Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-06

and poets sung, and painters sketched,
and sculptors chiseled the majestic
form into marble. and the world wept,
but everywhere il was known that
it was 81 .ng drink that came like the
infamous Deliluh and his locks were
shorn.
From the Island of Corsica there
started forth a nature charged with
unparalleled energies TO make thrones
tremble aud convulse the earth.
Piedmont, Naples, Bavaria, Germany,
Italy, Austria aud England rose up TO
crush the rising man. AT thcplungcof
his bayouuts Bastiles burst open. The
earth gIoauod with the aguuics OF ri,
wolf, AuStcrlIt2, SaragOSsa aud Eylau.
Five million men slain in his wars.
Crowns were showerpd al his feet, and
kingdoms hoislcl uriumplal arches 10
let Linn liss under, and Europe was
lighted up at the co]nilagIaliOn Of con
suming cities. lie could almost have
made u cluScway of human bones he.
tween Lisbon and Moscow. No power
short of omuipotgnt God could arrest
him. Bat OUT of tine ocean of human
blood tllcgp arose a spirit in which the
couqueror found more than u match.
The very ambition HAT had rocked the
world WIS now 10 bv his destroyer. II
graspcd for 100 much apd in lis effort
lost all. lie reached upafter the sccp-
Ter Of universal dominion, but slipped
and fell back into dcsOlaiiOn ard ban.
iSlment. The American ship. dam
aged of the storm, today puts upin st.
A., Jicltna and the crew so mp 10 see the
spot where the French exile expired in
loneliness aud disgrace, the mighlicsl
OF all SamsOus SlIorn of his locks by
amlitiun. that most merciicss of all
DeliialS.
have not time 10 enumeratc. Evil
associations, sudden successes. spend.
thrift habits, miserly procIivities aud
dissipation are the names Of some Of
the shears with which men are every
day ngao powcrlg~s, They have
sirvwn the earth with the cafcasscs of
giants and itlicdthc great prison house
with destroyed Ssmsons, who sit
grinding the mills of despair, their
locks shorA and their eyes ont. II pa
rents only knew Ia what temptations
their children were subjected they
would be more earnest intheir prayers
and more careful about their example.
No young man escapes having the
pathway of sin pictured in bright col.
ors before him.
The first time | ever saw a city-it
was the city Of Philadelphia was a
mere lad. stopped at a hotel, and
remember ia the cycntidc a corrupt
man piled me with his Internal art.
He saw | was green. He wanted TO
show me the sights of the town. He
! painted the path of sin until it looked
lie emerald; but ! was afraid uf him.
/ showed huck from the bIsilisk.
made up my mind lac was = hgsilisk, |
remember how he rceled his chair
round in front Of me and with a con.
contracted aud diabolical effort attempt.
ed 10 destoy my soul but there were
good angels in the air that night. Ii
was no good resolution on my part.
but il was the all encompassing grace
OF a good God that delivered me. Be
ware! beware! o Young man!
| say this not because | cap,;to re.
claim any one That has gone usirav in
this fearful path, but because | want
10 utter "A warning for those who still
maintain their integrity. The cases
Of reclamation Of those who have
given themselves fully up TO an
impure life are SO few, probably
you do not know one OF them.
| have seen a good many start
out on that road. How many have
| seen come backi Not one that
| now think of. IL seems as if the
spell of death is ON them and no hu-
man voice or the voice of God can
break the spell. Their feet are hop
Piled, their wristsnre handcutied. They
have around them n girdle of reptiles
punched al the waist. fastening them
10 an mon doom; every time they
breathe the forked iSngues strike them
and they strain To break away until
the tcndOns snap and the blood ex-
udes; and amidst their ~coutortions
they cry out: Take me back TO my
fathers house. Where is motherl
Take me homel Take me homer
Do | stand before a man today the
locks of whose strength are being toy.
ed with, let me tell you To escape lest
the shears of destruction take your
moral aud your spiritual integrity. DO
you not see your sandals beginning to
curl on that red hot pathi This day
in the name Of Almighty God ! tear
off the identifying veil and the en-.
broidered mantle Of this old bag of
iniquity, aud | show you the ulcers
and the bloody ichor and the cancered
lip an.I the parting joints aud the
macerated limbs and the wriggling
~putrefaction. and | cry out. Oh, hor.
rorof horrorsl In the stiffness Of this
Sabbath hour | lift a warning. Re.
member il Is much easier To form bad
habits than to get clear of them; in
one minute Of time you may get into
IA sin from which all eternity cannot
get you out.
Oh, that the voice Of Gods truth
might drown the voice Of Delilah.
Come into the ways Of ~pleasantness
and the paths Of peace, and by the
grace OF a pardoning God start for
thrones Of honor and dominion upon
which you may reign, rather than
travel the road 10 a dungeon where
the destroyed grind in the mills Of de-
spair, their locks shorn and their eyes
out