The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-25

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I wonder II there were "A rotten beam iT
I that palace. I should not wonder II Goo
/ should smite him with dire sicknesses
and pour into his cup a bitter draughl
I that viii thrill him with UNDESIRABLE
! agony. ] should not wonder If that man
I children grew up 10 be TO him a dis
I grace, and 10 make his life a shame.
/ should not wonder il that man died a
] dishonorable death. and were tumbled into
/ a dlshonoraole grave ana then went lItc
I the gnashing Of teeth. The way OF the
/ ungOdIy shall perish.
] Oh. young man, you must have industry
] OF head, or hand. or foot. or perish. Do
not have the idea that you can get along
I IN the world by genius The curse OF this
I country to-day in geniuses-men with
I large self-cOncelt and nothing else The
man who proposes to make MS living by
his wits probably has not any, / should
rather be an OK, plain and plOdding and
/ useIll1 tlan 10 De an eagle, mig n-nylnB ana
good-fOr-nOthing but TO pick cut the eyes
OF carcasses. Even in the Garden Of
Eden IL was not safe for Adam 10 be
idle, so God made him an hOrticulturist;
ana II the married pair had kept busy
dressing the vines. they would not have
been sauntering under the trees, banker
eIlnS AFTER Trult that ruined them ana
. their pOsterityi Proof positive of the fact
that when people do not attend to their
business they got into mischief. Go to
the ant, thou sluggarf; consider her ways
anc be wise; which, having no overseer
or guide, prOvideth her food in the sum-
mer and gathereth her meat In the har-
vest satan Is roaring lion, and you
can never destroy him by gun or pistol
or sword. The weapons with which you
are TO beat him back are pen, and type
and hammer and adze, and saw. and
plckaNe, and yardstick, and the weapon
OF honest toll. Work, work, or die
another safeguard than ! want 10 pre-
sent 10 young men Is "a high ideal OF life
Sometimes soldiers going into battle shoot
mo the ground instead OF into the hearts
OF their enemies. They are ant to take aim
too low. and it is very often that the
captain, going into conflict with his men,
VIII cry out. Now, men, aim high" The
TACT Is that in life a great many men take
no ann at all. The artist plans out his en-
tire thought before he puts il upon canvas
before he takes up the crayOn or the CHS
el. An architect thinks out the entire
building before the WOrkmen begin. AL
though everything may seem TO be unor-
ganized, that architect has in his mind
every Corlnthian column every Gothic
arch, every byzantine capital a poet
thinks out the entire plot of his poem be-
lore he begins to chime the cantOs OF tink-
ling rhythms. And yet there are a great
many men who start the important struc-
ture of life without knowing whether il is
going to be a rude Tartar's hut, or a st.
Marks Cathedral. and begin TO write out
the intricate poem of their life without
knowing whether ii is to be a Homer's
odyssey or rhymester's bOtch. out
OF one thousand, nine hundred and ninety
nine have no life-plOt. Booted and spurred
and caparisoned, they hasten along, and
l run out and say: Halo mani Whittier
awayE' Nowhere they say. oh. young
man, make every day $ duty filling up
of the great life-plOt. Alas that there
should be on this sea of life so many ships
that seem bound for no port. They are
swept every whittier by wind and wave,
up by the mountains and down by the val
leys. They sail with no chart. They gaze
on no star. They long for no harbor. OH
young man, have nigh ideal and press
to il, and it Will be a mighty safeguard.
There never were grander opportunities
opening before young men than are open
ing now. Young men of the strong arm,
and of the stout heart. and of the bound
ing step marshal you to-day for great
achievement.
Another safeguard is a respect for the
Sabbath Tell me how a young man spends
his Sabbath and / well tell you what
are his prospects in business, and l will
tell yo what are his prospects for the
eternal world. God has thrust into our
busy life a sacred day when we are to
look after our souls Is II eXorbitant,
after giving six days to the feeding and
God should demand one day for the feed
ing and clothing of the immortal soul?
our bodies are seven-day clocks and
they need to be wound up, and If they
are not wound up they run down into
the grave. No man can continuously break
the Sabbath and keep his physical and
they will tell you they never knew men
who continuously broke the Sabbath who
did not fail in mind, body, or moral prin-
ciple. manufacturer gave this as his
experience He said 81 owned a fac
tory on the Lehigh. Everything pros
pered. l kept the Sabbath, and every
morning 1 bethought myself of new
shuttle, and l thought 1 would invent
that shuttle before sunset; and l refused
all food and drink until l had completed
that shuttle. By shutdown | had COM
pleted 1t. The next day, Monday,
showed TO my workmen and friends this
new shuttle. They all congratulated me
on my great success. l put that shuttle
into play. l enlarged my business but,
sir, that Sundays work cost me $4,000.
From that day everything went wrong.
] failed in business, and lost my mill"
Oh, my friends, keep the Lords day.
You may think it old-fogy advice, but
give Il to you now: Remember the Sab
bath day ana keep 1t holy. Six days
shalt thou labor and do all thy work;
but the seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord
thy God; in it thou shalt not do any
work" A man said that he would prove
that all this was a fallacy, and so he said:
Il shall raise a Sunday crop" And he
ploughed the field on the Sabbath, and
then he put in the seed on the Sabbath
and he cultivated the ground on the Sab
bath: When the harvest was was ripe rp oa ne
ried 1t into the NOW on the Sabbath,
and then he stood out defiant to his Christ
ian neighbors and said: There, that is
my Sunday crop, and it is all garnered."
After awhile storm came up, and a
great darkness. and the lightnings of
heaven struck the barn, and away went
his Sunday crop.
There is another safeguard that l want
to present. l have saved il until the last
because l want 1t to be the more en-
young man Is the Christian religion.
Nothing can take the place of it. You
may have gracefulness enough to put to
the blush Lord Chesterfield you may
have foreign languages dropping from
your tongue, you may discuss laws and
literature, you may have pen of I'M
equaled polish and power. you may have
so much business tact that you can get
the largest salary in a banking house,
you may be as sharp as Herod and as
strong as Samson, and with as long locks
as those which hung Absalom and yet you
have no safety against temptation. Some
of you look forward to life with great
dependency. 1 know it. l see it in your
faces from time to time. You say: "All
the occupations and professions are fun,
and there's no chance for me-" OH
young man, cheer up, | will tell you how
you can make your fortune. Seek first
the kingdom of God and his righteous
ness, and all other things will be added
/ know you do not want to be mean in
this matter. You will not drink the
brimmng cup of life, and then pour the
dregs on Gods altar. To a generous Saw
Jour you will not act like that; you have
not the heart to act like that. That is
not manly. That is not honorable. That
is not brave. Your great want is a new
heart, and in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ | tell you so to-day, and the blessed