The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-17

pictures out, and 10 got all his valuable
papers out bot be fcrgoe % ask until ]
was too late: 'Ars my children safsl" U
whom the earth shall melt with Ter
vent heat and the mountains shall blaze
and the Q shall blase, and the eartl
shall blaze. will your children b safel
viii your children b. safe: Unhappy anc
undisciplinod homes are ~ source Of
much Of the w~retchedness and sin Of thu
world.
know there are exceptions to IL some
time& From . bright and beautiful
Christian home . husband Or q son will g
out to die. q. how long you had that boy
In your prayer! He does not know how
many slsepless nights ycu have spent
over him. He does not understand how
many tears you have shed for his way
wardnesa Or, it Is hard after you have
toiled for Q child and given him every adj
vantage and every kindness to have him
pay you back in ingratitude! As one Sab
bath morning . father came to the foot OF
the pulpit a. I stepped out of it and said:
20, my son. my SON, my son." There Is
many . young man proud OF his mother.
who would strike to the dust any man who
would insult her. who at this moment him.
self. by his evil doing and his bad habits,
is sharpening . dagger to plunge through
that mothers heart A telegram brought
him from afar. He went bloated and
SCARED into the room and he stood by the
lifeless form Of his mother.
Her hair gray it had turned gray In
sorrow. Those eyes had wept foods Of
tears over his wandering. That still
white hand had done him many q kind
ness and written many . loving invita-
ton and good counsel He had broken
her old heart He cams into the room and
threw himself ON the casket and he sobbed
outright: Mother! Mother!" but those
lips that had kissed him IN infancy and
uttered 20 many kind word spoke not;
they were sealed Rather than to have
such q memory come to my SOUL ! wOuld
prefer to have rolled over me the Alps and
the Himalayas
But while sometimes there are SON. who
turn out very badly coming from good
homes. I want to tell you for your encour-
agement it is Q great exception. Yet IN
unhappy and undisciplinsd home is the
poisonous caldron from which . vast
drink their death.
Second-I remark tina another caldron
Of iniquity is an indolent life All the
rail trains down the Hudson river yester-
day, all the rail trains ON the Pennsyl.
vania 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 ono OF your great
is going to be: 1t is the ex-
ample Of indolent people in our cities.
They dress better than some who are in
They have access to all places
Of amusement-plenty of money, and yet
idle. They hang around q great hotels
tho Fifth Avenue. the Windsor. the
the Stuyvesant the Gilsey
Dur beautiful hotels, you will
lind them around there any day-men who
do nothing, never earn any thing. yet
well dressed. having plenty. Why should
| work: Why should you work: Why
and toll in bank and shop and Of.
or on the s~ca1olding, or BY the anvil.
these men get along SO well and do
not work?
Some OF them hang aroung tho city
halls Of u great cities. t0othpiek in their
waiting for some crumb to fall
rom the of1ceholder's table. Some Of
hem hang around the city hall for the
.ity van bringing criminals from tho sta
lion houses They stand there and glost
,ver it-really enjoy tho disgrace and
'uYering Of those poor creatures Is they
got out Of the city van and 60 into tho
s0urtA
Where do they got their money: That
d what You ask. That 10 what I ask.
our; BY inheritance, BY earning it. by
it by stealing il; and there are q
'ast multitude among NJ who get their
living not by Inheritance, O BY earning
I, nor by begging it I do not like to
AXE b responsibility Of saying how they |
.et i'll
Now, these mon are . constant tempta-
ion. Why should I toll and wear myself
in the bank. or the Office. or the store. |
the factoryf These men have nothing |
o do They get along . great deal better. |
that is the temptation under which . |
,reat many young men fall. They begin
o consort with these mon, these idlers. !
they 60 down the same awful steePA
The number Of mon in our cities who are
rying to get their living by their wits and
" sleight Of hand 10 all the time increas-
ne.
A New York merchant Jaw . young man, !
No OF his clerks. in half disguise. going
nt0 . worry low place Of amusement The
merchant said to himself: Il must look
ut for that clerk; he is going in bad COM
ANY and going in bad places; I must
ook out for him" A few months passed
and one morning the merchant entered
is store and his clerk OF whom / have
zen speaking came up in assumed con
and said: %, sir, the store has
zen On fire; / have put out the IRE, but
hero are . great many goods lost We
ave had . great crowd Of people coming
going" Then the merchant took the
lerk by tho collar and said: Il have had
nough Of this; you TAI not deceive me;
vhere are those goods you st0le?" The
Dung man instantly confessed his viii
Amy.
O, the numbers Of people in these great
who are trying to get their living
ct honestly! And they are . mighty
.mptation to the industrious young man
rho can not understand il. While these
Tiers have il so easy they have it 50 bard
Of olden time was told that he
ould have lust as much ground a. he