Connecticut western news., 1894-04-12
JUS sun of Gods forgiveness rides on to-

'
 you good morning. Morning of peace
 for all your troubles. Morning of hbera-
 tion for all your incarcerations. Morn
 ing of resurrection for your soul buried
 in sin Good morningl Morning for the
 resuscitated household that has been
 waiting for your return. Morning for
 the cradle and the crib already disgraced
 with being that of @ drunkard's child
 Morning for the daughter that has
 trudged off to hard work because you
 did not take care of home. Morning for the wife who at 40 or 50 years has the wrinkled face, and the stopped shoulder, and the white hair. Morning for one. Morning for all. Good morningi In Gods name good morningi
 BEFORE PITFALLS.
 In our last dreadful war the Federals and the Confederates were encamped on opposite sides of the Rappahannock, and one morning the brass band of the north ern troops played the national air, and all the northern troops, cheered and
 cheered Then on the opposite side of the Rappahannock the brass band of the Confederates played My Maryland" and ''Dixie, and then all the southern troops cheered and cheered. But after awhile one of the bands struck up Home, Sweet Home," and the band on the opposite side of the river took up the strain, and when the tune was done the Confederates and the Federals all together united as the tears rolled down their cheeks in one great huzza, huzzai We'll, my friends, heaven comes very
 near today. It .is only stream that divides us, the narrow stream of death.
 and the voices there and the voices here
 seem to commingle, and we join trum- pets and hosannahs and hallelujahs, and the chorus of the united song of earth and heaven is Home, Sweet Home" Home of bright domestic circle on earth. Home of forgiveness in the great heart of God. Home of eternal rest in heaven. Homei Homel Homei
 But suppose you are standing on 8 crag of the mountain and on the edge of precipice, and all unguarded, and some one either in joke or hate shall run up behind you and push you of. It
 is easy enough to push you of. But who
 would do so dastardly deed? Why, this is done every hour of every day and ev-
 cry hour of every night. Men come to the verge of city life and say: "Now,
 we will just look off. Come, young man, do not be afraid Come near let us look of. !" He comes to the edge and looks and looks until after awhile, satan sneaks up behind him and puts hand on each of his shoulders and pushes him off. Society says it is evil proclivity on the part of that young man. Oh, mol
 He was simply an explorer and sacrificed
 his life in discovery.
 A young man comes in from the coun- try bragging that nothing can do him any harm. He knows about all the tricks
 of city life Why he says, ''did not receive circular in the country telling
 me that somehow they found out was sharp business man, and if would only send certain amount of money by mail or express, charges prepaid, they would send a package with which could make fortune in two months, but did not believe it My neighbors did, but did not. Why, no man could take my money. 1 carry it in 8 pocket inside my vest No man could take it No man could cheat me at the faro table Don't know all about the 'cue box, and the dealers box, and the cards stuck to- gether as though they were one,' and when to hand in my checks? Oh, they can't cheat ma know what I am about, while at the same time, that very moment, such men are succumbing to the worst satanic influences in the simple fact that they are going to observe. l-n11 into haunt of iniquity for the purpose of reforming men and women or for the sake of being able intelligently to warn people against such perils; if, as did John Howard or Elizabeth Fry or Thom- as Chalmers, they go down among the abandoned for the sake of saving them, then such explorers shall be God pro tected, and they will come out better
 than when they went in. But if you go on this work of exploration merely for
 the purpose of satisfying morbid curi- osity will take 20 per cent off your moral character.
 A FERROUS ROAD.
 Sabbath morning comes. You wake up in the hotel You have had longer sleep than usual. You say: "Where am | I? A thousand miles from home? I have no family to take to church today My pastor will not expect my presence. 1 think shall look over my accounts and study my memorandum book Then I will write a few business letters and talk to that merchant who came in on the same train with me" Stopi You
 cannot afford to do it.
 But you say, II am worth $500,- 000." You cannot afford to do it You say, 'T am worth q, 900, 00O." You
 cannot afford to do it All you gain by
 breaking the Sabbath you will lose. You will lose one of three things-your intel
 lect, your morals or your property-and | you cannot point in the whole earth to single exception to this rule. God gives
 us six days and keeps one for himself. Nows if we try to get the seventh, he will upset the work of all the other six. Iremember going up Mount Washing ton, before the railroad had been built, to the TpTop House, and the guide would come around to our horses and stop us when we were crossing a very steep
 and dangerous place, and he would | tighten the girth of the horse and straighten the saddle. And have to tell | you that this road of life is so steep and full of peril we must at least one day
 in seven stop and have the harness of life readjusted and our souls re-equip-
 ped The seven days of the week are
 like seven business partners, and you must give to each one his share, or the
 business will be broken up God is so
 generous with us-he has given you six
 days to his one. Now, here is father
 who has seven apples, and he gives six
 to his greedy boy, proposing to keep one for himself. The greedy boy grabs for
 the other one and loses all the six
 How few men there are who know
 how to keep the Lords day away from homei A great many who are consistent
 on the banks of the St Lawrence, or the Alabama, or the Mississippi are not con-