The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07

and from my church there went in some
twenty or thirty men and women to look
after these poor wounded fellows. AS they
came, some from one part Of the land, some
from another, no one asked whether
this man was from Oregon, or from Massa.
chusetts, or from Minnesota, or from New
York. There was a wounded soldier and
tho only question was how to take off the
rags most gently, and put on the bandage,
and administer the cordial. And when
soul comes to God He does not ask where
you come from or what your ancestry was.
Healing for all your wounds. Pardon for
all your guilt Comfort for all your troubles.
Then, also, counsel you, if you want to
get back, to quit all your bad associations
One unholy intimacy will fill your soul
with moral distemper. In all the ages Of
the church there has not been an instance
where man kept one evil associate and
was reformed Among the fourteen hun
dred million of the race, not one instance
Go home to-day open your DESK take out
letter paper, stamps, and envelope, and
then write letter something like this:
my Old Companions: Istart this day for
Heaven. Until am persuaded you will join
me in this, farewell"
Then sign your name, and send the letter
with the first post. Give up your bad COM
panions, or give up Heaven. 1t is not ten
bad companions that destroy man, nor five
bad companions, nor three bad companions,
but one. What chance is there for that
| young man saw along the street, four or
| five young men with him, hating in front
OF grog shop, urging him to go in, he re-
sisting, violently resisting, until after awhile
they forced him to go inl 1t was a summer
night, and the door was left open, and saw
the process. They held him fast, and they
put the cup to his lips, and they forced down
the strong drink. What chance is there for
such young mans
Icounsel you also seek Christian advice.
Every Christian man is bound to help you
First of ALL. seek God; then seek Christian
counsel. Gather up all the energies of body
mind and soul, and appealing to God fol-
success, declare this day everlasting wal
against all drinking habits, all gambling
practices, all houses of sin. Half and hall
work will amount to nothing; it must be g
Waterloo. Shrink back now and you are
lost Push on and you are saved. A Spar
tan general fell at the very moment of vic
tory, but he dipped his finger in his OWL
blood and wrote on a rock near which h
was dying, Sparta has conquered" Thougl
your struggle to get rid of sin may seem t.
be almost death struggle, you can dil
your finger in your own blood and write OF
the Rock of Ages, Victory through oul
Lord Jesus Christi
o, what glorious news it would be To-
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their parents. They go to the post-offic
every day or two to see whether there ar
any letters from you. How anxious the.
are to hear.
Some one said to Grecian general: "Wha
was the proudest moment in your lifes'' H
thought moment, and said: "The prOudes
moment in my life was when sent wor
home to myparents that had gained the vic
tory.n And the proudest and most brillian
moment in your life will be the moment whe
you can send word to your parents that 20
have conquered your evil habits by the grac
of God and become eternal victor. o, de
spise not parental anxiety! The time wi
come when you will have neither father nc
mother, and you will go around the plac
where they used to watch you and find theI
gone from the house, and gone from tn
field, and gone from the neighborhood. Or
as loud for forgiveness as you may owe
the mound in the churchyard, they will nc
answer. Dead! Dead! And then you wi
take out the white lock of hair that was GU
, from your mothers brow just before the
buried her, and you will take the cane wit
which your father used to walk, and 20
will think and think and wish that you ha
done just as they wanted you to, and woul
give the world if you had never thrus
pang through their dear old heart
God pity the poor young man who hs
: brought disgrace on his fathers name! Go
pity the young man who has broken h
mothers heart! Better if he had nevt
been born-better if, in the first hour of h
life, instead of being laid against the war;
bosom Of maternal tenderness, he had bee
., coffined and sepulchered. There is no ball
powerful enough to heal the heart of or
who has brought parents to sorrowf,
, grave, and who wanders about through IL
dismal cemetery, rending the hair, ar
wringing the hands, and crying, 'Mothe
mother!" o, that to. day by all the mem
.ries of the past and by all the hopes of IL
: future. you would yield your heart to Go
May your fathers God and your mother
; God be your God forever!