Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-03-26

intended TO build up, and if they pull US
down as to our moral or as to our physical
strength you may come to the conclusion
that they are obnoxious.
| There is nothing more depraving than
attendance upon amusements that are full
ofinnuendoan and low suggestion. The young
man enters. AT FIRST he sits far back, with
his hat )n and his coat collar up, fearful
that somebody there may know him. Sew
eral nights pass on. He takes off his hat
earlier and puts his coat collar down. The
blush that first came into his cheek when
anything indecent was enacted comes no
more to bis cheek Farewell, young mani
You have probably started on the long road
which ends in cOnsummate destruction.
The stars Of hope will 80 out one by one,
until YOU will be left in utter darkness.
Hear you not the rush of the maelstrom, in
whose outer circle your boat now dances,
making merry with the whirling watersl
But you are being drawn ~, and the gem
tie motion will become terrific agitation.
You cry for help. In vainl You pull at
the oar TO put back. but the struggle VIII
not avail, You will be tossed and dashed
and shipwrecked and swallowed in the
whirlpool that has already crushed in its
wrath ten thousand hulks.
YOUNG MAN DE on YOUR GUARD.
Young men who have just come from
country residence to city residence will do
well to be on guard and let no one induce
you to places of improper amusement 1t
is nightly alluring when "a young man,
long citizen, offers 70 show a new conner
all around.
Still further. Those amusemunts are
laoI Won
yond YOUR mems Money spent in recrea-
tion is not thrown away. II IS all folly for
US to come from place of amusement feel
ing that we have wasted our money and
time. You may by il have made an in
vestment worth more than the transaction
that yielded you hundreds or thousands of
dollars. But how many properties have
been riddled by costly amuscments
The first time ever saw the city-it was
the city Of Philadelphia was a mere lad.
| stopped alta hotel, and | remember IN the
eventide one of these men piled me with
his internal art. He saw was green. He
wanted to show me the sights of the town.
He painted the path Of sin until it looked
like emerald; but | was afraid of him. l
showed back from the basilisk-l made up
my mind he was basilisk. remember
how be wheeled his chair round in front OF
me, and with concentrated aud diabolical
effort attempted to destroy my soul; but
there were good angels in the air tina.
night. 1t was 10 good resolution on my
part, but il was the all encomplssing grace
OF a good God that delivered me. Bewarel
beware oh, young man. 'lhere is "A way
seemeth right unto a man, but the end
thereof is death"
The table has been robbed to pay the
club. The champagne has cheated the
children's wardrobe The carousing party
has burned up the boys primer The
Of the corner saloon is in debt to
the wife's faded dress. Excursions that In
a day make tour around whole months
wages; ladies whose lifetime business it is
10 Ego shopping large bets on horses
have their counterparts in uneducated
bankruptcies that shock the
money market and appal the church, and
that send drunkenness staggering across
the richly figured carpet Of the mansion
and dashing into the mirror and drowning
out the carol OF music with the whooplng
Of bloated sons come home to break their
old mothers heart.
A SAD STORY.
saw beautiful home, where the bell
rang violently late at night. The son had
been OF in sinful indulgences Ills com
rades were bringing him home They car
RED him 20 the door. 1'hey rang the bell
Il O'Clock in the morning. Father and
mother came down. They were waiting
ior the wandering son, and then the com
aides, as soon as the door WIS opened,
brew the prodiyal headlong into the door
way CRYING: There lie IS. drunk as a fool,
Ia, han When men 20 into amusements
hey cannot afford they first borrow what
hey cannot earn, and then they steal what
hey cannot borrow. First they 90 into em-
,arrassmsnt, aud then into lying. and then
uto theft: and whom man gets as far on
IS that he does not stop short OF the penn
eutiarv There is not a prison in chs land
where there are net victims of unsanctified
Merchant OF Brooklyn or New York, is
here disarrangement in your accountss
: their a leakage in your money drawery
Did not the cash account come out right
ast nights will tell yoa There is a
'oung man in your store wandering off
nto bad amusements. The salary you
i've him may meet lawful expenditures.
MT not the sinful indulgences in which he
las entered. and he takes by theft that
which you do not give him in lawful
alary.
How brightly the path OF unrestrained
opens. The young man says:
Now am off for good time Never
mind economy I'll get money somehow.
What fine roadl What beautiful day |
81 a ride, Crack the whip, and over the
Come, boys, fill high your
Iasses Drink Long life health, plenty |
( rides just like thisr' Hard working
len hear the clatter of the hoofs and look !
p and say: .'Why. wonder where those
FLOWS get their money FRONT We have to
DiI and drudge. They do nothing" To |
hese gay men life is thrill and an excite.
rent. They stare at other people, and in
urn are stared ut. The watch chain
ngles. The cup foams. The cheeks /
ush The eyes fash. The midnight hears
neir gnffaw. They swagger. They iostle
ecent men OH the sidewalk They take
be name Of God in vain. They parody the
ymn they learned at their mothers knee
nd to all pictures of coming disaster they
ry out, who cnrcsW and TO the counsel
f some Christian friend, "Who are your"
PASSING alone the street some uisri1f vou