West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-04-18


him turned out OF the bank. They
come at him from this side and from that
side, and from before, and from behind, and
from above, and from beneath. and he is in
suited and gibbeted, and sued and dunned,
and sworn ut, until no gets the nervous dys-
pepsia, gets neuralgia, gets liver complaint
gets heart disease, gets convulsive disorder,
gets consumption.
Now he Is dead, and you say: "Of
course they win let him alone" oh. mol
NOW they are watchful TO SEQ whether there
are any unnecessary expenses at tho
obsedaies, TO see whether there is any useless
handSo or the caslsct, 20 see whether there "a
any surplus plat on the shroud, 10 see
whether the hearse is costly or cheap, TO see
whether the flowers sent to the caslxet have
been bought by the family or donated, TO zee
I'm whose name the deed TO the
grave is made out Then they
ransack the bereft household, the books
the pictures, the carpets, the chairs, the sofa,
the piano, the mattresses, the pillow ON which
he dies. Cursed be debit For the sake of your
own happiness for the sake OF your good
morals, for the sake of your immortal soul.
Tor Gods sake, young man, as far as possible,
keep out of it,
H. Bat think more young mon are slaugh-
tered through irTeligion. Take away young
mans religion and you make him the prey OF
evil. We all know that the Bible Is the
only perfect system of morals Now IL you
want to destroy the young mans morals take
his Biblc away. How will you do thats Well,
you will caricature his reverence for the
Scriptures, you will take all those incidents OF
the Bible which can be made mirth Of
Jonah's whale Sanson's foxes, Adams
rib-then you will caricature eccentric
Christians or inconsistent Christians
then you will pass of as your own
nll those hacl<neyed arguments against
Christianity which are as old as Tom Paine
as old as Voltaire, as old as sin Now you
have captured his Bible, and you have taken
his strongest fortress: the way is COM
paratively clear and all the gates of his soul
are set open i'm invitation to the sins of earth
and the sorrows of death. that they may
come IN and drive the stake for their en-
campment.
A steamer 1900 miles from shore with
broken rudder and lost compass, and hulk
leaking fifty gallons the hour Is better of
than young man when you have robbed
him of his Bible. Haveyou over noticed how
despicably mean 1t is 10 take away the worlds
Bible without proposing a substitute? 1t is
meaner than TO come to n sick man and steal
ms medicine meaner than TO come to n
cripple and steal his crutch, meaner than to
cone 10 pauper and stcal his crust, meaner
IRAN TO come to a poor men and burn his house
down; IL is the worst OF all larcenies TO steal
the Bible, which has been the crutch and
medicine and food and eternal home TO so
many What generous and magnanimous
business lniidelity has gone intoS This split
ting up OF life boats and taking away Of fire
escapes and extinguishing of lighthouses.
come out and say to such people: HWbat
are you doing all this forY' ooh" they saw.
Just for fun It is such fun to see
christians try to hold ON 10 their Biblesj
Many of them have lost loved ones, and have
peen told that there is resurrection, and il
Is such fun TO tell them there will be
no resurrection Many OF them have
believed that Christ came TO carry the
burdens and TO heal the wounds of the world.
and 1t is such fun 10 tell them they win have
70 be their own savicurl Think of the
down thousand feet underneath IL and Won
VIII md yourself at the top of a stairs a hun
dred miles long; 90 to the bottom of the
stans, and you will find ladder a
thousand miles long; then go to the
pice half as far as from here to China and
you viii find the headquarters of the mean
ness that would rob this world of its only
comfort In life its only peace in death and
It's only hope for immortality. Slaughter
much more left TO slaughter.
Now, what has become OF the slauphtaredS
w ell, some Of them are i'm their fathers or
mothers house broken down in health. wait
ing 20 diei Others are in the hospital; others
are IN greenwood, or, rather, their bodies are,
Ior tneir souls have gone on to retribution. Not
much prospect for young man who started
me with good health, and good education.
and Christian example set him. and onnor,
UNITY of usefulness, who gathered ali his
treasures and put them in one box, and then
dropped 1t into the sea-
Now, how is this wholesale slaughter IN no
sboppedl There is not person in the house
out Is interested in that question Youno
man, arm yourself. The object Of INV GER,
mon Is TO put weapon in each of your hands
.9r Your own defense. Wait not for Young
Mems Christian Associations to protect Won
Or churches to protect you. Appealing to-
rod Tor help, take care of yourself.
EHst, nave room somewhere that Won can
'ali your own. Whether It be the back mar
or OF a fashionable boarding house, or n
To S IN Ihe fourth story of cheap lodging,
care not Only have that one room yonr
fortress. Let not the dissipator or unclean
'tep over the threshold II thew come
up the long fight OF stairs md
mock ~ the door, meet them face to face
ma Kindly get firmly refuse them admit
wall, If you brought them with Won from cao
your country home. Have Bible ON the
stand III you can afford it and YOU nlav ON
,ne, nave an instrument OF music-harn or
lute' or cornet, or melodeOn. or violin.
~ piano. Every morning before YOU
you come home in that room, pray. Mako
mt room your Gibraltar, your SebastapoI
your Mount Zion. Let no bad heol, ar ,,a,,ys
p ~, ,, cJne INTO that room, any more than
~ n INV - Cobfd 70 coll on your table
lake care OF yourself. Nobody else win talxe
are OF you Your help viii not come Up two
pr three or four flights OF stairs. vor,r hsin
Fii come through the roof. down from
heaven, from that God who in the six thou
ana years OF the worlds history never
betrayed a young man who tried 60 10
GOOD ana Christian. Let me say In regard
~ your adverse worldly circumstance In
psLss4Ig, that you are on n level notg with
Inose who are finally to succeed Marx NV
WORDS young man, and think Of IL thirty
years from now. You win find that tboeo
VINO thirty years from now are the million.
llllr es OF TINS country, who are the orators 81
me country who are the poets Of the conn
20 VINO are the strong merchants Of the
',y.iiitiy, VINO are the great philanthropists OF
nc country highest in church and State
nc tnls morning ON level with you, not an
stances now.
Herschel earned his living bv plavins, n
7ioiin at parties, and In the intersfices ~ 3bo
Dlay nc would go out and look M NJ tho mil
hBht heavens the fields Of his Immortal
'Onquests. GEORGE Stephenson rose from
Demg the foreman In n cOlliery 10 he the
most renowned Of the worlds eugiuoore No
'utnt no capital ~ start with Youno, man
% down - the Mercantile Library and ,,ol
omo books and read Of what wonderful moi
lnism bod gave you in your hand. in vour
Vot ln your eye in your ear. and then ~
ONE doctor ~ take you into Tho die
ectin8. room aud Illustrate b. Won what
'ou nave read about and mover
gain commit the biasphemy Of SAYING Won
43te ~ capital 70 start with EqufpD~-If
\ ~, the poorest young man in this h0tio h
,i...l as only the God of the whole uni.