Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-09-06
DANGERS OF lnpoLencE.



T. Dewitt Talmage, d. ID.
Another cauldron OF iniquity is on
indolent life. All the rail trains down
the Hudson river yesterday, all the
rail trains on the Pennsylvania route.
all the trains on the long Island road
brought to these cities young men 10
begin commercial life. Some OF them
are here this morning, ! doubt not DO
you know what one OF your great
temptations is going to bep at is the
example OF indolent people in our
cities They are in all our cities.
They dress better than those who arc
industrious. They have access to all
places OF amusement-plenty OF money,
and yet idle. They hang around our
great notes.-the Fifth Avenue. the
Windsor, the Brunswick, the Stuy-
vesant the Gi sey House-all our
beautiful hotels. you find them around
there any day-men who do nothing.
never earn any thing, yet we'll dressed,
having plenty. Why should waikiki
Why should you work? Why drudge
and toll in bank and shop and Office.
or on the scaffolding. or by the anvil.
when these men get along so we'll and
do not workP
Some OF them hang around the city
halls of our great cities, toothpick in
their mouth. waiting for some crumb
TO fall from the office-holder's table.
Some Of them hang around the city
hall for the city van bringing Grim
inals from the station houses. They
stand there and gloat over it-really
enjoy the disgrace and suffering OF
those poor creatures as they get out OF
the city van and go into the courts.
Where do they get their money! That
lis what you ask. That is what ask.
Only four ways OF getting money-only
four; by inheritance, by earning 1t. by
begging 1t. by stealing it; and there are
a vast multitude among us who get
their living not by inheritance. nor by
earning 1t, nor by begging 1t. Idopot
like to take the responsibility Of saying
how they get III arNa.
Now, these men are n constant
temptation. Why should / toll and
wear myself out in the bank. or the
Office. OF the store, or the shop, or
the factoryP These men have moth.
ing to do. They get along o
great deal better. And that is the
temptation under which a great many
young man fall. They began TO con-
sort with these men, these idlers, and
they go down the same awful sleeps
: The number OF men in our cities who
are trying 70 get their living by their
wits and by sleight OF hand is all the
time increasing. A New York mer.
chant saw young man, one OF his
clerks, in half disguise. going into q
very low place OF amusement The
merchant said to himself; II must
look out for that clerk; he is going In
bad places; 1 must look out for him"
A few months passed on, and one
morning the merchant entered his
store, and his clerk OF whom have
been speaking came up in assumed
CONSERVATION and said: ''Oh, sir, tho
! store has been on FIRE; have put out
/ the fire. but there are q great many
goods lost; we have had great crowd
/ CT people coming and going" Then
the merchant took the clerk by tho
collar and said: "a have had enough
OF this; you can not deceive me; where
are those goods you stole3" Tho
young man instantly confessed his viii
/ lainy. .t d.H
Oh. the numbers OF people In these
! great cities who are trying to get their
! living not honestlyl And they are u
mighty temptation to the industrious
young man who can not understand it.
| While these others have 1t SO easy they
have It so hard. Horatius OF olden
time was told that he could have just
as much ground as he could pillow
around with yoke OF oxen in one day.
He hooked up the oxen to the pillow.
and he cut q very large circle and
plowed until he came to the same point
where he started. and all that property
was his But have to tell you to-day
that just SO much financial, just SO
much moral. just SO much spiritual
possessions you will have as you COM
pass with your own industries. and
just so much as from the morning OF
your life to the evening OF your life
you can pillow around with your own
hard work. Go to the ant, thou slug
gard; consider her ways and be wise"
One OF the most awful cauldrons Of
death to-day Is an indolent life. Thank
God that you have TO work.-T. De-
Witt Talmage tF H,. 4t