The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-05-16

are my cnlidfen SAFER" On, wheL
the earth shall melt with fervent heat
and the mountains shall blaze, anc
tho seas shall blaze, and the eartl
shall blaze, will your children be safe
VIII your children be safe? Unhappy
and undisciplined homes are thu
source of much of the wretchednes:
and sin Of the world.
/ know there are exceptions to i
sometimes. From a bright and beau
tiful Christian home husband or q
son will go out to die Oh, how long
you had that boy in your prayersl He
does not know how many sleeples.
nights you have spent over him. Ht
does not understand how many tear,
you have shed for his waywardness
Oh, it is hard, after you have toilee
for child, and given him every ad
vantage and every kindness, to have
him pay you back in ingratitudel Al
one Sabbath morning a father came
TO the foot of the pulpit as stepped
out of it, and said, 20 my son, my
son, my son'' There is many a young
man proud of his mother, who would
strike into the dust any man who
would insult her, who is at this mo
ment himself, by his evil doing ane
his bad habits, sharpening dagger te
plunge through that mothers heart
A telegram brought him from afar
He went bloated and SCARED into the
room and hestood by the lifeless form
of his mother.
Her hair gray it had turned gray
III sorrow. Those eyes had wept flood.
of tears over his wandering. Tha
still white hand had done him many 8
kindness and had written many a low
ing invitation and good counsel. Hs
had broken her old heart. He came
into the room and threw himself OIL
the casket and he sobbed outright
Mother, motherl' but those lips thai
had kissed him in infancy and uttered
so many kind words spake not; they
were sealed Rather than have such 6
memory come on my soul, / would
prefer to have roll over on me the Alp.
and tho Himalayas.
But while sometimes there are sons
who turn out very badly coming from
good homes, | want to tell you fol
your encouragement it is q great ex.
ception. Yet an unhappy and undis
ciplinod home is the poisonous cal.
dron from which a vast multitude
drink their death.
ii. / remark that another caldron
of iniquity is an indolent life. All the
rail trains down the Hudson river yes
terday, all the rall trains on the Penn
sylvania route, all the trains on Che
Long Island road brought to these
cities young men to begin commercial
life. Some of them are here this
morning, l doubt net. Do you know
what one of your great temptations is
going to be2 It is the example of in
dolent people in our cities. They are
in all our cities. They dress better
than some who are industrious. They
have access to all places of amusement
plenty of money, and yet idle. They
hang around our great notes.-the
Fifth Avenue, the Windsor, the
Brunswick, the Stuyvesant, the Gilsey
house-all our beautiful hotels, you
find them around there any day-men
who do nothing, never earn anything,
yet well dressed, having plenty Why
should / walk2 Why should you work
Why drudge and toll in bank and
Suop ttllu Oihcc, vi ol thC oSttAAoioiuS
or by the anvil, when these men ger
along SO well and do not worlzl
Some of them hang around the city
halls of our great cities, toothpick IL
their mouth, waiting for some cruml
to fall from the office holders table
Some of them hang around the city
hall for the city van bringing crimi
nails from the station houses. They
stand there and gloat over it-really
enjoy the disgrace and suffering o
those poor creatures as they get out o
the city van and go into the courts.
THE FOUR WAYS OF GETTING MONEY.
Where do they get their money
That is what you ask. That is what
ask. Only four ways of getting mo
ney-only four: by inheritance, b.
earning Il, by begging it, by stealing
it; and there are vast mulhtud
among us who get their living not b.
inheritance, nor by earning it, nor b.
begging it. do not like TO take tn
responsibility of saying how the.
get It'll
Now, these men arc constant temp
tation. Why should | toll and wea
I1lNStli OuB III LliC psiiih, vi Viz CAiAoN
or the store, or the shop, or the factory
These men have nothing to do. The.
get along a great deal better. Ant
that is the temptation under which
great many young men fall. The,
begin TO consort with these men, thes
idlers, and they go down the sam
awful sleeps. The number of men i
our cities who are trying TO get thei
living by their wits and by sleight O
hand is all the time increasing.
A New York merchant saw n youni
man, one of his clerks, in half dis
| guise, going into n very low place
amusement, The merchant said t
himself: Il must look out for tina
clerk; he is going Ia bad compan
and going in bad places; | must loo
out for him." 4 few months passe
on, and one morning the merchan
entered his store, and this clerk c
whom ] have been speaking came u
in assumed CONSERVATION and said
"Oh, sir, the store has been on fire;
have put out tho fire, but there are
great many goods lost; we have had
great crowd of people coming and gC
ing" Then the merchant took til
clerk by the collar and said: Il hav
had enough of this; you cannot d,
ceive me; where arc those goods yo
stoler The young man Instant
! confessed his villainy.
| O the numbers of people in thes
great cities who arc trying TO get the
living not honcstlyl And they are
mighty temptation to the lndustrlot
Young man who cannot understand l
| While these others have it SO cas-
thev have II so hard. Horatius I
olden time was told that he could hay
Just as much ground as he could plo
! around with yoke of oxen in on
day. He hooked UP the oxen to u
plow and he cut very largo clrc
and plowed until he came To the san
point where he started, and all tn
properly was his. But / have to te
: you today that 5uss so much tinancia
just SO much moral, just 50 mic
spiritual possession you will have
you compass with your own indll
tries, and just SO much as from Il
morning OF your life to the evening
yoar life you can plow around vii
your own hard worls- Go to the an
thou sluggard; consider her ways al
be wise. One of the aaost awful CT
) drons of death today is AN indole
life. Thank God tbat you have
work.
THE AWFUL sALooS.
III. Once more ] remark: that 4
dram shop is great caldron of i
iouity ia our time. Anacharsis sa
that the vine boTs three grapes: t
first was Pleasure, the next was Dru
5 kenness, and the next Misery. Ese
? saloon above ground or under gronl
is n fountain of iniquity. 1t may ha
: a license and it may go along gu
! respectfully ios while, but after
! while the cover will fall off and t
color OF the iniquity viii be dispaaye