Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-05-17

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"Childe Haroldn and Don Juan" and how
cred in darkness over the lonely grave at Mis- |
solonghi There is a hand that holds you
that long ago turned TO dust
Rascally and scoundrelly people for the
most part come from iniquitous homes, from
nndisciplined homes, Parents harsh aAd
cruel on the one hand. or on the other hand
loose in their -wickedly loose in
their government-are raising up genera
ton of vipers. A home where scolding and
fretfulness are dominant is blood relation to
the gallows and the penitentiaryi Petulance
is a serpent that crawls up into the family
nursery sometimes and brushes everything.
Why, there are parents who even make re-
liqion disgusting to their children. They
scold them for not loving Christ The ave
an exasperating way of doing their duty.
The house is full of the warwhoop of conten-
ton, and from such place husband and sons
20 out TO die
Oh, is there Hagar leading away lshmael
into the desert to be smitten OF the thirst
and marched Of the sandl In the solemn birth
hour a voice fell to thee from the throne OF
God. saving: "Tal5e this child and nurse 1t
Tor me, and win give thee thy wages" At
eventime when the angels Of God hover over
that home, do they hear the children lisping
the name Of Jesusl o traveller for eternity,
your little ones gathered under your robes
are you leading them on the right road, or are
YOU taking them out on the dangerous winding
bride path off which their inexperienced
feet may slip, and up which comes the howl
ing Of the wolf and the sound of loosened
ledge and tumbling avalanchei Blessed Is
the family altar at which the children kneeL
Blessed is the cradle in which the Christian
mother rocks the Christian child. Blessed Is
the song the little ones sing at nightfal when
sleep is closing the eyes and loosening the
hand from the toy on the pillow. Blessed is
that mother whose every heart throb Is a
prayer for her children's welfare.
The world grows old, and the stars will
cease to illuminate it, and the waters to re-
fresh it, and the mountains to guard it, and
the heavens TO overspan it, and its long story
Of sin and shame and glory and triumph will
soon turn to ashes; but influences that started
/ in the early home roll on and roll up through
/ all misunderstanding in all the joy, waving
| in all the triumph, exulting in all the song,
/ or shrinking back into all the darkness.
| Father mother, which way are you leading
/ your chlldrenl
A FATAL FORGETFULNEss.
A house took fire and the owner was very
L careful to get all his furniture out He got
all his books out, and he got all his pictures
out, and he got all his valuable papers out,
but he forgot to ask, until it was too late,
Are my children safe2' Oh when the earth
shall melt with fervent heat, and the noun
tains shall blaze, and the seas shall blaze, and
the earth shall blaze, will your children be
safel VIII your children be safei Unhappy
and undisciplined homes are the source Of
much of the wretchedness and sin of the
world.
know there are exceptions to it sometimes.
From bright and beautiful Christian home
husband or son will go out to die Oh, how
long you had that boy in your prayers. He
does not know how many sleepless nights you
have spent over him. He does not under
stand how many tears you have shed for his
Naywardness Oh, it is hard, after you have
toiled for a child, and given him every ad.
vantage and every kindness, to have him pay
you back in ingratitude. As one Sabbath
morning a father came to the foot OF the pull
pit as stepped out of it and said: "Oh, my
son, my son, my som" There is many G
young man proud Of his mother, who would
strike into the dust any man who would in
suit her. who is at this moment himself, by
bis evil doing and his bad habits, sharpening
a dagger to plunge through that mother
uNuIh ~ Lel0t5 am uAoueAb nm ~ I'm ttAetA
He went oloated and Scared into the room
and stood by the lifeless form Of his mother.
Her hair gray; it had turned gray in sor
row. Those eyes had wept floods Of tear
over his wandering. That still white hanC
had done him many kindness and had writ
ten him many loving invitation and gooC
counsel He had broken her old heart. HI
came into the room and threw himself on th
casket and he sobbed outright: Mother
mother!" But those lips that had kissed hin
in infancy and uttered so many kind word
spake not; they were sealed. Rather thai
have such a memory come on my soul
would prefer to have roll over on me tn
Alps and the Himalayas.
But while sometimes there are sons VIII
I turn out very badly coming from goo
homes, want to tell you for your encourage
Z ment it lisa great exception. Yet an unhappy
and undisciplined home is the poisonous cal
dron from which vast multitude drink thei
death.
IL. remark that another caldron Of il
: iuuity is an indolent life. All the rail train
down the Hudson river yesterday, all the ra
trains on the Pennsylvania route, all tn
6 trains on the Long Island road brought
g these cities young men to begin con
, mercial life Some of them are here tn
: morning, l doubt not, Do you kno'
3 what one of your great temptation
o is going to bel It is the example Of il
o dolent people in our cities. They are in a
: our cities They dress better than some wi
a are Industrious They have access to a
places of amusement-penty OF money, an
, vet idle. They hang around our great hOte
n the Fifth Avenue, the Windsor, the Brun
e wick, the Stuyvesant, the Gilsey house,
IS than,
/ there any day-men who do nothing, new
Is earn ANYTHING, yet well dressed, havir
N plenty. Why should | waikiki Why shou
SO you workl Why drudge and toll in bar
70 and shop and office, or on the scaffolding,
e. by the anvil, when these men get along
We well and do not work!
IS Some of them hang around the city halls
90 our great cities, tOOthpick in their mout
ie waiting for some crumb to fall from the c
-h fee holders table Some Of them haI
ne around the city hall for the city van brin
to Ing criminals from the station houses Tho
n stand there and gloat over it-really enj'
re the disgrace and suffering of those poor ere
1t lures as they get out Of the city van and
IN into the courts.
THE FOUR WAYS OF MONEY GETTING.
Where do they get their money! That
u what you ask. That is what ask. On
n four ways of getting money-only four:
is Inheritance by earning it, by begging it,
ly stealing IL; and there are a vast multitu
en- among us who get their living not by inh'
Of itance, nor by earning it, nor by begging
it do not like to take the responsibility of sa
Ok ing how they get it.
cd Now, these men are a constant temptatic
ne Why should | toll and wear myself out
ses the bank, or the office, or the store, or
en- shop or the factoryi These men have moi
be ing to do They get along great deal b
he ter And that is the temptation under viii
cir great many young men fall They be-
ay to consort with these men, these oilers, a
y, they go down the same awful sleeps.
number of men in our cities who are tryi
'h' to get their living by their wits and
lrs sleight Of hand is all the time increasing.
me A New York merchant saw young mi
me one Of his clerks, in half disguise, going il
iu- a very low place of amusement The m
ice chant said to himself; 81 must look out