West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-12-09

% enN ViiS on tne other, and how TO strike
happy medium between severity and too
great leniency. and train our sons and
uanghtcrs Tor usefulness on earth and bliss
~ heaven Is question which agitates every
ouYehold IN my congregation Where so
many good men aud women have failed Is
it strange that we should sometimes doubt
the propriety OF our theory aud the accuracy
Of our Kind OF goyerhmentl
Aealn, parental anxiety often arises From
an early exhibition OF sinfulne- : i'm tla rbilJ
ihe morning-glories bloom for a aKttle while
under tho sun, and then they shirt mn ne tbe
neat neat comes on; but there are flowers Along
Ine Amazon that hlazo their beauty for
weeks at time; but the short-lived morn.
..ng-glory tuihlls its mission as we'll as the Vic
tor1a hegia- There are some people who take
IT9lty' htty or sixty years 20 develop.
ding their beauty on the vision aud
vanish. They are morninC-g 'ories that can
not stand the glare OF the hot noon sun OF
triaL You have all known such little chill
dren. They were rale; they were ethereal:
there was something very wonderfully deep
IN the eve; they had gentle foot and soft
hand, aud something almost supernatural In
their behavior ready 20 be waited AWAY
You hal such a one in your yousehold. Gone
row lt was too delicate a plant for this
rough world. The heavenly gardener saw IL
and took it in. We make splendid Sun.
day school books out OF such children
but they almost always die have
noticed that for the most part the children
that live sometimes Get cross. and nick IN
bad words in the street ami quarrel with
brother and sister, and prove unmistakably
ehat tney are wicked-aS the Bible saws 90.
ing oStray from the womb, speaking, lies
See tho little ones in tho Sabbath class. 50
sunshlny and beautiful, Won would thnk
tney were always so, but mother, seated n
little way off, looks over at these chiliren
and thinks of the awful time she had 10 get
After the boy and girl come little further
on In life. the mark OF sin upon them Is still
more etldent The son comes in from a
nugilistic encounter I'm tho streets bearing
the marks OF defeat The daughter prac,
tlres positive deceotiou and the pa ~ent saws,
what shall / G0l I can't always be
CORE ting and scjllinE, AMI vet these
thtngs must be stop eln Il Is ,Npe-
clnliy sad If the Parent sees his own faults
copied 10y the child. IL e very hars
work 10 pun up nettIe that we our.
selves planted. We remember that the
greatest fraud that ever shOo's the banking.
houses OF the country, started from boys
dc option a gooi many years ago; and the
cleaning blade OF the murderer is onlv
another blade Of tho kniCe with which the
boy struck at his comrade The cedar OF
Lebanon, that W estes with the blast started
from seed lodged in tho side OF tho mountain
and the most tremendous dishonesties of the
world once toddled out from the era lie. All
these things make parents anxious
AnNlety on the part OF parelts also arises
from the consciousness that thore are so
many temptations thrown all around our
Young people. lt may be almost impossible
TO take castle 10y siege straightforward
sieee-but suppose in thu night there is a
traitor within and he goes down and draws
the bolt and swim g open the great door, and
then the castle falls immediaty That is the
trouble with he hearts of the young: they
nave foes without an foes within. There
are a great many who try 90 make our
yonng people Deuevo that It Is a sign OF
weakness TO be pure The man will
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and tell of h s own indiscretiols aud ask the
young man it lie would not like TO Il , IN
same And they call him Yerdant and thev
say hels green and unsophistcated and won
der how he can bear the Furitanical strait.
lacket Tn y tell him he ought to break
from his mothers apron strings, and they
say: II Will snow you all about town.
Come with me- Ycu ought TO see the world.
lt won't hurt yon. Do as you please: il will
be the making of YOU" After awhile the
young man says: Il don't want to be odd.
nor can afford 90 sacrifice these friends. and
III go and see for myself" From tbs gates
or hell there goes shout of victory Fare
Wei to all iDnocence--farewel TO all early
restraints favorable TO that innocenoe which
once gone never comes bac = | heard one
OF the best men ever knew, seventy.fve
years OF age say: "Sir. God has forgiven mo
for all the sins Of my lifetime, / know that.
but there is one sin l committed at twenty
years OF age that never viii forgive myself
Tor. IL sometimes comes over ms over
whelmingly, and it ABSOLUTELY biots out my
Young man, hear it. How many trans
there are set for our young peoplel That IA
what makes parents so anxious Here are
temptat ons for every form OF dissipation
ana every stage Of it. Tho yo1uR inau when
he first goes into dissipation, Is very particu-
lar where he goes. It must be n fashionable
hotel Ho could not he tempte1 into these
corner nlisances, with red-stained glass
ard a mug Of beer painted on tho sigu-
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into that pla and he would saw
"Do you mean e.. insult meg' No: IL mustbe
a marble iloOrei barroom. There must bo
no lustfui pictures behind the counter. there
must lie no dru1kard hiccoughing while he
taxes his glass. 10 must be place where ele-
CANT gentlemen come in aud click their cut
glass and drink 30 the announcement of
iiattering sentiment But the Young
man cannot always find tina. kind cf a
place; yet no has n thirst and IL must
be gratiiied. The down-erade Is sfeepsr
now, nnd he is almost at tho bottom. Here
they sit in an oyster cellar aroupd n cord
cards 50 greasy you can hardly tell who has
the best hand. But never mind. they are
only playing for drink. Shuttle away! shuf-
ne away Tae landlord stands in his shirt
sleeves with hands on his hips, watching
the game and waiting for another
call 20 FIJI up the glasses 10 is
the hot breath OF eternal woe that
hushes that young mans cheek In he jets
tongue OF the worm that never dies Tho
clock strikes ~; it is the toling Of the bell Of
eternity at the bur al OF a soul Two
hours pass on. and they are all sound
asleep i'm their chairs Landlord SAYS:
Come now, wake mp, it's time 10 shutup." "
They look up and any. WHAT ''ltstime
to shut up Push them ont into tho air.
Tney are going home. Lot the wife crouch
in the corner, aud tho children hide under
tho led They are going homel What is
the history ~ that Young mani He began
his dissiraton ut the ~ Ga avenue Hotel.
md completed his dsmnation In the wors,
srog-shOp in Navy street
But sin oven does not stop here. 10 comes
% the door Of the drawing room There are
men Of loprOus hearts that 20 into the very
post classes OF society. They arc 30 fascnat
ng-theY have such q bewitching way Of
)1eribg their arm Yet tho poison Of asps Is
lnder the tongue. md their heart is hell At
lrst their sinful devices are hfdd IN. but after
while they begin 10 put forth their ia ons
0f death Now they begin 10 show
really what they are Suddenly-al.
though you could not have expected
IT, they we're 30 charming i'm their man
ner, and 50 fascinating IN their address
denly q cloud, blacker than was ever woven
OF midnight or hurricane, drops upon s0mo
domestic circle. There is agony in the pa
rental bosom That none but tle Lord God
Almighty can mcnsuro-au agony that
wishes that the children Of the household
had been swallowed by the grave. when IL
would be only loss of body instead of n