The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-17

chequer-when mon engagsdin the ruin0us
traffic came to him and said their business
ought to have more consideration from
the fact that it paid suc q large revenue
70 the English Government. Mr.. Glad
stone said: Gentlemen, DONE worry
yourselves about the revenue: give ma
49, 900 Of sober people and we'll have
revenue enough and . surplus"
We might in this country-ihis traffic
porished-have less revenue but We would
have moro happy ZONES and we would
have moro peace and we would have fewer
people in tho peniteutiary, and these
would BE- tens Of thousands Of mon who
are now on the Dad to hell who would
start on the road to Heaven.
But the financial ruin is q very small
part Of il. This iniquiiy Of which I speak
takes every thing that is sacred out OF the
family, every thing that is infinite in the
soul and tramples it under foot The mar
rage day has come. The twain are at the
altar. Lights fash. Music sounds. Gay
feet 90 up and down the drawingroom.
Did over vessel launch ON such q bright
and beautiful sea: The scene changes.
Dingy garrett No fire. On u broken chair
q sorrowful wife. Last hope gone. Poor,
~forsakeu, trodden under foot. she knows
ali the sorrow of being a drunkard's vita
o." she says, '.he was 50 noble, he was
so good! SOD never made q grander man
than he was, but the drink did ii, the
drink did it," Some day she will press
her hand against her temples and cry,
20, my brain, my brainr" or she will &c
out on the abutment OF the bridge some
moonlight night and look Town on the
CLASSY surface and wonder if under that
CLASSY surface there is not some rest for .
heart.
A young man, through the intercessiOn
Of metropolitan friends. gets q place in a
or store. He is going to cave his
country home. That morning they are
up early i'm the old homestead. The trunk
is on the wagon. Mother says: My
son, ! put q Bible in the trunk, / hope
you will read it often" She wipes the
tears away with her apron. 90" he
says, 'cOme. don't you be worried, l
how to take care OF myself. Don't
be worried about me-" The father says:
My o be q good toy and write homo
often, ycur mother will be anxious to
hear from you" Crack! goes the whip
mt over the hills goes the wagon. Five
years have passed on and n dissipated
life has done its work for that young man.
There is . hearse coming up in front Of
the old homestead. The young men Of
the neighborhOod who have stayed on the
farm come and say: lis it possible?
Why, he doesn't look natural, does he?
Is that the fair brow we used to know?
Is that the healthy cheek we used to
1t can be possible that is him"
The parents stand looking at the cash in
the forehead from which The life Oozsd
out and they lift their hands and say:
% my son Absalom. my son. my sOD
AbsalOm; would God I hal died for thee,
o AbsalOm, my son, my SON"
Lorenzi do Medici was very sick and
SONS of his superstitious friends thought
il they could dissolve q certain number
Of pearls in . cup and then he would
drink them 10 would cure him Of tho dis
ease. So they went arOund and they
gathered up ali the BEAUTIFUL pearls they
find and they dissolved them in =
cup and the sick man drank them. O. il
was IN expensive draught But l tell
you Of . moro expensive draught than
Drunkennsss puts into its cup the
pearl Of physical health, the pearl Of do
nestle happiness the pearl Of respecta-
Diiity. the pearl Of Christian hope. the
pearl OF an everlasting Heaven and presses
{ to the hot lips
I tell you the dram shop is the cato Of
lell The trouble IS they do not put up
he right kind Of . sign. They ave q :
,reat many different kinds Of signs now
IN places where strong drink is sold One
. called the restaurant and another is
allied the saloon. - and another is called
Ia SShNfo1 - AnA AuOfhor - c~IloH tho
sample room" What q name to give
Of those placess A sample rooms1
saw . man ON the steps Of one Of those
'sample rooms the other day dead
lrunk. I said to myself: IL suppose this
, q sample" tell you it is the gate Of
ell
20" says some man. Il am kind Ian
ndulgent to my family, am right in many
aspects. ! Am very generous, and l have
90 grand and generous q mora: nature to
. o~verthrown in that way" Lot me say
the persons who are in the most peril
b lightess hearts, the best edaca-
ion, the brightest prospects, This sin
he brightest gaIiands are by this car.
uncled hand q drunkenness torn OF the
row Of the poet and the orator. Charles
.amh. answer! Thomas Hood, answer!
heridan, the English oratoE. answer!
A. Poe. answer! Junius Brutus
'ooth, ansWer
o. come and look over into il while
raw on the cover-hang Over il and look
own into it and sec the seething, boiling.
'athsome. smoking, agonizing. blasphsm-
lg hell Of the drunkard. Young man be
,aster Of your appetites and passions.
hero are hundreds-might I not say
aousandse@f young mon in this house
his mOrning-youDG men Of fair pros
ects. Put your trust in the Lord God and
is we'll But you will be tempted Per-
APPS you may this M be addressed
D the first Sabbath Of your coming I the
rsat city, and I give you this brother!y
1speak not in the p~erfunctory
'ay. lspeak . an older brother talks tc
younger brother. I put my hand on
our shoulder this day and commend you
Jesus Christ who himself was q young
AN and died while yet . young man, and
~ sympathy for all young men. O. be
'astsr. by the grace Of God, Of your ap-
etitss and passions!
] close with . p~eroration. Ministers and
peaksrs are very aps-to close with q Der.
ration. and they generally roll up some
rand imagery to express what they have
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