Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-12-02

and something almost supernatural in thei
bchavlOr-ready to be waited away. You hat
such one in your household. Gone now! i
was too delicate plant for this rough world
| The heavenly gardener saw II and took 1t In
MARKS OF SIN on LITTLE ONES.
We make splendid Sunday school books ou
OF such children, but they almost always die
have noticed that for the most part the chill
| dren that live sometimes get cross, aud 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 the Sabbath class, so sun.
shiny and beautiful, you would think they
were always so, but mother, seated a little
way off, looks over at these children and
thinks OF the awful time she had to get them
ready
After the boy or girl comes a little further
on in life, the mark of sin upon them Is still
more evident. The son comes in from purgil.
istic encounter In the streets, bearing the
marks Of a defeat. The daughter practices
positive deception, aud the parent says:
What shall dOl ! can't always be correct.
ing and scoldIng, and yet these things must
be stopped" 1t Is especially sad If the parent
sees his own faults copied 10y the child. 1t
is very hard work to pull up a nettle that we
ourselves planted We remember that the
greatest frauds that ever shook the banking
houses OF the country started from a boy IS
deception good many years ago; and the
cleaning blade of the murderer is only an
other blade Of the knife with which the boy
struck at his comrade. The cedar OF Lebanon,
that wrestles with the blast, started from
seed lodged In the side of the mountain, and
the most tremendous dishonestles of the
world once tOddled out from the cradle. All
these things make parents anxious.
TEMPTATIONS on ALL SIDES.
Anxiety on the part Of parents also arises
from the consciousness that there are so
many temptations thrown all around our
young people 1t may he almost impossible
to take a castle of srge-straightforw
siege-but suppose IN the night there is a trail
tor Within and he goes down and draws the
bolt and swings open the great door, and then
the castle falls Immediately. That Is the
trouble with the hearts Of the young; they
have foes without and foes within. There are
great many who try to make our young PEG.
pie believe that 1t Is a sign Of weakness to be
pure The man will toss his head and take
dramatic attitudes and tell of his own lndiscre-
tions, and ask the young man II he would not
like to do the same. ~And they call him YER
dant, and they say he is green and unsophis-
ticated, and wonder how he can bear
the puritanical strait-jacket. They tell
him he ought to break from his mothers
apron strings, and they say: II will show you
all about town. Come with me. You ought to
see the world. 1t won't hurt you. Do as you
please, 1t will be the making Of you" After
while the young man SAYS: II don't want
to be odd, nor can afford to sacrifice these
friends and I'll go and see for myself" From
the gates of hell there goes shout OF victory.
Farewell to all nnOcenCe-farcwell to all early
restraints favorable to that innocence which
once gone never comes back. | heard one of
the best men ever knew, IS wears OF age,
say: 'Sir, God has forgiven me for all the sins
of my lifetime | know that; but there is one
sin committed at 20 years Of age that never
will forgive myself for. II sometimes comes
4, \
blOts out my hopes Of heaven" Young man,
hear it. How many traps there are set for our
young people! That is what makes parents so
anxious. Here are temptations for every
form of dissipation and every stage of 1t.
TRAPS OF ALL VARIETIES.
The young man, when he first goes into dis
sipation, he is very particular where he goes
1t must be fashionable hotel. He could not
be tempted into these corner nuisances, with
red-staincd glass and mug Of beer painted
on the sign-bOard You ask the Young man to
90 into that place ami he would say: TDo YOU
mean to insult mel" No; it must be mar
ble-hoored bar room. There must be no lust
tul pic lures behind the counter; there must
be no drunkard hiccoughing while he takes
MS glass. 1t must be place where elegant
gentlemen come in and click their cut glass
and drink to the announcement OF fiattertng
,entlnent' But the Young man cannot always
IND that kind OF place; yet he has thirst
md 1t must be gratiticd The down grade is
sleeper now, ana he Is almost at the bottom.
here they slt In an oyster cellar around card
able, wheeling, bloated and blOodshot, with
ARDS so greasy YOU can hardly tell who has
ne best hand. But never mind; they are only
paying LOT drink. Shune away shufile
away The landlord stands in his shirt sleeves
WIN hands on his hlps, Watching the game
md waiting for another call to fill up the
,lasses. 1t is the hot breath OF eternal woe
nat bushes that young mans cheek. In the
ntg of ltrrhf thA A,Nft hA
iery tongue OF the worm that never dies. The
lock strikes twelve; 1t Is the tolling OF the
'ell OF eternity at the burial OF soul. Two
lOurs pass on, and they are all sound asleep
n their chairs Landlord says: Come now,
'ake up It's time to shut up" They look up
'ush them out into the air. lney are going
lome Let the wife crouch In the corner and
he children hide under the bed. They are
,oing home! What Is the history OF that
Dung mans He began bis dissipation at the
fifth Avenue hotel and completed his danDa-
ion In the worst grog-shOp in Navy street
BLACK SIN ENTERS THE HOME.
But sin even does not stop here 1t comes TO
he door of the drawing ROOM There are men
Il leprous hearts that 90 into the very best
lasses Of society. They are so fascinating
hey have such a bewitching way of offering
heir arm. Yet the poison of asps is under the
ongue, and their heart is hell At first their
inful devices are hidden, but after awhile
hey begin TO nut forth their talons of death.
oW they begin to show really what thew are
YOU could not have ex-
ected IT. they were so charming in their man
er. so facinatinp in their ad,lress-suddeply
cloud, bIacier than was ever woven of mid
light or hurricane, drops upon some domestic
ircle. There il agony in the parental bosom
hat none but the Lord God Almighty can
leasure-an agony that wishes that the chI,-
rem of the household mad been swallowed by
he grave, when il would only be a loss of body
instead of loss of soul What Is the matter
18th that householdP They have not had the
ront windows omen in SIX months or a wear,
he mothers hair suddenly turned white:
ather hollow checked and bent over prema,
urely. goes down the street There has been
10 death in that family M loss Of nron4rtv
las madness seized mon them3 MOI moi a
lillian, kid-ployrI, natrut.leatbcred with
old chain and graceful manner, took that cup
I domestic Hiss. elevated II HIGH in the air
until the SUNLIGHT st,11ck II and all the rain
ows danced about the hrim and Their dashed
! down in deeolation and Voc mill oil the
armies ~ darkness cIonnad their bapds With
lee and ali the voices n beII nttared loud
a hal q there are scores and bnnJreds of
ONES that have been hIasted and ~ The aw-
nj Statistics could hc fnIIv set hefora Won vnn-
Iood wonI5 frno,e into . soiid coLo 70 ~ 10 a.
he heart no Won wordar that fathars and
mothers are anxious abont their children and
hat thev ask thamseivcs The nnnstions Sa1 and
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