Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-09

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90 to baptise the moss. | lave the
spots on the trout | Stake the thirst
OF the bird. | turn the wheel Of the
mill. ] rock in my crystal cradle
muckshaw and water lily And so,
while the world plays. il works. Look
out for the man who always plays
and never works.
You will do well 10 avoid those
whose regular business il is TO play
ball, skate or go a-b0ating. All these
sports are grand in their places. !
never derived SO much advantage from
any ministerial association ms from a
ministerial club that went out TO play
ball every Saturday afternoon in the
outskirts Of Philadelphia. These rec
reations are grand TO give us muscle
and spirits for our regular toll. ! be-
lieve in muscular Christianity. A man
is often not so near God with IA weak
stomach as when he has a strong
digestion. But shun those who make
it their life occupation TO sport.
There are young men whose in.
dustry and usefulness have fallen
overheard from the yacht on the Hud-
son or the S~chuylkill. There are men
whose business feH through the ice of
the skating pond, and has never since
been heard of. There is a beauty in
the gliding of O boat, in the song of
skates, in the soaring of a well struck
ball, and ] never see one fly but | in
voluntarily throw up my hands to
catch it; and, so far from laying an in
junction upon ball playing, or any
other innocent sport, | claim them all
as belonging of right TO those Of us
who toll in the grand industries of
church and state.
LISTEN NOT TO THE TEMPTER's VOICE.
But the life business of pleasure
seeking always makes in the end a
criminal or a sot. George Brummcll
was smiled upon by all England, and
his life was given TO pleasure He
danced with peeresses, and swung a
round of mirth, and wealth, and ap
plause, until exhausted of purse, and
worn out of body, and bankrupt of
reputation, and ruined Of soul, he
begged a biscuit from "A grocer, and
declared that he thought a dogs life
was better than a mans.
Such men will crowd around your
desk or counter or work bench or
seek to decoy you off. They will want
you 10 break out in the midst of your
busy day to take a ride with them TO
Coney Island or 10 Central park.
They will tell You of some people you
must see; Of some excursion that you
must take; of some Sabbath day that
you ought TO dishonor. They will
tell you vi exquisite wines that you
must take; Of costly operas tlnt you
must hear; Of wonderful dancers that
you must see; but before you accept
their convoy or their companiol,ship
remember that while at the END of a
useful life you may be able TO look
back TO kindnesses done, 10 honorable
work accomplished. topoverty helped,
to a good name earned, to Christian
influence exerted, TO n Saviour's cause
advanced-these pleasure seekers Oh
their death bed have nothing better TO
review than a torn playful, a ticket
for the races, an empty tankard and
the cast out nnds Of a carousal; and
as in the delirium of their awful death
they clutch the goblet and press it 10
their lips, the dregs of the cup falling
upon their tongue will begin TO hiss
and uncoil with the ladders of an eter-
nal poison.
Cast out these men from your COM
pany. Do not be intimate with them.
Always be polite. There is nodemand
that Sou ever sacrifice p~oliteness. A
young man accosted a Christian Qua.
ker with: "Old chap, how did you
make all your money! The Quaker
replied: "By dealing in an article that
thou mayest deal in if thou wilt
civility." Always be courteous, but
at the same time firm. Say no as if
you meant il. Have il understood in
store, and shop, and street, that you
will not stand in the companionShip
Of the skeptic, the idle, the pleasure
seeker.
Rather than enter the companion.
ship of such, accept the invitation 10
a better feast. The promises Of God
arc the fruits. The harps of heaven
,re the music. Clusters from the
vineyards of God have been pressed
into the tankards. The sons and
daughters of the Lord Almighty are
the guests. While, standing at the
banquet, to gil the cups aud divide
the clusters and command the harps
and welcome the guests, is daughter
of God ON whose brow are the bios
SONS Of paradise, and in whose cheek
is the flush of celestial summer. Her
name is Religion.
Her ways arc ways OF pleaSantBess,
And all her paths are peace.
WHERE THE RIGHT ROAD LEADS TO.
Decide this soon, oh. young man,
what direction you will take. There
comes such a moment of final de-
cision-why not thisi One night |
saw a young man at the street corner
evidently doubling as 10 which direc.
ton he had better take, his hat lifted
high enough SO you could see lie had
an intelligent forehead, and he had a
stout chest and a robust development.
Splendid young man. Cultured young
man Honored young man. Why
did'hc stop there while so many were
going up aud downl The fact Is, that
every man has a good angel and a
bad angel contending for the mas.
terry Of his spirit, and there was a good
angel and a bad angel struggling with
that young mans soul at the corner of
the street. Come with me, " said the
GOOD nnpel. II will lnkn rnn Llama. 1