The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-13
'ruthfully say; "God 10 my refuge and


other Intelligent man. Let us measure
him around the heart. II is 40 large at
1t takes in all the earth end all the hsav.
ems. Measure h;r. around the purse. He
has more resources than nihe. tenths Of
those who on that Monday, September 20,
came in on any of the railroads from
north, south, east and west
But that Sal bath afternoon while in the
back room Nicholas and his father are
talking over any attempt at the rsclama-
ton of Edward, there is a ringing of tho
door.bell and man with the uniform of
policeman stands there's and the man with
some embarrassment, and some hating,
and in a roundabout way says that in a
fight in some low haunt Of the city Ed
ward had been hurt. He says to Nicho.
las:
81 heard that he was some relation OF
yours. and thou hit you ought to know It."
"Hurts Is he badly hurtS"
"Yes, very badly hurt?"
SIS the wound mortaly"
eyes; 1t is mortal. To tell you the
whole truth, sir" says the policeman,
"although can hardly bear to tell you,
he is dead"
"Dsad!" cried Nicholas; and Ivy this
time the wEols fatally are in the hallway.
The father says:
"Just % feared. II will kill his mother
when she hears Of II. Oh, my son, my
son! Would to God had died for thee
Oh, my son, my son."
"Wash OF the Wounds" says Nicholas,
"snd bring him right hero to my house,
and let there BE- all respect and gentlsnsss
shown him"
Oh, what obsequiesi The next door
neighbors hardly knew what was going
on; hut Nicholas and the father and
mother knew. Out Of the Christian and
beautiful home Of the one brother Is car.
ried the dissoluts brother. No word Of
blame uttered. No harsh things said. On
bank of csmsliss 10 spelled out "Bro-
ther." Had the prodigal been true and
pure and noble In life and honorable
In life and honorable in death
he could not have been carried forth With
more tenderness or slept In more beauti.
full casket, or besn deposited In . more
beautiful garden Of the dead. Amid the
loosensd turf the brothers who left the
country for city life Ave years before, now
part forever. The last So, No Of the fifth
act Of an awful tragedy Of human life 10
ended. .lt..ls ...,...Hf
What made the difference between these
two young mena Relig ion. The one de.
pended upon himself, the other depended
on God. They started from the same
home, had the same opportunities Of edu-
cation, arrived in the city on the same
day, and IL there was any difference, Ed.
ward had the advantage, for he was
brighter and quicker, and all the neigh.
bors prophesied greater success for him
| than for Nicholas. But behold and won.
der at the tremendous secret. Voices
come up out Of this audience and say:
"Did you know these brothers?"
Eyes; knew them WE'LL"
"Did you know their parents!"
eyes; intimately" M
| Why this sermony have made up my
mind that our city life is destroying too
many young men. There comes in every
September and October large influx Of
those between sixteen and twenty -four
years Of age, and New York and Brook.
lyn damn at least q thousand Of them
every year. They are shoveled on and
down with no more conjunction than that
with which a coal.heaver scoops the an.
thracite into dark cellar. What with
the wine-cup and the gamblers dice, and
the scarlet enchantress no young man,
without the grace of God, Is safe ten min
utes.
There is much discussion about which is
the worst city OF the continent. Some say
| New York, some say New Orleans. some
say Chicago, some say st. Louis. What
have to say Is, you can not make much
comparison between the iniinites, and In
all our cities the temptation seems infinite.
We keep q great many mills run
ming day and night. No rice.
mills or cotton mills. Not mills of corn or
wheat, but mills for grin ding up men.
Such are all the grog. shops, licensed and
unlicensed. Such are all the gambling
saloons Such are all the houses Of in
fanny. And We do all the work according
to law, and we turn out new grist every
hour, and grind up warm hearts aud clear
heads, and the earth about a cider. mill il
not more saturated with the beverage than
the ground about all these mind destroy.
ing institutions is saturated with the
blood Of victims. We say to Long Island
neighborhoods and villages:
"Send US more supply"
And to Westchcster and Ulster and II
the other counties of New York:
"Send us more men and women TO put
under the wheels"
Give Us full chance and we would GRIND
up in the municipal mill five hun bred ,
day. We have enough machinery; W,
have enough men who can run them
Gives us more homes 10 crush; Civ,
more parental hearts to pulverizs
Put into the hopper ell the wardrobe
and the family Bibles, and the livelihood
OF wives and children. Give us more ma
, terial for these mighty mills, which Or,
wet with tears and sulphuous with woe
and trembling With the earthquakes Of ii
; incensed God, whs yin, ualess our elite
repent, cover Us gp . @uicA asd Is dee,
, - h August q Ne yesr N vessviu
; avalancAed HWcalaoeum.
o, man and woman, ponder the path Q
Ny fesei Zee which way you are goins
WIN ysu have The destiny of Edward o
! NioAclass OntAis sscramsntal day, whe,
, the FURNISHED chalicss stand in the pre-
: sncs q Ne people, start from the foot o
the cross for ussfulness and Heaven. Plu
! taroA tslls us tha& after Cesar ives slail
! and hls twenty three woands had bsat
. displayed 10 the people, arousing IN IN
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