Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-02

idiotic he-he about nothing, until the
collation. is served, and then after the
collation. is served going back again into
the parlor to resume the weather, and
then at the close going at a very late
hour to the host and hostess and assur-
ing them that you have had most de-
hghtful evening, and then passing down
off the front steps, the Slam of the door
the only satisfaction Of the evening.
CHOOSE THE BEST SOCIETY.
Oh, vorng man, come from the coun-
try to spend your days in city life, where
are you going to spend Your evenings:
Let me tell you; while there are many
places of innocent worldly amusement,
it is most wise for. you to throw your
boov, mind and soul into Christian soci-
etv. Come to me at the close of five
wears and tell me what has been the re-
suit of this advice. Bring with you the
young man who refused to take the ad-
vice and who went into sinful amuse-
ment. He will come dissipated, shabby
in apparel. indisposed to look any one IN
tho eyes. moral character s. per cent.
off. You will come with principle set
tied. countenance frank, habits good, soul
saved and all the inhabitants Of heaven,
from the lowest angel up TO the arch
angel and clear past him to the Lord
God Almighty, your coadjutors.
This is not the advice Of a misanthrope.
Ill.,. :. ~ ,,,,,, -, tho bo,,ra t0 whom
the world is brighter than 1t is to me. 1t
is not the advice of a dyspeptic-my di-
cestion is perfect; it is not the advice OF
man who cannot understand a joke or
who prefers funeral: it is not the adj
vice of a WORKOUT man, but the advice
of man wlo can see this world in all
its brightness. and. considering myself
competent III Judging what Is good
cheer, I tell the multitudes Of young men
in tnis house this morning that there is
nothing IL worldly association so grand
and so beautiful and so exhilarant as in
Christian society.
know there is a great deal of talk
about the self denials of the Christian.
have to tell YOU that where the Chris
tian has one self denial the man OF the
world rs thousand self denials. The
Christian is not commanded to surrender
anything that is worth keeping. But
what does a man deny himself who de-
MES himself the religion of Christ. He
denies himself pardon Of sin; he denies
himself peace of conscience; he denies
himself the JOY of the Holy Ghost; he
denies himself a comfortable death Pill
low; he denies himself the glories cf
heaven. Do not talk to me about the
sci: denials of the Christian life. Where
there is one III the Christian life there
are thousand in the life of the world.
Her ways are ways Of pleasantness.
Again, find great deal Of religious
sunshine in Christian and divine expla-
nation. To great many people life is
an inexplicable tangle Things ::.zrn out
differently from what wGs supposed.
There is {. useless wolan in perfect
health. There is an industrious and
consecrated woman complete invalid.
Explain that. Taere is bad man with
$50 600 of income. There is good man
with $500 of income, Why is that:
There is foe of society who lives on.
doing all the damage he can, to seventy
five years of age, and here is Christian
father. faithful in every department of
life, at thirty-ive years taken away by
death his family left helpless. Explain
that. Oh. there is no sentence that Of
tener drops from Your lips than this: Il
cannot understand it. l cannot under
stand it.