The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-12-20

/ heen within the four walls of an insane
; asylum. These long winter evenings
: be careful where you spend them
This winter will decide the Temporal
and eternal destiny OF hundreds o.
: men in this audience.
! Oh! make your home bright. Bring
] in the violin or the picture. 1t does
! not require a great salary or big
house, or chased silver, or gorgeous
upholstery to make a happy home. All
that is wanted is fathers heart, a
mothers heart, in sympathy with
young folks. / have known man
with seven hundred dollars salary,
and he had no other income, but
he had a home so happy and
bright, that, though the sons have
gone out and won large fortunes, and
the daughters have gone out into
splendid spheres, and become princessea
of society, they can never think OF that
early home without tears of emotion.
1t was to them the vestibule of Heaven,
and all their mansions now, and all
their palaces now, can not make them
forget that early place. Make
your homes happy. You go around
your house growing about your rheu.
matisms and acting the lugubrious,
and your sons will go into the world
and plunge into dissipation. They will
have their own rheumatisms after
awhile. Do not forestall their misfor-
tunes. You were young once, and you
had your bright and joyous times.
Now let the young folks have a
good time. stood in front of
house and said to the owner
of the house: "This is splendid
tree" He said, in VIKING tone: Eyes,
but it will fade" walked around in
his garden, and said: This is a glo-
rious garden you have" "Yes," he
said, ''but it will perish" Then he said
to my little child, whom was lead
ing along: ''Come and kiss me-" The
child protested and turned away. He
said: ''oh, the perversity of hui.
man nature!" Who would want tn
kiss him? 1 was not surprised to
find out that his only son had become
a vagabond You may groan people
out of decency, butyou can never groan
them into it, and declare in the pres.
ence of these men and woman of COM
mon sense that it is most important
thing for you to make your homes
bright if you want your sons and
daughters to turn out well.
Oh, what beautiful thing it is to be
a young man standing up amid these
Of city life incorrupt while
fo11 II toll
your history. You seem to be prosper
ing; you look like your father for all
the world; | thought you would turn
out well when I used to hold you
on my knee; if you ever want
any help or any advice, come
TO me; as long as remember
your father I'll remember you. Good
morning." That will be the history Of
hundreds of these young men. How
10 l know it? know it by the way
you start. But here's a young man
who takes the opposite route; voices of
'in charm him away. The glow has
rome from his cheek and the sparkle
rom his eye, and the purity from his
'oul. Down he goes, little by little. The
people who saw him when he came to
own while yet lowered over his head
he blessing of a pure mothers prayer
md there was on his lips the dew of a
,ure sisters kiss, now as they see him
,ass cry: ''What an awful wreck ~
heck bruised in grogshop fight. Eye
cleared with dissipation. Lip swollen
With indulgences. Be careful what you |
ay to him, for a trife he would take
our life Lower down, lower down, ,
ntil, outcast of God and man, he lies ;
n the asylum, blotch of lonesome ,
ess and pain. One moment he calls !
or God and then he calls for rum. He /,
rays, he curses, he laughs as fiend !
aughs, then bites his nails into the :
uick, then puts his hands through the Z
air hanging around his head like the
lane of wild beast, then shivers un- !
IL the cot shakes, with unutterable :
error, then with his fists fights back !,
he devils, or clutches for serpents that I
eem to wind around him their awful
bids, then asks for water which is in
family consumed on his cracked lips.
Some morning the surgeon going his O
ounds will find him dead. Do not try $
D come out or brush back the matted $
'cks. straighten out the limbs, wrap Ii
i'm in sheet, put him in box, and i,
It two men carry him down to the n
,agon at the door. With piece Of e
halk write on top of the box the name 4
the destroyer and the destroyed. E,
Vho is 1t? 1t is you, oh, man, II, q
ielding to the temptations of dis, g
pated life you go out and perish! 4
here is a way that seemeth bright .,
nd fair and beautiful to a man, but n
ne end thereof is death. Employ :,
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