Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-25
DANGERS OF INCIDENCE.
An Earnest and Timely Appeal by Rev.
II. Dewitt Talmage. ID. ID.

An Earnest and Timely Appeal by Rev.
t. Dewitt Talmage. ID. ID.
Another cauldron of iniquity is an
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 to
begin commercial life. Some of them
are here this morning, | doubt not Do
you know what one of your great
temptations is going to be? 1t is the
example of indolent people in our
cities. They are in all our cities.
They dress better than those who are
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 Gisey House-all our
beautiful hotels, you find them around
there any day-men who do nothing.
never earn any thing, yet well dressed,
having plenty. Why should l walk?
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 well and
do not workP
Some of them hang around the city
halls of our great cities, toothpick in
their mouth, waiting for some crumh
to fall from the Office holders 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
is what you ask. That is what l ask.
Only four ways of getting money-only
four; by inheritance, by earning it, by
begging it, by stealing it; and there are
a vast multitude among us who gel
their living not by inheritance, nor by
earning it, nor by begging it. lido moi
like to take the responsibility of saying
how they get it!
Now, these men are constant
temptation. Why should / toll ant
wear myself out in the bank, or the
Office. or the store, or the shop, OF
the factory These men have moth
ing to do. They get along {
great deal better. And that is The
temptation under which a great many
young man fall. They began to con
ort with these men, these idlers, an(
hey go down the same awful sleeps
The number of men in our cities wht
are trying to get their living by thei
wits and by sleight of hand is all thu
time increasing. A New York mer
chant saw young man, one of hi
clerks, in half disguise, going into ;
very low place of amusement. TIT
merchant said to himself: II mus
look out for that clerk; he is going il
bad places; | must look out for him.
A few months passed on, and on,
morning the merchant entered hi
store, and his clerk of whom | have
been speaking came up in assumed
CONSERVATION and said: ''Oh, sir, the
store has been on fire; | have put GU
the fire, but there are great man!
goods lost; we have had great GROVE
CT people coming and going" Thei
the merchant took the clerk by tn,
collar and said: ~ have had enough
OF this; you can not deceive me; wher
are those goods you stolep" Tn
young man instantly confessed his vii
lainy.
Oh, the numbers of people in thes
great cities who are trying to get thei
living not honestly! And they are
mighty temptation to the industriou
young man who can not understand il
While these others have it so easy the
have it so hard. Horatius of olde
time was told that he could have JUS
as much ground as he could ploy
around with yoke of oxen in one day
He hooked up the oxen to the pillow
and he cut a very largo circle ant
plowed until he came to the same poin
whore he started, and all that propert
was his. But have to tell you to-da
that just so much financial, just S
much moral, just so much spiritua
possessions you will have as you com
pass with your own industries, ant
just so much as from the morning 0
your life to the evening of your lif
you can pillow around with your owl
hard work. Go to the ant, thou slug
gard; consider her ways and be wise.
One of the most awful cauldrons o
death to-day is an indolent life Than
God that you have to work. De
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