling and graspng. What
| tor? To get enough to spoil their children.
The father was fifty years getting the proper
! tytOgether. How long Will It take the bows to
| get rid of that property. not having been
| brought up in prudent habits? Les than i've
years TO undo all the work OF fifty. You see the
sons of wealthy parents going out into the
world. Inane, nerVeles5. dyspeptlc, or they are
| ipccrrigible and reckless; while the son OF the
| porter that kept the gate learns his trade,
gets robust phySical constitution. achieves
high moral culture, and stands In the front
| rank of Church ana state. Wh0 are the men
| mIghtIest in our Legislatures and Congress
| and Cabinets2 Did they walk up the steep OF
| life in eilver sippersY - no. The mother put
| him down under the tree in the shade, while
she spread the hay. Many Of these mighty
men ate out Of an iron spoon and drank out Of
| the roughest eartheHware-their whole life a
forced march, Rhey never had any luxuries
| until, after awhile, God gave them afiiuence
and usefulness and renOWn a. reWaru for
their persistence. Remember then, that
though you may have poor surroundings and
| sInl / means Tor the education OF your children
| they are actually starting under better ad-
| vantages than though you had fortune TO
! give them. Hardship and prlvatOn are not
| "a damage To Them, but an advantage A
| clipper likes a stiG breeze The sledge-
| hammer does not hurt the iron that 10 knocks
/ into shape. Trouble is hone for sharpening
| very keen razors. Akenside rose to his emf
| nent sphere from his fathers butcher shop.
/ Robert Burns started as a shepherd. Prideau
| used to sweep Exeter College. Clifford was
| shoemaker, And the son OF every man or toll
/ may rise TO heights of intellectual and moral
| power, il he VIII only trust God and keep
/ busy
Again, ] offer as encouragement that you
| have so many opportunities OF gaining in
| formation. Plato gave thirteen hundred dol
/ Iaf for ~ honsa a
| gave two hundred sheep for one volume.
| Jerome ruined himself financially by buying
one copy OF Origen. o. the contrast Now
| there are tens OF thousands Of pens gathering
| up inform alton. Typcsstter5 are calling for
| "copy." All our cliics quake with the rolling
| cylinders OF the Harpers and the AppletOus
| and the LippncOtts and the PetersOns and the
| Ticknors, and you now buy more than Benja-
min Franklin ever know for fifty cents! A
hardWOrklng man comes along toward his
| home and he lOoKs iuLO the shOWi window
| bound volume. lie says: II wish had that
book there must be great deal OF infOrna-
ton in IT," few months pass along, and
| though that book which ne looked at cost IS.
il comes now in pamphlet shape and costs him
soc. The high wall around about the well OF
knowledge is being broken down, and people
! come, some with porcelain pi Chers and some
with pewter mugs, TO dip up the living water
for their thirsty lips. There are people who
toll from O'Clock In the morning until 8
o'clock at night, who know more about
know more about astronomy than the
old philosophers. II you SHOULD take the
| learned men of 200 years ago and put
them on one bench. and take twenty
children from the common schools in
BROOKLYN and put them down on the other
bench, the children could examine the phios
Ophers and the philosophers could not exam
inc the children. "Ah!" says Isaac Newton,
coming up amt talking 10 some intelligent lad
of seven years: "What Is thatW "Ol that h.
| a rail- train" what Is thatf" THAT is a
] ia ia IA ff4
phone" "Dear me! think shall go back 10
| my bed in the dust. for 7 an bewildercd and
| my head turns." .! rejoice that you have MI
| these opportunities OF Information spre al Out
| before YOU, aud that seated m your char at
I b0me. by the evening lgnt, you eau look Over
/ al nations and SIC the descending morn VI "a
Z uniqersal day.
Que more announcement: Your tolls In
| this world are only intended % DO a discipline
| bv which you shall be prepared for heaven.
| "Behold, 1 bring you gi1 tidings Of great
JOY" and tell you That Christ, the carpenter.
I az Nazareth, Is the WORKING mans Christ .
ing man! and you can sing nn the wall In the
/ midst of the storm. and in the shop amidst the
I showing Ol the plane. ana down in the mine
amid the plung8 OF the cr0wbar, ana on ship
! bOsrd while climbing ratlines. II you belong
| % the Lord jesus Cnrist, lie VIII count the
drops Of sweat on your brow. He knows
every ache and every pain you have ever
suffered in your worldly occupation. Are
sou wearyg lis VIII give you rest. Are
you sickY Tie will give You health. Are you
coidY He viii wrap around you
| love. And besides that. my friends, you
| ,uuat refuenber chat an this IL onlv nrenara- :