The Penn's Grove record., 1891-03-27
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There is a way that seemeth right unto
man, but the end thereof II death"
The table has been robbed to pay the club
The c~harnpegns has cheated the children
up the boys primer. The tabiscloth ia To
corner saloon 10 in debt to the wife's fade
dress. Excursions that In day make a tou
around a whole months wages; ladies who's
lifetime business II Is to .'go shopping;
large bets on horses have their counterpart
in uneducated children. bankruptcies tina
shock the money market and appan tn
church, aud that send drunkenness stagRsr
ing across the richly figured carpet Of tn
mansion and dashing into the mirror an
drowning out the carol Of music with tn
whoppiug Of bloatsd Sons come home u
break their old mothers heart
saw o beautiful home where the bel
rang violently late at night. The son hat
BEEN Of 10 sinful indulgencies. His com
rades were bringing him homo. They car
ried him to the door. They rang the bell Al
came down They were waiting for tn
wandering son. and then the comrades, a
soon as the door vas opened, threw tn
p"odigal beadiong into the doorway, crying
''Thsre he Is, drunk a. Q fool. Ha, hal
When men 20 into amueemsnts they canno
afford they first borrow what they canno
earn and then they steal what they canno
SOiLON. As thSy ~ khbc 0ihp
and then into lying and then into theft
and wnen a man gets a far on as that h
does not stop short Of the ~penitentiary
There is not a prison in the land where Their,
are not victims of u~nsanctilsd amusements
Merchants Of Brooklyn " New York, 1,
there a disarrergement in your accounts
Is there a leakage in your money drawer
night will tell you. There q . young
man in your store wandering OF into bad
amusements. The salary you give him may
meet lawful expenditures but not the hnfu
indulgeuces in which he has entered. and hs
takes by theft that which you do not give
him in Lawful; salary.
How brightly the path Of unrestrained
s%ossn Z sm o oPT ms , The gasa y yfmsi N %1n m ssysd
economy. III get money somehow. What
a fine road What q beautiful day for
ridsl Crack the whip, and over the turn
pikei Come, boys, All high your glasses.
Drink! Long life. health, plenty of riaes jus,
like thisl Hard working men hear the ciat
ter Of the hoo.s aud look ~ and say: "Why
money fromf We have TO toll and drudge.
They do nothing" To these gay men life
Is a thrill and an excitement. They stare al
other people, and in turn are stared at. The
watch chain jingles. The cup foams
The cheeks flush. Their eyes fash.
The midnight hears their gufaw.
They, swagger.. They jostle decent men
the Sidewalk. They take the name
of God in vain. They parody the hymn they
pictures Of coming disaster they cry out.
who caresm and to the counsel Of some
Christian friend, "Who are your
Passing along the street some night you
hear a snriek 10 a grog shop, the rattle Of
the watchman's club, the rush Of the polics.
What is the matter nowi On, this reckless
young man has been killed in Q grog shop
tight. Carry him home to his fathers house.
Parents will come down and wash his
and close his syss In death. They
him all he svsr did, although he can
not in his silence ask II. The prodigal has
got home at last Mother will 60 to her
little garden and get the sweetest flowers
and twist them into q chaplst for the silent
of the maynard boy, and push back
from the bloated brow The long iocts that
the agony. The great drsmatist says:
"aow sharper than 9 ssrpsnss tooth It 10 10
have thanklsu child"
l go further. and say these are unehristian
amusements which become the CHIEF business
Of Q man's life. Life 10 an earnest thing.
Whether we were born Ia . palace or hovd,
whether We sre afdusnt or pinchsd, w have
to work. II you do not sweat With toll, you
q VAtA AAHS88~ avn heN 1SeA
is to be transdgured amid the pomp Of
= judgment day; and after the ~ has sung
It's last chant and tbs mountain shall have
some down In an avalanche Of . rock, you
will live and think and act high on . throne
where seraphs sing, or dssp IA Q dungeon
where demons howl. Ia Q werld whore there
s 50 much to do for yourselves and 90 much
TO do for othsra God pity that man who has
to do.
Your sports ara merely means to an end.
They are a~lleviations and helps. The arm Of
toll Is the only arm strong enough to bring
up toe bucket out Of the deep well OF pleas
are. Amusement 10 only the bower where
business and philanthropy rest while on their
way TO stirring achievements. Amusement
are mercy the vines that grow about the
anvil Of toll and the blossoming Of the ham,
Alas for the man who spends his life
in laboriously doing nothing, his days In
hunting up lounging places and loungeri
his nights 10 scoring ont some gas lighted
The mai who always has on his
sporting Jacket ready to hun Tor game In
tns mountain or fish In the brook. with no
time to pray or work or read, Is not 70 well
Of as the greyhound that runs BY his side, or
A man tho does not work does not know
how to play. II God had intended us to do
nothing but laugh he would not have given
shoulders with which to iift and hands
with which to work, and brains with which
to think. The ADJUSTMENTS OF life are mere
ly the orciestr, Playing while tho great
Of life olung es through is dvs acts
death. Then exit the last earthly opportun-
ity. Eater the ovsr whelming realities Of an
worldi
/ 20 further, and say that all those amuse-
mapts are wrong which lead into bad Dom.
pany. II you go 70 any. place where you
have TO associate with tbs intsmperate, with
the unclean, with the abandoned, however
God quit IL. They will despou your nature.
They will undermine your moral character.
They will drop you when you are destroyed
They will give not q can't to support your
when you are dead. Thsy will weep
not one tear at your burial. Thsy viii
over your damnation.
had q friend at che wmt-a rare friend.
he was one OF the first TO welcome me 70 his
new home. To fine personal Appearances be
nature that made me love him like . brother.
But I saw evil people gathering around him.
They came up from the saloons from the
gambling hella They piled him with q thou
sand arts. They seized upon bis social ma
ture, and he could not stand the charm.
They drove him on the rocks like Q ship full.
winged, shivering on the breakers y used
TO huuIOuisu uun. = WSAAA NY ssS" :
wish you would quit these bad habits and
become a Christian" "Oh," he would reply,
~ would like TO. would like to, but I have
gone so far / don't think there 10 any way
back In his moments Of repentance b.
would 20 homs and take his little girl oil
eight ears, aud embrace her convulsively,
and cover ner with adornments and strsw
around her pictures and toys and avery thing
that could make her happy; and then, a.
though bounded by an evil spirit be woulc
20 out to the eniaming cup and the house o.
shame, ike . fool 70 the correction OF IN
stockL
I was summoned 10 his deathbed:
has.ensd. ! entered the room. ! found him
to my surprise, lying In full every day dres
on the top OF the clothes. I put out my hant
He grasead IL excitedly and said, "5tt down,
Mr.. Tanca.e, right here" I sat down HI
said: Last night I saw my mother. who hal
been dead twenty years. and she sat just
where YOU sit now. It was no dream. I wal
wide awsxe. There was no delusion In thu
matter. saw her just As plainly ss ! 81
you. Wife, I wish you would take thdsi
strings OF Of me There are strings spur
all around my body. I wish you would
take them OF Of ms" / saw h wa do
hrium.
"Oh," replied bis wife, my dear, there d
nothing there, there Il nothing there" 81
went on, and said; 'tJust where you sit Mr.,
Talmsgs, my mother at. She said: Henry
I Go wish you would do better got out Of
bed, put my arms around her. and said
Mother, I want to do better. have bser