The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-16

more 70 his cheek Farewell young nlau
You have probably started on the long ROAD
which ends in consummste destruction
The stars Of hope vii go cot on'
bv one. until you viii he left in uttel
aa-kuess. Hear you not the rush Of the
rnaeIstron, il whose outer circle your boat
now dances, making merry wiki tie whirl-
ing watsrsi But you are being drawn II,
and the gentle motion viii be terrific aglrs'
non. You CRY for help In vainl You
nil at the oar to put back. but tie struggle
will not avail! You viii be tossed and
dashed. and shiDErecked and swallowed ia
the whirlpool that has already crushed II
its wrath ten Thousand hulks.
Young men who have just come from
country residence 70 city residence viii do
well to Be on guard aud let 10 one induce
you 10 places n improper amusement II
is nightly slluring When a young man,
long a citizen, offers to show new conner
al around
Still fdrther; those emusements are wrong
which lead you into expenditure beyond
your means. Money spent in recreation is
not thrown away. Il Is all folly for Us 70
come from g place Of amusement feeling
that we have wasted cur money aud time.
You NAV by Il have made an investment
worth more than the transaction that
Welded you hundreds or thousands Of dol
lars. But how many properties have been
riddlsd BY costly amusements-
The first time ever saw the city-it was
the city Of Philadslphia-I was 8 mere lad
/ stopped at q hotel, aud remember in the
even-tidc one Of thsss men Piled me with
his internal srt. He saw I was green. He
wanted % show me the sights Of the town.
He tainted the path Of sin until Il looked
ike emerald: but / was afraid Of him.
showed back from the basilIsk-I made up
nv mind be was q basilisk. / remember
how be vheelsd bis chair IN front Of me.
effort, attempted 70 destroy nv soul; but
there were good angels in the air that night
Il was no good resolution on my part, but
il was the ell-encompasEing grace Of
good God that delivered me- Be
Ezrel bsEArel o. young men.
There is way that seemesh
right unto q man, but the eod thereof is
death The table has been robbed to pay
the club. The champagne has cheated the
has burned up the boys primer. The table
clo.h Of the corner saloon 10 in debt TO the
wIfs's faded dress. Excursions that in
day make tour around q whole months
wages: ladies whose lifetime business it is
TO go shoppiDg;;H large bets on horses,
have their co1utsrpsrrs in uneducated chill
dren, bankruptcies that shock the money
market and appal the church, and that send
drunkenness staggering across the richly
figured carpet Of the mansion, and dsshiDg
into the mirror, and drowning out the carol
OF music with the whoOping Of bloated
sons come home 70 break their old mothers
heart.
l saw beautiful home, where the bell
rang violently late at night. The son had
been Of in sinful indulgences. His CON-
redss were bringing him home. They car
risd him TO the door. They rang the bell
a. O'Clock in the morning. Father and
mother came down. They were waiting
for the wandering son. and then the com
redes, as soon as the door was opened
threw the protigal headlonE into
ths doorway, crying, There he
Is, drunk as fool Hs, hap When
n1sn 90 into amusements that they can
not afford, they first borrow what they
cannot earn, aud then they steal what they
caunot borrow. First they 20 into embar-
Tassment. and then into lying, and then into
theft; and when a man gets as far on as
that, ne does not stop short Of the peni-
Tertiary. There IS not q prison in the land
where there are not victims Of unsanctifed
guussments.
Merchant Of Brooklyn, or New York, is
there q disarrsDgement in your accountsl
Is there a isaksgs IN your money drawerl
DID Dol tire cash account come out right
lzst nigbti / viii tell you There Il q young
nan IL your store wandering of into bad
EuussDs1ts. The salary you give him may
Dssf lawful expenditures, but not the sin
f. ind1lgeDcas in which be has entered,
a-d be takes by theft that which you do not
give him IN "a wful salary.
How brightly the path Of unrestreined
snu5sDeut opens. The young man says.
"SOw / am OF for good time. Never
zlnd ecoDomy, I'll get money somehow.
What 3 fine road. What beautiful day
for ride! Crack the whip. and over the
turnpike! Come, boys, fill high your
glasses. Drink! Long life. health, plenty
q ri1ss just like thisln Woodworking men
bsar the clatter of the hoofs, and look up
and say, why, l wonder where those fell
lows get their money FRONT We have to
toll and drudge. They do nothing TO
thsse gay men life is q thrill and an excite
ment They stare at other people, and in
turn are stared at. The watch chain jingles.
The cup foams. The cheeks flush. The
eyes fash. The midnight hears their
guffaw. They swagger. They jostle de-
cent men of the sidewalk. They take the
name Of God in vain. They parody the hymn
they learned at their mothers knee; and to
all pictures of coming disaster they cry out,
"Who caresl" and to the counsel of some
christian friend, "Who are your Passing
along the street some night, you hear
shrek In grogshop, the rattle of the watch
mans club, the rush of the police. What is
the matter nowi o, this reckless young
man has been killed in a grogshop fight.
Garry him home to his fathers house.
Parents will come down aud wash
his wounds, and close his eyes in death.
They forgive him all be ever did, although
he cannot in his silence ask it, The prodi-
gal has got home at last. Mother will go
to her little garden, and get the sweetest
flowers, and twist them into a ehaplet for
the silent heart Of the hayward boy, and
push back from the bloated brow long locks
that were once her.pride. And the air will be
rent with the agony. The great dramatist
says "How sharper than serpents tooth
it is to have a thankless child"
/ go further, and say those are I'M
christian amusements which become the
chief business Of a mans life. Life is an
earnest thing. Whether we were born in
palace or howell; whether we are aff1uent or
pinched, we have to work. II you do not
sweat with toll, you will sweat with dis
ease. You have soul that is to be trans
figured amidst the pomp of a judgment
day; and after the sea has sung its last
chant, and the mountain shall have come
down in an avalanche of rock, you will live
and think and act, high on a throne where
seraphs sing, or deep in dungeon where
demons howl In world where there is so
much to do for yourselves, and so much 20
do for Others, God pity that man who has
nothing to do.
Your sports are merely means to an end.
They are alterations and helps. The arm
Of toll is the only arm strong enough to