The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1892-02-20
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other boys he may meet through life
with the tendency of the age now tt
make money fast? Can he resist the
influence of the boys who drink anC
with whom he plays, keep from going
into the adjoining room, the saloon
If not to take q drink of liquor the
first time, drink of lemonade or a
cigar
How many times will he go before
he takes the liquor? Not often. Evil
communications corrupt good man
ners." Birds of a feather will flock
together. 1 have gone over the road
l know what am talking about, it is
no experiment.
A majority of the preachers are not
in this club. So far as l have talked
with the majority they say they are
afraid of it. / could give thousand
reasons from my personal knowledge
and experience, but it would make
this too long.
The weakest argument in favor of
| the club was made to me yesterday
by one of these preacher. Here it Isl:
"a boy might go from the Sunday
saloon or a gambling house." My
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either of the above places from les
sons he has learned in either the
prayer-meeting or Sunday-school? If
they have this tendency they ought
to be stopped. and stopped forthwith.
l will say to the preacher, the boy
might go to those places after hear
ing him preach, and if his preaching
has this tendency, 1 advise him to
quit preaching.
Another thing object to is this, a
poor boy cannot enter, at least cannot
enter and be locker on without be-
coming a member, paying ten dol
lars. This is fact, unless the terms
have been changed. Twill add poor
boy, aresident.ofF Frankfort. Outsiders
and representatives are admitted
free to hold the Capital here.
If the preacher will take the mon
ey spent here and distribute it among
the poor, spending the time he is
wasting in the club room distributing
this money, taking the poor boys by
the hand, speaking just one kind word
to each, don't you think there would
be vast deal m ore good done towards
saving the boys? Go out in the high
ways and byways, letting the boys
see you feel and have a personal in
terest in them.
This same preacher told me this
club was saving the boys. told him
1 knew some of the club boys who
had gone off to saloons and debauch-
cry and now for him to show boy he
had or the club had redeemed from
the saloon and debauchery. If he
would or could, would join it and
try and make it a reformatory for
the lost boys, throwing in my spare
time, but if did l would burn every
billiard table and the ten pins and
the gang way Of the ten pins.
Preachers don't get mad with me.
implore you, first for your own good,
then for the good of the souls of the
boys and the influence over your sur
roundings. You are talked about,
your influence is waning gradually
away. Go to our churches to-day and
look around for the boys. Where
are they? mean the boys sixteen
years old and over. You will find them
on Sundays on the street corners or in
the offices ofthe hotels or other places.
Where are they at prayer-meeting |
time? In the Opera or the ballroom or
other places. Cannot this be helped? 1t |
can. 1t may not be done of a sud-
den. am working on that line and
have made wonderful progress on
several.
I do not wish to get in any contro-
rersy over this. You know am |
light, but if the fight must come I
will handle it without gloves.
Yours truly,
JOHN E. MILES.