Sharp County record., 1891-04-16


ingrr rg -leee guy men lie l. 4 tl-,l-
anu an sreiamel1 They stare ~
other geunie. ami II turn ara
starred a. The wa1ch-cha-u Iing,es'
The cup ilaus, The cheeks t-lsl. The
ewes iasa. The midnight leurs their
g,1tfaw They swagger. They ICst-s
decent ueu IF the sidewalk They lake
the name gf FGt n vain. They ParcCy
the lvmn -lev .ea-ued I1 lneI' uCtners
5nee. anu 71 IL QiuGIras d coming us
asJer -lev crv luE Who cares I1d
1J -ne counsel Of some Christian -'lenG.
"WhU ara vQut' Passing along the
street sgme lig15 YOU hear j shrleh n
q grggsuuu. the -a-C.e gf the wa1ctl-
man club. the rush li the police. What
IS the maC1er now On, this rech-ess
Young man las been killed n rrrg-
,aup ignL Carry lIm home To 1Is
father, house. Parents vii come 1ow1
anu vasa his wounds, anu close MS eyes
IN ieall. rhev forgive Inn al he ever
liitL although he .un noe N MS silence
ass It. The prDuiga- has got home a5
asst. Mother viii 20 TO her little rar>
den anu ret tie sweetest flowers anu
twist them INTO q chapie5 for the suend
heart Ji the wavward boy, anu push
back rom the ll0a-ed brow the long
LOCKS that we're Jnce her pr,de. And
/ the air viii De r-nt with agony. The
great iramatisJ SAYS, How sharper
I -lan -erpen6s Juutl it s TO have !
. thankless child
/ 20 -urt1er and say -lOse ar= IN
christian amusements whicn become
I the chief business Of . man life. Lie
IS an earnest thing Whether we we're
/ born n a palace 1r luvel; whether we
are adiuenU Jr Dincneu. we have 70
work. Il vOu 10 not sweat with toll,
you viii sweat t0m disease. You nave
q soul chat IS TO be -ransHgured lmlus5
I the Dump 1f ! Judgment day; anu after
I the SEA mas sung It's last chant, anu the
mountain shall have come down III IN
I avalanche li rock, YOU will live anu
think anu act, llgn IN 4 throne where
serapus sing, u deep N j dungeon
/ where demons howl IN q world where
there IS 50 mucn to 10 for yourselves,
anu 50 much TO 10 Tor others, Sod pity
that man vino has nothing to do.
Your sports are merely means to IN
end. They are alleviatiuns and helps.
. The arm Jf toll IS the only arm strong
enough to bring up the bucket Jub 1f
: the deep We'll Jf pleasure. Amusement
IS only the bower where business anu
I philanthropy rest vhileOu their way TO
stirring achievements. Amusements
| lre merely the vines that grow about
| the anvil Jt toll. anu the JlOsSOmlng 0t
hammers. ALas for the nun Who spends
his life II LaboriUus,v iolng nothing, MS
I days n looking up -Ounging places and
I lOungers, his nights IN seeking out some
I gas-,iguted tooierv Ehe man VINO
always las On MS sporting Jacket ready
to hunt for the game in the mountain 1r
lisa in the brook, with no time 70 pray,
OF work, N read, IS not 30 we'll off Is
the greyhound that runs by his side, Ut
the iv bait with which ne whips the
stream
. 3 man who does not work does nos
know now to play. If God had intended
rs to do nothing but laugh He would
not have given rs shoulders with which
y lift, and hands with which to work,
MD Drains with which 10 think. The
amusements Of life are merely the
orchestra playing while the great
tragedy Dt life ptuuges through its five
aets-iniancy childhood, manhood, old
age and death. Then exit the last
earthly opportunity. Enter the over
Wheiming realities Of an eternal world!
/ go further, and say that all those
lmusements are wrong which lead INTO
bad company. If YOU go to any place
where YOU have to associate with the
intemperatc, with the uncieau, with the
abandoned, however we'll they may Je
dressed, in the name OF God quit IL.
They viii despOu your nature. They
viii undermine your moral character.
They will drop YOU when you are de-
5troyed They viii give not one cent
or the support Of your children when
you are dead They will weep not ono
tear at your burial. They viii ahuci1te
over your damnatiou.
saw vayward husband standing
lt'the death-bed Of his Christian wife,
md saw her point to ring on her i'm
ger and heard her say to her husband:
DO YOU see that ringP lie replied:
Yes see it, Wen, said she, do
YOU remember who put it there"
Yes, said he, II put IL there and gll
the past seemed to ush upon him. BY
the memory Of that day, when, IN
he presence OF men and angels you
promised to be faithful in 10y and 5or-
row, and in sickness and health; by
he memory of those pleasant hours
when You sat together IN your new
home talking of 70 bright future; by the
crude and the Joyful hour when one life
was spared and another given; by that
sicl1-bed, when the little one lifted up
the hands and called for help, and YOU
knew he must die, and he put one arm
around each Of your ncclss and brought
you very near together in chat dying
ldss; by the little grave in Greenwood
that younsverthinil of without rush VI
tears; by the family Bible, where,
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