The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-05-15

sleepless nights you have spent over him.
He does not understand how many tears you
have shed for his waywsrdness. o, 1t is
hard after you have toiled for child and
given him every advantage and every kind
ness, to have him pa- you back In ingrati-
tudel As cne Sabbath morning a father
came to the foot Of the pulpit as ! stepped
out of it and said, 20 my son, my son, my
sonp' There is many young man proud OF
his mother, who would strike into the dust
any man who would insult her, who Is at
this moment himself, by his evil doing and
his bad habits, sharpening dagger 10
plunge through that mothers heart. A tele-
gram brought him from afar. He went
bloated and SCARED into the room and he
stood by the lifeless form Of his mother.
Her gray hair; II bad turned gray In sor-
row. Those eyes had wept floods OF tears
over his wandering. That still white hand
had done him many kindness and had
written many loving invitation and good
counsel Hehad broken her old heart. He
came into the room and threw himself on
the casket and he sobbed outright; "Mother,
motherin but those lips that had kissed him
IN infancy and uttered so many kind words,
spoke not; they were sealed. Rather than
have such memory come on my soul, j
would prefer TO have roll on me the Alps
and the Himalayas. -, ,.,t,. ~. 4,.,,,..
a But while sometimes there are sons who
turn ont very badly coming from good
homes, want TO teil you for your encour-
agement IL Is great exception. Yet an nm
happy and undisciplined home Is the poison
ous caldron from which q vast multitude
drink their death. s lsasE lfthtt
III remark that another caldron Of In
iquity 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 70
these cities young men to begin commercial
life Some Of them are here this morning,
I doubt not. Do you know whatone OF your
great temptations is going to bes It is the
example Of indolent people in our cities.
They are IN all our cities. They dress bet
ter than some 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 Stuyve-
SAINT, the Gilsey House-all our beautiful
hotels, you find them around there any day
men who do nothing, never earn any thing,
yet twell dressed, having plenty. Why should
I workl Why should you worki Why
drudge and toll in banlS'a and shop and ONCE,
or on the scaffolding, or by the anvil when
these men get along sowell and donot work.
Some Of them hang around the city halls
Of our great cities, toothpick In their mouth,
waiting for some crumb TO fall from the
oflceholder's table. Some Of them hang
around the city hall for the city van bring
ing criminals 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 ask. Only
four ways Of getting money-only four: by
inheritance, by earning It, by begging It by
stealing II; and there are vast multitude
among us who get theirliying not beinherit-
ance, nor by earning 1t, nor by begging IT,
do not like to take the responsibility OF say
ing how they get III
Now, these men are aoonstant temptation
Why should toll and wear myself out in
the bank, or tho office, or the store, or the
shop, or the factoryf These men have
nothing TO do They get along a great deal
better. And that Is the temptation under
which great many young men fall They
begin TO consort with these men, these idlers,
and they 90 down the same awful sleeps.
The number of men in our cities who are try
ing 10 get their livingby their wits and by
sleight Of hand Is all the time increasing.
A New York merchant saw young man,
one OF his clerks, in half disguise, going
into very low place Of amusement. The
merchant said 10 himself: 81 must look out
for that clerk; he is going in bad company
and going in bad places; must look ont for
him. A few months passed on, and one
| morning the merchant entered his store,
and this clerk Of whom have been speak
ing came up in assumed CONSERVATION and
said: 20, sir, the store has been on fire;
have put out the fire, but there are o great
many goods lost, we have had great crowd
Of people coming and going" Then the
merchant took the clerk by the collar and
said: ~ have had enough OF this; you can
not deceive me; where are those goods you
stolep The young man instantly confessed
his villainy.
o, the numbers Of people IN these great
cities who are trying TO get their living not
honestly And they are mighty tempta-
| tion 10 the industrious young man who can
not understand IL. While these others have
II 30 easy they have II so hard. Horatius Of
olden time was told that he could have Just
as much ground as he could plow around
with yoke Of oxen In one day. He hooked
up the oxen to the plow and he cut very
large circle and plowed until he came 10 the
same point where he started, and all that
property was his. But have TO tell you to
| day that Just so much financial, iustso much
moral, Just so much spiritual possession you
| will have as you compass with your own In
dustries, and Just 80 much from the morn
| ing OF your life TO the evening Of your life
can plow around with your own hard work
"Go TO the ant, thou sluggard; consider her
ways and be wise" One Of the most awful
caldrons OF death to-day is an4ndolent life
Thank God that you have TO work.
HL-0nce more / remark: that the dram
shop is great caldron Of iniquity in oui
time. Anacharsis said that the vine bort
three grapes; the first was Pleasure, the
next was Drunkenness, and the next was
Misery. Every saloon above ground or under
ground Is fountain Of iniquity. 10 may
have license and 1t may 20 along quite re
specially for awhile, but after awhile thu
cover will fall of and the color Of einiqui
ty will be displayed.
"O," says some one, "you ought 10 bt
easier on such traffic whom 1t pays such {
large revenue 70 tho government and helpi
support your schools and your great institu
tions Of mercy" And then ! think Of wha
william +. Gladstone said-I think IL wa,
the first time he was chancellor OF the ex
chequer-when men engaged In the ruinoui
traffic came to him and said their business