The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-26


of municipal drunkenness.
Stand back, young man! Take not tn
first step in the path that leads there. LIE
not the fame of strong drink ever scored
your tongue. You may tamper with thes'
things and escape, but your influence viii
be wrong. Can you not make a sacrific'
for the good of others? When the goot
ship London went down, the captain wal
| told that there was a way of escape in one
| of the lifeboats. He said: mo: I will &c
down with the passengers" All the world
| acknowledged that heroism. Can you no,
deny yourself Insignificant indulgences fol
| the good of others? Be not allured by
the fact that you drink only the
moderate beverages. You take only ale
and a man has to drink a large amount
of it to become intoxicated. Yes; but
there's not in all the city to-day an ine-
briate that did not begin with ale.
.XXX," what does that mark mean?
xxx" on the beer barrels: Xxx"
on the brewers dray; Xxx" on the
side of the bottle. Not being able to find
any one who could tell me what this
mark means, have had to guess that the
whole thing was an allegory: XXX
that is, thirty heart-breaks, thirty agon-
les, thirty desolated homes, thirty chances
for drunkard's grave, thirty ways to per-
dition. "XXX" If / were to write q
story the first chapter would be Xxx"
the last the pawnbroker's shop. Be watch
full At this season oil the allurements to
dissipation will be especially busy. Let
not your flight to hell be in the winter.
l also remark that the winter evenings,
through their very length, allow great
swing for indulgences. Few young men
would have the taste to 20 to their
rooms at seven o'clock and sit until
eleven, reading Motley's Dutch Republic
or John Fosters essays. The young men
who have been confined to the store all
day want fresh air and sightseeing; and
they must go somewhere. The most of
them have of winters evening three
or four hours of leisure. After the even
ing repast the young man puts on his hat
and coat and goes out. "Come in here"
cries another. &C.," says Satan; .you
ought to see for yourself" Why don't
you go." says a comrade. SIT is a shame
for young man 10 be as green as you
are. By this time you ought to have seen
everything"
Especially is temptation strong when
business is dull. have noticed that men
spend more money when they have little
to spend. The tremendous question to be
settled by our great population, day by
day, is, how TO get a livelihood. Many of
our young men just starting for them
selves are very much discouraged. They
h1 kofo u ~
of their own. But their gains
have been slow, their discouragements
many. The young man can hardly take
care of himself. How can he take care of
anothers And, to the curse of modern So
ciety, before young man is able to set up
q home of his own, he is expected to have
enough to support in idleness somebody
else, when God intended that they should
begin together and jointly earn . lveli-
hood, So, many of our young men are
utterly discouraged and utterly unfit to re-
sist temptation.
The time when the pirate bore down |
upon the ship was when its sails were |
fown and it was making no Roadway. |
People wish they had more time to think
The trouble is, in duh times, that people |
have too much time to think. Give to
many OF our commercial men the four
hours of these winter nights, with nothing |
o divert them, and before spring they will |
'ave lodgings in an insane asylum. / re-
mark further that the winter is especially 1
rying TO the moral character of our
Toung men, because some of their homes
n winter are especially unattractivc. In
hummer they can sit on the steps or have q
bouquet in the vase on the mantel, and the
venings are so short that soon after gas
ight they feel like retiring. Parents do
lot take enough pains to make these long
winter nights attractive. It 10 strange that
Id people know so little about young peo-
lie. One would think that they had never
cen young themselves, but had been born
nth spectacles on. It is dolorous for
Dung people to spend the three Of four
ours OF winters evening with parents
rho sit talking over their own ailments
nd misfortunes and the nothingness of
his world. How dare you talk such bias
henry? God was busy six days in max
lg the world, and has allowed it to hang
z thousand years ON his holy heart; and
lat world hath fed you and clothed you |
nd shone on you for fifty years, and yet
on talk about tho nothingness Of this
orlds Do you expect the young people
your family to sit and groan about this
agnifcent, star-lighted, sun-warmed,
nower-strewn, angel /
atched, God-inhabiAsd planstf From i,
lch homes young mon make Wild plunge
ito dissipation. Many Of you have the
eans-why do You not buy them violin |
pictures or have your daughter
lltured in music until she can help
make home attractivef There {
e ten thousand ways Of lighting j
} the domestic circle. Il requires {
} large income, no big house, no rich
ardrobe, no chased silver, NO gorgeous I
'holstery, but . parental heart awake to 9
I.duty. Have q doleful home and your 8
ildren win not stay in il, though you
ock mp the door with Bibles and tie fast I
them million catechisms. said to . q
IN: This IL . beautiful tree in front Of | '
'ur house." He answered, with whine: :
les; but 1t viii fade" I said to him: .
fou have beautiful garden" He re- {
led: Eyes, but it win perish" found
: afterward that his SON was u vaga-
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