The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-19

ana loans, ana HoncS, ana says: II go 10
baptize the moss I lave the spots on the
the wheel of the mill. I rock in my crystal
cradle muckshaw and water lily" And so,
while the world plays it works. Look out for
the man who always plays and never works.
You will do well to avoid those whose regu-
lar business it is to play ball, skate or 20
a-boating. All these sports are grand in
their places never derived so much adj
vantage from any ministerial association as
from ministerial club that went out to play
skirts Of Philadelphia. These reactions
are grand to give US muscle and
spirits for our regular toll. be-
lieve In muscular Christianity. A man is
often not 50 near God with a weak stomach
as when he has strong digestion. But shun
those who make 1t their life occupation to
sport. There are young men whose industy
and usefulness have fallen overheard from
the yacht on the Hudson or the Schuylkin.
There are men whose business fell through
the ice Of the skating pond, and has never
since been heard of. There is beauty in
the gliding Of boat, In the song of skates,
in the soaring of well struck ball, and I
never seq one fly but involuntarily throw
up my hands to catch it; and, so far from
any other innocent sport, I claim them oil
as belonging Of right to those of us who toll
In the grand industries Of church and state.
But the life business Of pleasure seeking al
ways makes in the end criminal or q sot.
George Brummel was smiled upon by all
England, and his life was given to pleasure.
He danced with peeresses, and swung
round OF mirth, and wealth and applause.
until exhausted Of purse, and worn out OF
body, and bankrupt Of reputation, and ruined
of soul, he begged biscuit from q grocer
and declared that he thought dogs life was
better than mans.
Such men will crowd around your desk or
counter or work bench or seek to decoy you
Off. They will want you to break out in the
midst Of your busy day to take a ride with
them to Coney Island or to Central Park.
They will tell you Of some people you must
see; of some excursion that you must take;
honor. They will tell you Of exquisite wines
that you must take; Of costly operas that you
must hear; Of wonderful dancers that you
mustsee; but before you accept their convoy
or their companionship remember that while
at the end of a useful life you may be able to
look back to kindnesses done, to honorable
work accomplished, to poverty helped, to
good name earned, to Christian in
auence exerted, to a Saviour's cause
advanced-these pleasure seekers on
their death bed have nothing better to re.
VleW Inan UOrn playDul, GlckSt LOT tne
races, an empty tankard and the cast out
rinds Of a carousal; and as in the delirium Of
their awful death they clutch the goblet and
press it to their lips, the dregs Of the cup
falling upon their tongue will begin to hiss
and uncol with the adders Of an eternal
poison.
Rather than enter tho companionship Of
such, sccept the invitation to better feast.
The promises Of God are the fruits. The
harps OF heaven are the music. Clusters
from the vineyards of God have been
daughters of the Lord Almighty are
the guests. While, standing ut the banquet,
to fill the cups and divide the clusters and
command the harps and welcome the guests,
is daughter of God on whose brow are the
blossoms Of paradise, and in whose cheek is
the flush Of celestial summer. Her name is
Religion.