Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-13

Wy piacc 70 nasty divorce cases and etn
rs Oh crime, which, like cobras, sting
,hose that touch thom. Oh, for more
newspapers Tint put virtue IN what il
e.'lleu great primer type and vice in non
paron OF agatei You have all seen tho
pnosographer'a eceatiyo. He took pic
sure rom 1t 10 Or 30 years aFo. You ask
MN now FOR picture from that same neg
mlNe. dc opens tho great chest contain
ing the black negatives OF 1855 or 1873.
anu ne reproduoes the picture. Young
men, your memory is made up Of tho neg
a.ives OF an immortal photography. All
.iae you see or hear goes into your soul to
make pictures for the future. You will
nnve win you TIL the Judgment day tho
negatives OF oil the bad pictures you have
ever looked at and Of oil Tho debauchsd
scenes you have rad about Show me the
newspapers you tako and tho books Won
read. and will tell you what aro vonr
prospects for well being In this llfe. and
what viii DO your residence l, 600. 600 years
aitor tho star on which we now live shall
nave dropped out Of the constellation.
never travel on Sunday unless ii be a case
OF necessity or rncruy. But last autumn
was In India In city plague struck. BY
the hundreds the pooplo were down with
ieartul illness. We went to the npotho.
cary 8 to get some preventive Of the fever.
ana the place was crowded with inyalids.
ana we had no confidence In the prevent
Two we purchased from tho Hindoos. The
mai train WIS 10 start Sabbath eyenins.
said, Frank, think the Lord will CT
9use us II we got out of this place with the
nrst train, and We took II, not feeling
quito comfortable till we wore hundreds
OF miles away. felt We were right in
flying from tho plague. Well, the air in
many Of our cities is struck through with
worse plague-the plague OF corrupt and
damnablo literature, Get away from 1t as
soon as possible It has already ruined tho
bodies, minds and souls of q multitude
which, IL stood In solid column, would
reach from New York Battery TO Golden
Horn. The plagued Tho plagued
The Fourth Step.
Word tho next: Never go TO any place
where you would be ashamed to die. Adopt
that plan, and you will never 20 to any
evil amusement nor DO found In compro-
missing surroundings How many star
Ting casos within the past few years OF
men called suddenly out OF this world, and
the newspapers surprised US when they
mentioned the locality and the companion.
ship. To put 1t on the least important
ground, you ought not to go to any such
forbidden place, because II you depart this
liic in such circumstances you put ofllclat-
ing ministers in great embarrassment.
You know that some of the ministers he-
lievo that all who leave this life go straight
TO heaven, however they have acted in
this world or whatever they have believed.
To got You through from such surround
ings Is an appalling theological undertake
ing, Ono Of the most arduous and be-
sweating efforts OF that kind that / ever
knew OF was at the obsequies OF q man
who was found dead III snowbank with
his rum jug close beside him. But tho
minister did the work Of happy transfer
ence as we'll as possible, although II did
Seem little inappropriate when no read:
"BloSsed arc the dead who die In the Lord.
They rest from their labors, and their
works do follow them" II you have no
mercy upon yourself, have mercy upon
the minister who may DO called to ofliciate
after your demise. Die at home, or In some
place Of honest business, or where tho
laughter is clean, or amid oompanionships
pure and eleyating. Remember that any
place we go to may become our starting
point for the next world, When wo enter
the harbor Of heaven and the officer Of
that our clearing papers were dated at the
right port,
The Fifth Step.
Word the next: As soon rs you can, by
industry and economy, have n home OF
your own. What 10 l mean by homef
mean two rooms and the blessing OF God
on both Of them-ono room for slumber,
one for food, its preparation and tho par
taking thereof. Mark you, would like
you 10 have n home with 80 rooms, all up
holsterod, pictured and statuetted, but /
am putting II down ut the minimum. A
husband and wife who cannot be happy
with n homo made up Of two rooms would
not DO happy In heaven If thoy got there,
Ho who wins and keeps tho affection Of !
good practical woman has dono glorlously. /
What do | moan by good woman l !
mean one who loved God before she loved |
you. What do mean by practical wom-
nnf l mean one who can help you to earn |
u living, for time comes In almost every
mans life when he IL dung OF hard mis- 1
fortune, and you do not want u weaklinR |
going around the house whining and sniff !
ling about how sho had It before you mar
riod her Tho simple reason why thousands |
of men never get on in the world is be.
cause they married nonentitIos and never
got over 1t. Tho only thing that Jobs |,
wife proposed for his bolls was Il warm
poultioe Of profanity, saying, Course God
and die" 1t adds 10 our admiration of
John Wesley the manner in which he con.
quored domestic unhappiness. His vito
had slandcred him all over England until,
standing in hispulpt in City Road chapel,
he complained to the people, saying 81
have been charged with every crime in
tho catalogue except DRUNKENNESS when
his wiio arose in the back part Of the
church and said, "John, you know you
were drunk last night" Then Wesley ex-
claimed, THANK God, the catalogue Is
When man marries, he mar
rlos for heaven or holl, and it is more so
when woman mHrrics. You six young
men in FRyetto o., had better look out.
The Sixth step.
Word the next; Do not rate yourself too
high. Better rate yourself too low. II
you rate yourself too low, the world will
say, Come up" II you rate yourself too
high, the world will say, "Como down"
II is bad thing when man gets so en-
aggeratod an idea Of himself as did Earl Of
Buchan, whose speech Ballantyno, the Ed
inhurgh pristor, could NOT set up for pub
llcatlon because he had not enough cap
ltal rs among his type. Remember that
tho world got along without you nearly
900 years before you were born, and UNI
less some meteor collides with us or some