The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-10-17
EAST PROVIDENCE.

AT the Haven Nj. Il. Church yesterday
morning the pastor preached very in
teresting sermon from the text, And III
/ be lifted | will draw all men unto me"
In the evening the house was well filed
TO hear the course from the saying, 81
must sow my wild cats. II confess that
in the world there is more of these say
ings." said the pastor. than we can
imagine. but they are all OF the Devil,
and in after years will burden the con-
science aid cannot be shaken off.
Robert Bushnell says, Put your finger
into dish of water and take IL out and
the impression there made shows about
The impression that you can make on the
young people of to-day
God SAYS, Give ear unto me aud
harken unto my voice. so that in the end
We may hear the angel say, well done
''IJ rs natural for Us TO say, | must sow
my wild oats, We talk about youthful
effervescence. IL is the period when we
are between fourteen ana twenty years
Of age when we are the most likely 20
talk about our wild oats.
1T is between these ages that we are
the most susceptible to siu, and it is
easiest for us TO be led into vices of all
kinds God declare that all things that
are contrary 10 His Laws are sinful
and should not he INDUCED in.
Ii is not necessary for Us to
SOW our wild oats or God would not
have denounced it. IL it was necessary
for us To 90 into all kinds of dissipation
God would have said so in His Word.
There are some who do not enter into
the list Of those who sow their wild oats
in their youth or at any age. But You
to anything. because they were too docile
"fbe wild oats are a species of cats that
Las "A long tia e in the ground before they
mature. so il is with y hiskey. IL is
some time before it makes regular
drunkard. And SO it is wi all the
other vices. So many Of the young peo-
pie think that the way of the right Gus is
hard. This is not so. Ii is the way OF the
sinner that is hard.
"You go TO the theatre to see q tragedy.
You need not 20 there for you can see a
plenty OF tragedys right in this town,
and of the worst Kind caused by those
who are sowing their wild oats.
"The boy who reads all the trash that
is going around has his mind filled with
all kinds of wild romances and will not
be satisfied with anything at home.
bad thoughts are one way OF sowing
wild oats. They corrupt your nina and
in turn corrupt the body and last of all
the heart and soul. Blessed are the
pure in hear, for they shall see God
"A few days ago we had in the papers
n report of a slugging match which some
of the boys in town have tried to initiate
in the slugging part, much TO their dis
grace.
But there is IN that report temper
ated lesson which is worthy OF notice.
As Sullivan looked at the bottle that
some one was about to take drink from
he said, that il what knocked him out.
Booze did il. This is the way he sewed
his wild oats by hard drinking. Boys,
take warning.
"But you say you can make IL all right
You say that these years that you have
spent sowing my wild oats will be wiped
out aud the penalty will all be gone when
you turn To God. lie VIII forgive you;
that is all very true, but you cannot for
get about IL.
"A father once told his boy whenever he
did a bad deed To drive a nail into block.
and soon the block was all covered. Then
the father told the boy when he did u
good deed TO pull out nail, and III due
time the nails were all pulled cut. Then
the boy BEGAN to cry. He said the place
where the nail was still remained. 30 il
is with sin. 1t remains in the mind, and
nothing can wipe it out.
parents make pleasant home for
your children while they are young DO
not drive them off to the neigh bors or out
ilto the streets to find amuscments tor in
most cases they will find that amusement
that will be destructive to the mind aud
soul. Many of the parents belong to so
many societies that they are out every
evening i'm the week aud have no time TO
spend with their children and they are
left To themselves.
"You must give them society and while
they are young you can choose their so
ciety for hem and save them rs we'll as
yourselves many heart ache.
you, young people who have not taken
up sowing your wild oats, God help YOU
not TO begin. Keep your mind busy wi h
thoughts that are pure, with pure read
ing such as will be elevatiug % the mind
"Iu these idle moments Is when the devil
comes in aud does his work. Col help
you TO keep your mind and thoughts
pure"
At the station this morning there were
three boys who were caught stealing
fruit at Moore's place on Pawtucket
avenue. They all plead guilty. They all
were very severely reprimanded by the
Judge and fined each al and costs,
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