The Green Forest tribune., 1894-10-18
OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Our Sunday School is not being
attended by our citizens as it should
be. On Sunday morning there can
be seen on our streets and corners
crowds OF both young and old
men passing their time away in
idleness and yarn" telling. Hav.
ing noticed this so much lately we
feel that it is time to say something;
it is time to ask the fathers ana
mothers of these Gear children to
stop and think. The tell rings
every Sunday morning, the room
is made comfortably warm and III
every way arranged to mako the
hour pleasant and profitable 10 all.
This is all done,too by one OF our
citizens without charge, feeling
that he is fully paid in his effort To
elevate his kind, dischalglng only
his duty us "a citizen of his country;
the spirit Of love tor God and his
tellowman being the only impell-
ing andpromptIng force.
The Superintendent studies his
lesson, spends time in preparing
for the hour that he may be able
to de good tor these llltle boys and
girls, these young men and young
women, by teaching them goou
moral and scriptural truths, thereby
preparing them 10 go out into the
wor d MEN and WOMEN of dignity
OF character, truthful, honest, Der,
virtuous men and women, ready
and fully qualified to fill the high
est positions of trust and to be an
orname ent to society.
All this is done tor the benefit OF
your children, and yon are not
charged one cent for it. Notwilh-
standing these efforts of others to
serve your interest and to do good,
you utterly refuse to accept OF such
blessings, but keep your children
on the streets. My dear mother
take your children to Sunday
school every Sunday morning;
take them with clean hands ana
raise them with clean hearts Ne
impure words or unwhOlesome
lessons are taught them there. No
bad co" pany is found there to
shape their characters and blacken
their future lives. No lessons OF
idIeness are taught there, and the
drinker with his bottle is not pres
ent. Keep your children out of
this idle, loating crowds for this
is the crowd that is damning and
running The young men of our
country to-day.
We are very apt to blame young
men tor icing destroyed, when
we really oughtto to blame the IN
dnences that destroy them.
ldleness is the parent OF drunk
eness and inieets almost every
other sin. Then If you would
have your boys to be sober men,
keep them in sober company and
out OF idle crowds.
Young man, il you are a mem
ber OF this crowd, noW is the time
to sever the link that binds. De
sert this crowd, take your hands
out OF your pockets and 60 to
work. This is the fist step for
you to take to unloso yourseIf
from the strong and destructive
arms of King Alchohol. This is
The first step to be Il man. Be
proud to ambitions and have too
much respect for yonr father and
mo ther to be called u Ioater and a
drnnkard Attend church,
attend Sunday school, and
associate Yourself with that class
Of fpeople who will help you to re-
form and give you u place in
society, i'll business and make You
u man.
Let every father and mother,
every business man in town tarn
out to Sunday School and to church
and take an interest. let u buy
tor the church an organ, organize
good choir, that the services may
be made as interesting rs possible.
The Am merican Furniture a Agcncy,