The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-12-08
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In dissipating circles, and Sl0 and $50 went
IN that direction; and he had been treated
aud he had to treat others; and the boy felt
he ,uust have $500 to keep him in that circle.
That night the father sits up for the son
to come home 1t is one o'clock before he
comes into the hall. He comes in very
much flushed, his eyes glaring and his
breath offensive. Father says: tMv son,
how can you do sol have given you ev-
cry thing You wanted, and every thing to
make you comfortable and happy, and now
find, in my old age, that you are spend
thrift, . libertine and a drunkard." The
son says: snow, father, what's the use in
your talking in that way. You told me l
might have good time and to go IT, ]
have been acting on your suggestion, that's
all"
And so one parent errs on one side, and
another parent errs on the other, and how
to strike happy medium between severi-
ty and too great leniency, and train our
sons and daughters for usefulness on earth
and bliss in Heaven, is question which
agitates every Christian household in my
congregation. Where so many good men
and women have failed, Is it strange. We
should sometimes doubt the propriety OF
our theory and the accuracy of our kind Of
government Ns.s&
Again, parental anxiety often arises
from an early exhibition of sinfulness in
the child. The mornlng-glories bloom for
little while under the sun, and then they
shut up as the heat comes on; but there are
flowers along the Amazon that blaze their
ban, ,tryT Go. Mt bat tn ohn
lived mornng-glory fulills its mission as
well as the Victoria Regia. There are
some people who take forty, fifty or sixty
years to develop. Then there are little
children who fling their beauty on the vis-
ion and vanish. They are morning-1lories
that can not stand the glare OF the hot noon
sun OF trial. "a H1 >
have noticed that, for the most part,
the children that live sometimes get cross,
and pick up bad words in the street, and
quarrel with brother and sister, and prove
Enthusiastically that they are wicked-as the
Bible says, going astray from the womb,
speaking lies. See the little ones in tho
Sabbath class, so sunshiny and beautiful,
mother, seated q little way of, looks over
at these children and thinks Of the awful
time she has had to get them ready.
After the boy or girl comes little fur
Their on In life the mark Of sin upon him or
her is still more evident. The son comes in
from puglistic encounter in the streets,
bearing the marks Of defeat. The
daughter practices positive deception, and
the parent says: what shah dot
can't always be correcting and scolding,
and yet these things must be stopped" 1t
is especially sad il the parent sees his own
faults copied by the child. It is very hard
work to pull up a nettle that we ourselves
planted. We remember that, the greatest
frauds that ever shobk the bankng-houses
of the country started from boys decep.
ton good many years ago; and the
cleaning blade Of the murderer is only
another blade of the knife with which the
boy struck at his coml'ade. ID ~ 81 g"
Anxiety On the part of parents also arises
from the consciousness that there are so
many temptations thrown all around oul
young people. 1t may be almost impossi
BILE to take castle by siege -straightfor
ward siege-but suppose in the night there
is traitor within and he goes down ant
draws the bolt and swings open the grea'
door, and then the castle falls Immediately
That is the trouble with the hearts of the
young; they have foes without and foe.
within.
There are great many who try to make
our young people believe that 1t Is sign o.
weakness to be pure. The man will tos:
his head and take dramatic attitudes ant
tell of his own indiscretions, and ask thu
young man If he would not like to do the
same. And they call him verdant, and they
say he is green and unsophsticated, ant
wonder how he can bear the Puritanica
straight jacket. They tell him he ought Il
break from his mothers apron-strings, anC
they say: ~ will show you all about town
Come with me. You ought to see tn,
world. 1t won't hurt you Do as 70,
please; it will be the making of you" AfteI
| a while the young man says: "Idon't wan
to be odd, nor can afforl to sacrifice these
friends, and III go and see tor myself.
From the gates OF hell there goes shou
of victory. Farewell to all innocence
! farewell to all early restraints favorable 4
that innocence, which, once gone, neve
comes back.
How many traps there are set for on
young people! That is what makes parent
so anxious. There are temptations TO
every form Of dissipation and every stag
Of it, The young man wnen he goes int
dissipation is very particular where h
goes; 1t must be fashionable hotel. II
could not be tempted into these corne
nuisances with red-stained glass and mu,
of beer painted on the sign-bodrt. Yo
ask the young man to go into that plac
and he would say: 'Do you mean to insul
mem No; it must be marble-fioore bar
room; it must be place where elegan
gentlemen come in and click their cut glas
and drink 10 the announcement of tlattel
ing sentiment. But the young man ca
not always find that KIN Of place; yet h
has thirst and it must be gratified. Tn
down grade is sleeper now, and h
is almost at the bottom. Here the
sit in an oyster cellar around
card table, wheeling, bloated an
bloodshot, with cards 50 greasy you ca
hardly tell who has the best hand. Bu
never mind; they are only playing fo
drinks. Shuttle away! Shuttle awayt Tn
landlord stands in his shirt-sleeves with hi
hands on his hips, watching the game an
waiting for another call to I'LL up tn
glasses. 1t is the hot breath Of eternal VIC
that Pushes tho cheek Of that young maj
In the jets of gas-light see the shootin
out of the fiery tongue of the worm tht
never dies. The clock strikes twelve-it
the tollng Of the bell Of eternity at II
burial Of soul. Twohours pass on, and the
are all sound asleep in their chairs. Lar
lord says: "Come, now, wake up--it's time
shut up" Push them out into the al
They are going home. Let the wife crouC
in the corner, and the children hide und'
the bed. They are going home! What
the history Of that young mani He begs
his dissipation at the Fifth Avenue Hote
, and completed the damnation in the wor
grog-shop in Navy street. ADJ a.