The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-22

snip QdsQeS INTO the rocks ana the crew
go down, finding mirth in that and hilar-
lty in that. Alas for these shipwrecks of
body, mind and SOUL No fun in that
for me; there ought not TO be any fun in
that for anybody But these idlers stand
ing around seeing what is going on, SEEM
ing to enjoy the misfortunes of others
where do they get their money is the
question that recurs. There are only
four ways of getting money-by inherit
ance, by earning it, by begging 1t, by
stealing ii. a great many OF those men
do not get 1t by inheritance, and they do
not get it by earning it, and they do not
get ii by begging IT, | do not like to say
how they get it. Laughter. 4 young
man comes to the city and he sees these
men getting on so splendidly. | know just
what impression the city makes upon a
country boy. l know just what impress
sion 1t made on me the first time | saw
great city, and / have an idea OF how easy
1t Is for young man to be led into the
power of temptation. Here are people
doing nothing for living, yet getting on
splendidly, seeming to get on more
splendidlv than those who toll. The
whole temptation is TO consort with
them and start down the same road to
ruin God never made a man strong
enough TO be idle voluntarily. Men may
be idle through old age; they cannot toll
any longer. Men may be idle through
physical illness or mental disorder, and
they are not to blame. Men may be idle
because oil hard times-there may be no
styles OF work open to them. | am not
speaking of such persons ] am speaking
of the men who choose to be idle, want to
be idle. When a man chooses idleness,
he chooses crime and death. There are
multitude of men now in these cities who
are trying to get living by their wits, by
sleight OF hand. Consort not with them.
Go not into their companionship. They
will want to show YOU the sights OF the
city. They will want to show you the ele-
plants and the lions, and after they have
shown YOU the elephants and the lions
there will not be much OF your moral
character lett. Another caldron OF sin
and death is the dram shop. Anacharsis
said that the vine yielded three grapes:
pleasure, drunkenness, misery. Every
drinking saloon, whether above ground
or under ground, licensed or unlicensed,
is a gate OF hell. "Oh," says some one,
you ought not TO be hard on a business
which Yields a very large tariff
and pays Il large license to the
state and national governments, and sup
ports schools and asylums OF mercy"
Then bethinK myself of what William Z.
Gladstone said when he was first time
chancellor of the excheguer, and some
people came to him and said: 'Iou
ought not to be hard on the business for
which we pay very large revenue to the
English government" Mr.. Gladstone re-
piled: Don't you bother about revenue.
You give us 100000 sober people and
we will have plenty and surplus" And
ol1 ba 1riu coll Of otf
and of the United States went out OF ex-
istence there might be less revenue for
the state and less for the nation, but there
would be more happy homes, and there
would be less use for penitentiaries and
almshouses and there would be tens of
thousands of men who are now on the
road to death who would start on the road
to heaven, and where there are hundreds
of dollars there would be thousands of
dollars, and where there are thousands of
dollars there would be millions of dollars
added to the national wealth. But the
financial ruin wrought is a very small
part, The drunkenness which comes
from the rum traffic in these cities takes
everything sacred from the home, every
thing holy from religion and everything
infinite from the soul and tramples it un-
der foot. ooh" says some man, 81
couldn't be led astray in that way. have
so large and so generous a nature l
couldn't be Overthrown. do all my duty
to my family and my country and my
God, and have a nature of equipoise and
equilibrium and | couldn't be overthrown
in that way" Ny brother, you are Just
the one that could be the more easily
overthrow. This evil takes the latest
lambs for its sacrifice. The brightest gar
lands by this carbuncled hand of drunk
enness are torn apart.