The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-24

you havsgot. and how freely you
spsad Il, whether they viii take
yoa In o. ast. I am satisfied
With ~ way I run my family. We
ere getting II the source Of Joy now, W
ars getting at tie sourceof Joy. n I'll ny
experience ! have never met single man
Who prayed In bis family night and morn.
ing and paid bis just debts aad lived hon.
estly who would cover up cards II bic
homo. Do yoa know any, brethrsni 81
to the point sometimes, when they say:
"Jones, you said Soma mighty hard things;
you ought 70 apologize" Ought to spolo.
giss' We'll, sir, II l say anything while I
am In Chicago that hurts man that prays
night and morning In his family and pays
his just debts and has got but ono wife and
lives right before al men; II I hurt that
sort Of . man win apologize. I ssy I win
apologize to that sort every time, but l viii
die before will apologize 70 you, uncir.
cumcised Phillistines! I won't do Il
There 10 . man with . deck Of
cards In his hand; he need not
inquire where bis boy 10; hs u .
member Of the club; he 10 out in society,
and you gave him the start on the way
that he has gone; snd this boy will bring
you In gray haired sorrow to your grave.
I knew an old man some time ago; he was
man who set bad example 70 his boys
In drinking. He would have Il about his
house and he would drink II In the pres.
ence Of his boys when they were little.
Now, there are three Of his boys gone
into dissipation and degradation. until
It is killing their mother by the inch; and
that man says: "Jones, what can doi
Ny boys are breaking the heart Of the
best wife man ever had" "Weu," said
I. "you have got the biggest problem In
the universe. Now, don't know what 10
tell you to do, but I know what I would
do" He said: "Whatv I said: Snow,
II my boys, il I saw them taking the last
drop Of blood. drop by drop, from my
wife's heart; II saw them turning my
wife's golden hair into the color Of
silvered gray, and I saw them pillow.
ing burrows day by day in my precious
wife's face, I am going to my boys, to their
room before they get up In tho morning,
and am going to say: You poor be.
sotted wretches, you; you have almost
killed your mother, and you are killing her
by the inch. Now, boys, get your breech'
loading shot. guns and come down to the
breakfast table, all three Of you, with your
guns loaded with buckshot, and put the
muxzle to your precious mothers head and
fire every barrel. You shan't kill my wife
by the inch. You shall kill her and be
done with IT," And there Is many boy
In this town that would do his precious
mother favor II he would take home a
double -barreled shot. gun tonight and kill
her. These things are terrible that you
are doing, and don't forget it. l don't
forget it. Oh, mothers, fathers, let's call a
halt let US bring these matters to an
understanding at our homes and say:
1--WE are DONE"
I begin to talk to you PEG.
pie about making drunkards and
making gamblers and making
dissipated and dissolute persons in your
own homes, then you prick up your ears
and say: ~ belong to the 'bung tung' Of
this town; you must mind how you tall"
have contempt for you. Let US call .
halt along here, and let us, on our knees
before God, let as repent Of these things
tonight, for you needn't think you have
not gone far enough; you have, you have.
~ am satisfied with the past, am con-
tent with the present, am hopeful for
the future" Well, now, this is the secret
of . happy life. I don't want to 60
through this world but once, but want to
60 through it in q way that I will have
nothing to regret when get to my jour-
ney's end. want to live right before God
and my family, so that when come to die
I can say to my children: "Go and live
Just like your father has lived, and do
just like he has done, and as certain as
Christ died for sinners, some Of these
days we will all meet In Heaven
Satisfied with the past, content with
the present and hopeful for the
future" This gives me the attitude
and the altitude where can rejoice ever.
more. Happy all the day long. That |,
the Joy and song of my heart.
"Pray without ceasing." Well, you say
II can sort Of see how fellow can ac'
when he can rejoice svermore, but tall
about praying without ceasing. that is al
foolishness. A man has got to work; b,
has got to do other things. A man cant
just pray all the time. That won't do al
all"
The man who maintains secre'
prayer will pray every where In God'l
world that you call ON him. You SAY
the reason you don't pray In your fam
lily is just because you are timid. That Il
. lie. 1t Is because you are mean, and yor
know IL. Talk about . great big fellow
with whiskers SIX inches long, WHO win g,
down town on Change and talk bigge
than any man in Oh g pit, and he won't g
home and pray with his children. H,
10 so timid, he can't dot. "You know
would do it II wasn't 30 timid." Thes
little timid fellows, you know. Lool
here. II man don't pray Il
his family there 10 but on
reason for It, and that is be
cause he don't live right before his family
l know what am talking about Irecol
lect once since was converted got up on
morning kind of out Of humor and sal
some things I had no business to say.
had the dyspepsia they said. 1t was mean
ness. Every time fellow gets his mean
ness OF it is dyspepsia. Do you hear that
| Wifet As / said I was talking right smaY
around that morning, and directly, jus
before the breakfast bell rang, wife 90
down the Bible. looked att, and woul
have given fifty dollars that morning II
had had some preacher there to hav
prayer in the family for me. Oh, how
hated to get down after talking that way
Brother. when you ret to living right be