The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-25

! because he encouraged the boy 10 deceive
which necessarily weakened the foundation Of
! his character, and poor Phil, right now may be
| Brigadier General in that army OF vagabonds
that have just been talking TO you about
Ihlrd. Say your prayers night ana morning.
| | think the happiest creature under God
| heaven Is q boy who earnestly aud honestly
| says bis prayers every night before he goes
TO bed, and every morning before he goes 10 Inc
school room, or if il is vacation, before
| he goes to play-Or If he works during
! vacation, before he goes to work. Now prayer
| is the Cody boys arnor against the insinua.
! tons and attacks of the devil The light Of
prayer is too dazzling for the devil, he can't
any more gaze at 1t without pain than you can
! gage with open eye into the face OF the blazing
sun and not suffer pain, and rest assured he
VII suffer tears of regret Just as you shed tears
| from the suns glare. | have the assurance OF
| a young mana young lawyer-who was once
/ engaged as Junior counsel to defend a large
| SUIT for damages, where his client was sued Tor
! twenty thousand dollars. The case tooktwo days.
There was a large array of evidence on both
! sides. There were older and very distinguished
| lawyers both sides The burden of proof
| having been in this case on the defendant, the
counsel representing him were entitled TO the
| opening and concluding arguments before the
! jury. The young lawyer was very much ex-
| cited. He was assigned to make the opening
| argument The court room was crowded, and
| the auditors were anxious for him 10 hurry
| through, because two distinguished speakers
| were to follow for the plaintiff AS he sat near
| the jury on the morning Of the second day, his
| mind disturbed by reason of his surroundings
and his inexperence, and while the learned Judge
| was hearing motions in other causes before the
court the young man suddenly remembered his
| God. And well he might! 1t was a crisis in his
| life. II he succeeded all would be bright before
| him-present support, future usefulness and
| honor. If he failed-all the voyage Of his life
| might be bound in shadows and in miseres. In
! that brief moment his soul was upfted in silent
| prayer and in the great invisible presence he
| grew calm and confident and strong The
Judge announced that he could proceed with
| the argument, the young man arose to battle
! for his life, and after the case had been given
to the jury and the verdict rendered for the de-
| PENDANT, the foreman of the jury told the young
| mans father that his sons efforts carried the
| day.
The boy or man whose soul is thoroughly i'm
| bued with prayer, moves through life an apostle
| of virtue, the champion of innocence and the
| cYnosure of all eyesi My observation has been
| that in households where prayer was offered as
! incense to God every evening and every morn
| ing, that the fathers were better, truer,
| more constant husbands; the wives less worldly
| and more mothery; and the children more limo
| cent and happy. Now boys, as you grow up to
| be men, you remember what | nave told you
| this day and, il am living, come and tell me if
| have not told you the truth.
| Fourth Avoid sOhJude--when play time comes,
| play hard If you are not fond of playing, don Z
| stroll away from the other boys, for if you do
| the devil will be sure to 20 along with you. I'M
| less you are very fond OF your lessons, and are
| ambitious to learn; or perhaps not as bright as
| other boys and can't get your lessons quickly,
but want to learn-Nant to stand well in your
classes, still the safest rule, in order to make
| an enemy Of the devil is to get the Jump on
| him right now. When study times come, study
hard. When play time comes play hard. When
| prayer times come, pray hard. When bed times
come, forget everything ana go to sleep. so that
your minds and your bodies NAV be bright and
| healthy for the next day. Now, boys, / have
| carried you through school, and we Will sup
| pose your Kind friends have gotten positions for
| you in the cold cold world as apprentices.
| That is as learners, as beginners in some trade
or profession. according 10 your tastes or your
| talents. Now begins the battle of life. Unless
/ you start out with fixed principles, with de
| termined resolutions, with solemn vows upon
| your souls, all the good that has been
| done you here. all the training of
mind and body and character viii
| be useless and if you succeed in earning
| bread in life it ill be of those remarkable
| exceptions to experience which cause good men
| at times TO become beWildered and makes them
| murmur against the God who promises rewards
| for virtue. Boys | offer you this day a guar
anty. and cali these gentlemen to witness as
| to the truth of my statement that if you will
| register a VOW with the President Of this soce-
| ty, Col. j: II. Estiu, that you will not do tIco
| things before you reach the age of thirty years,
| viz:
/. That you will not drink any Intoxicating
| drink of any character whatever
| 2 That you will not touch a card or play any
| game of cards, whether for pleasure or for
| money. or for any consideration of any descrip-
| ton-or will not bet money in any manner,
| shape form. In other words, you will not
will be successful men, good citizens, and re-
| spected by all men and all women!
believe may safely say that in the cata-
| logue OF crime there Is not single one that
| liquor has not caused or encouraged Many IA
| brilliant mind has been burnt up; many a
noble, generous, impulsive heart has become
| petrifed; many a father has been made a
| savage brute; many a son protiigate; many a
| genius to grovel in the shades OF mediocrity
| many mediocre to tread in cutters of b5sOt-
| ted ignorance; many a physical athlete bloated
| in n 81 Of fat nd n
| physical weal1ing puff up, burn out, lopp over
and die like cur. Liquor causes all these
| and many more.
Gambling is the mother Of every vice Those
! that gamble drink and many that drink lead
! the life have Just described Gambling saps
oil desire to work-dostroy the health
! wrecks the aspiration, takes bread from
| the mouth of mothers and children,
| aud makes a man an enemy TO society; makes
| him liable to criminal punishment when caught,
| aud il he ha, become d professional gambler he
is looked upon and is deemed a vagrant, and is
| punished a tramp! Avoid barrooms and
drinking saloons. Avoid the youth who loafs
in the square He is the gazetteer of the latest
| foul and loathsOme scandal, Smutty jokes, dirty
songs, filthy gags ana guys are upon his lips
and fostering under his tongue. He batneS his
imagination in streams Of sensual pleasure
Neither lender nor borrower he; for loan
oft loses itself and friend, and borrowing dull>
the edge of hushandry." Never 90 INTO debt
Never make debt.
For the first thing you will know you will he
| You will be driven 20 remorse. Failure and
shame hang around you by day, and howl in
your ears like wolves by night. You might a.
well hang a milestone around your neck and
jump into the Savannah river as to start life hy
borrowing money. Borrowing generally comes
from drinking, or gambling. Ii you will take
my offer. and will not drink or gamble before
you are 80 years of age, | can almost promise
you that you will never borrow a cent of money
and will never run INTO debt.
Keep up your reading tcteu you iedCe here
Don't stop it, for if you do your brains will
become dull and you will not take any stand
among men. Some will say, ~ feel 50 tired
when night comes, from my days labor, that
cannot study. / cant read ! knew n poor
German once, who worried in a drug store. Tic
was man. He got twenty dollars a month
and his board. He arose at & o'clock every
morning, and did not stop work, except long
enough TO eat his meals, till 10 O'Clock at night
On his feet all day long not allowed 20 sit down
and yet he studied from 10 till Il
O'Clock every night He did not want
to be called greeuhorn by
his fellow men. Now, boys, are you going tC
allow other boys to call you grcenhorns, and
when You become men, to call you ignoramusesi
You wont do that, know, for you can never
forget Bethesda, and she bcgs you always
"Study hard, work hard and be good citizens ct
When you start out in life you are going "a
meet or see many boys who will dress finer thar
you do and who will gage a man by his pedigree
just remember that neither fine feathers NOT
blue blood makes the man Virtue. religion
study and hard work, they make the man.
d. h. Thomas, Esq, offered the following
" i1h Nyos upanip1nuSlV aIpptad.