The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-12-24

now lie can't get another one"
say, come out of it. Go
home to your mother and say
to her, Mother, l can't stay in that
shop and be upright; what shall | do?"
and If she is worthy OF you she will say,
Come out of it, my son--we will Just
throw ourselves on him who hath prom
lshed to be the God of that widow and
the fatherless; he will take care of u.s."
And tell you no young man ever per-
manently suffered by such course of
conduct.
A man SAID TO his employer. "I can't
wash the wagon Oh Sunday morning; l
&m willing to wash it on Saturday after
noon, but. Sir, you will please excuse
me, can't wash the wagon on Sunday
morning." His employer SAID, You
must wash it; my carriage comes in
every Saturday night, and you nave got
TO wash it on Sunlay morning." 81
can't do It," the man said. They parted.
The Lord looked after him-grandly
looked after him. lie is worth today a
hundred fold more than his employer
ever was or ever will be, and he savod
MS soul. Young men, it is safe to do
right. There are young men IN this
house today who, under this storm of
temptation, are striking deeper and deep
er their roots and spreading out broader
heirbranches. They are Daniels in Ba-
bylon, they are Josephs in the Egyptian
court, they are Pauls amid the wild
beasts of Ephesus. l preach to eucour-
age them. Lazy hold OF God and be
faithful.
| There is q mistake we make about
young men. We put them IN two Clas-
scs; the one class is moral, the other is
dlssolute. The moral are safe. The
dissolute cannot be reclaimed. | deny
both propositions. The moral arc not
safe unless they have laid hold OF God,
and the ..dissolutc may be reclaimed. I
suppose there are self righteous men in
this house who feel no need of God. and
will not seek after HIM, and they will 20
out in the world, and they will be Tempt
ed, and they will be flung down by mis-
fortune, and they will 60 down, down,
down, until some night you will see
them going home hootlng, raving, shut
ing blasphemy-goiDg home to their
mother gong home tc their sister, going
home to the young companion 10 whom,
only little while ago, in the presence
OF brilliant assemblage, flashing lights
and orange blossoms, and censers swing
ing IN the air they promised fidelity and
purity. and Kindness perpetual.
AS that man reaches the door, she
Will open 1t, not with an outcry, but
she will stagger back from the door as
he comes in, and in her look there will
be the prophecy of woes that are COM
ing, want that will shiver in need Of
fire, hunger that will cry in vain for
bread, CT uelties that will not leave the
heart when they have crushed it, but
pinch it again aud stab it again, until
some night she will open the door of
the place where her companion was
ruined, and she will fling out her arm
from under her ragged shawl and say,
with almost omnipotent eloquence:
Give me back my husband! Give me
back my protector! Give me back my
all! Him of the kind heart and gentle
words and the manly brow-giYe him
back to mev And then the Wretches,
obese and filthy, will push back their
matted locks and they Will say: "Put
her outl Put her out" On! self right
eous man, without God you are in peril.
Seek after him to. day. Amid the ten
thousands temptations of life there is
no safety for man without God.
But may be addressing some who
have gone astray, and so assault that
other propositition that the dissolute
cannot be reclaimed. Perhaps you have
are you troubled? Is there voice
within you saying: "What did you do
that for? Why did you go therep What
did you mean by that" Is there a
memory in your soul that makes you
tremblep God only knows all our
hearts. Yea, if you have gone so far
as to commit iniquities and have gone
through the whole catalogue, invite
you back this hour. The Lord waits
for you. "RejOice! o young man in thy
youth. and let thy heart cheer thee in
the days of thy youth; but know thou
that for all these things God will bring
thee into Judgment"
Come home, young man, to your
fathers God. Come home, young man,
to your mothers God. On. | wish that
all the batteries of the Gospel could
to-day be unlimbered against all those
influences which are taking down so
many OF our young men. | would like
to blow trumpet of warning, and re-
cruit until this whole audience would
march out on crusade against the
evils of society. But let none Of us be
disheartened.
On, Christian workers, nv heart is
high with hope The dark horizon is
blooming into the morning of which
prophets spoke, and of which poets
have dreamed, and of which painters
have sketched. The worlds bridal
hour advances. The mountains will
kiss the morning radiant and effugent,
and all the waves of the sea will be-
come the crystal keys Of great organ,
OF which the fingers of everlasting JOY
shall play the grand march Of world
redeemed. lnsteod of the thorn there
shall come up the fir tree, and instead
of the briar there shall come up the
myrtle tree, and the mountains and the
| hills shall break forth into singing, and
all the trees of the wood shal, clap their
hands!
| Murdered In Their Cottage.
| JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. IA
New Smyrna special to the Times
| Union says: Miss. A. ii. Bruce, Mrs.