Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-09

rings, and these pictures; take them
all" mo" says Death, what do |
care for pictures !-yoursoll." Stand
back says tie dying lntiilel. Il will
not stand back, says Death, for you
have only ten seconds no TO live; |
want your soul" The dying man
says: Don't breathe that cold
air into my face. lou crowd
me too hard. 1t is getting dark
in the room. OGodl" Hush" says
Death; you said there was no God"
pray for me" exclaims the expiring
infdel. Too late TO pray. says Death;
but three more seconds 10 live, and
| will count them otf-one-two-
three" He has gonel Wherel Wherel
Carry him out-out and bury him be-
side his father and mother, who died
while holding fast the Christian re,
ligion. They died singing; but the
young infdel only said: Don't breathe
that cold air into my face. You crowd
me too hard 1t is getting dark in the
room"
THE MAN WHO DOES NOTHING is WORTH
NOTHING.
Again, ! urge you to shun the COM
partnership Of oilers. There are men
hanging around every store, and office,
and shop. who have nothing to do, or
act as il they had not. They r apt
to come in when the firm are away,
and wish TO engage you in converse
ton while you are engaged IN your
regular employment. Politely suggest
TO such persons that you have no time
TO give them during business hours.
Nothing would please them so well as
TO have you renounce your occupation
and associate with them. Much of the
time they lounge around the club
rooms or the doors of engine houses,
or after the dining hour stand upon
the steps of a fashionable hotel or an
elegant restaurant, wishing TO give
you the idea that that is the place
where they dine. But they do not dine
there. They are sinking down lower
and lower, day by day. Neither by
day nor by night have anything TO do
with the oilers. Before you admit a
nan into your acquaintance ask him
politely: what do you do for a liv.
ingi" If he says, Nothing; | am a
gentleman" look out for him. He
may have a very soft hand and very
faultless apparel, and have a high
sounding family name, but his touch
is death. Before you know it you
will in his presence be ashamed Of
your work dress. Business will be.
come TO you drudgery, and after
awhile you will lose your place, and
afterwards your responsibility, and
last of all your soul. ldleness is next
soor to villainy. Thieves, gamblers,
burglars, shop lifters aud assas,
sins are made from the class
who have nothing TO do. When
the police go 10 hunt up and arrest q
culprit they seldom go TO look in
among busy clerks or in the busy car.
riage factory, but they go among the
groups Of idlers. The play is going
on at the theatre, when suddenly there
is a scufie in the top gallery. What
is III a policeman has come in, and,
leaning over, has tapped on the shoul.
der of a young man, saying: II want
you, SIR He has not worked during
the day, but somehow has raked TO.
gether a shilling or two TO get into the
top gallery. He is an idler. The man
on his right hand is an idler and the
man on his left hand is an idler. .
Shrink back from idleness in your.
self and in others il you would main
tain a right position. Good old Ashbel
Green, at more than eighty years of
age, was found busy writing, and some
young man said TO him: why do
you keep busyi 1t is time for you TO
rest" lie answered: II keep busy 70
keep out of mischief" No man is
strong enough 10 be idle.
Are you fond of picturesl If SO ]
will show you M of the works of an
old master. Here it is: Il went by
the field of the slothful. and by the
vineyard Of the man void of under
Standing; and lol it Vas all grown
owe with tlIorns, and nettles had GOV.
cred the face thereof, and the stone
wall was broken down. Then | saw
and considered well. looked uponit
and received instruction. Yet a little
sleep, a little slumber, a little folding
of the hands 10 sleep. So shall thy
poverty come rs one that travelcth and
thy want as an armed man." don't
know Of another sentence in the Bible
more explosive than that. Ii first
Kisses softly, like the fuse Of "A cannon
aud at last bursts like a ifty-four
FOUNDER. The old proyerb was right:
THE devil tempts most men, but idlers
tempt the devil"
BREAD THAT Is CAST UPON THE WATERS.
\ young man came To a man Of
ninety years Of age and said TO him;
How haveyou made out 10 livc>olong
and be so wellf' The Oldham took the
youngSter 10 an orchard, and, pointing
TO some large trees full of apples, said:
II planted these trees when ! was a
boy, and do you wonder that now ]
am permitted TO gather the fruit Of
themf' We gather in old age what
we plant in our youth. Sow TO the
wind, and we reap the whirlwind.
Plant in early life the right kind of a
Christian character, and you will eat
luscious fruit in old age, and gather
these harvest apples in eternity.
Again: ] urge you TO avoid the per-
petual pleasure seeker. | believe in
recreation and amusement ! need il
as much as | need bread, and 90 TO
my daily exercise with as conscientious
a purpose ms go 10 the Lords Supper;
end all persons OF sanguine tempera-
ment must have amusement and recre-
alton. God would hot have made us