The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-03

high enough so you could see he had an in
telligent forehead. and he had a stout chest
and robust development. Splendid young
man. Cultured young man. HonOred young
man. Why did he stop there Wills 50 many
were going up and down! fact Is,
that every man has good angel and
bad angel contendIng for the mastery OF
his spirit, and here vas a good angel and
a bad angel struggling with that young
mans soul at the corner of the street.
"Come with me-" said the good angel: Il
will take You home; will spread ny wing
over your pillow; will lovingly &c lrt YOU
all through life under supernatural protsc-
ton; | will bless every cup you drink out
OF, every couch you rest on, every doorway
you tier: / will consecrate your tears when
you weep. your sweat when yoI toll. and at
the last l will hand over your grave to the
bright angel of a christian resurrection.
Ia answer to your fathers petition and
your mothers prayer, have been sent of
the Lord out Of heaven to be your guardian
spirit Come with me-" said the good
angel, in voice of unsarthiy symphony.
1t vas music like that which drops from
Lutte of heaven when seraph
breathes on it. "No, no." said the
bad angel, ''come with me; have some
thing better to Offer; the wines l
pour are from chalices of bswitching
CAIOuSuls L 70 uE44ft 1 Ibtu y OFCI npDE
tessellated with unrestraiued indulgenceS;
there is no God TO frown on the temples of
sin where l worship. The skies are Italian.
The paths | tread are through meadows,
daisied and primrused. Come with me-"
The young man hesitated az a time when
hesitation was ruin, and she bad angel
smote the good angel until it departed,
spreading wings through the starlight up
ward ana away, until a door flashed apen
in the sky and forever the wings vanished.
That was the turning point in that young
mans history, for, the good angel flown,
be hesitated no longer, but started
on pathway which is beautiful at the
ope hing, but blasted at the last The bad
angel, leading the way, opened gate after
gate, d at each gate the road became
r0ugher and the sky moro lurid, and what
was peculiar, as the gate slammed shut it
came to with a jar that indicated that it
would never open. Passed each portal,
there was grinding of locks and a shov-
ing of bolts; and the scenery on either side
the road changed from gardens to deserts,
and the June air became cutting Decen-
Der blast. and the bright wings Of tho bad
angel turned TO sackcloth. and the eyes
Of light became hollow with hopeless
grief, and the fountains, that at the start
had tossed with wine, poured forth bubbling
tears and foaning blood and on the right
side of the roat there was q serpent, and the
man said to the bad angel: "WhaU is that
serpent" and the answer WIS: THAT is
the serpent Of singing renorse." On tue
lefC side of the road there was a lion, and
the man asked the bad angel: "What is
that lion" and the answer was: lat is
the lion of all devouring despair" A vultu e
flew through the sky, and the man asked the
bad angel: what is that vulture!" and the
answer was: THAT is the vulture wait
ing for the carcasses of the slain" And
then the man began to try TO pull off of
him the folds of something that had wound
him round and round, and he said to the
bad angel: what is it that twists me in
this awful convolutionl" ami the answer
was: That is the worm that never dies?'
Aud then the man said to the bad angel:
what does all this mean? / trusted in
what you said at the corner of the street
that night; | trusted it all, and why have
you thus deceived meW Then the last
deception fell off the charmer, and it said:
II was sent forth from the pit to destroy
your soul; l watched my chance for
many long year when you hesitated that
night on the street l gained my triumph !;
now you are here Hal ha! You are here.
Come. now, let us fill these two chalices of
fire and drink together to darkness ami
woe aud death. Hail Hailw Oh! young
man, will the good angel sent forth by Christ
or the bad angel sent forth by sin
get the victory over yoIr soulg Their wings
are interlocked this moment above You,
contending for your destiny, as above the
Apprentices eagls and condor fight mid-sky.
This hour may DECIDE your destiny. God
help you. To hesitate is to diel