Connecticut western news., 1895-12-12

--a--s.s-- xI.S.sa ldersrano young folks faTherewas a-grea: Sunday school Ianniversary, and there we're thousands of hsldren psesent--in-. deed all the sSunaays schools of the town were fh ashe 6SfdfnE, and it was very Iurscarfous and fnli of distur6hnce.f ftnd \ the, ;presidfng' officer on thes oocasion51 icAano foewardatmd in a very f6ut5 toae sh86ted ,s4SiienceI'' and the more noise t6s spaeAfding EofRce made, ethe' more ndiBefSh children made. Some ene eiso-- rose on the platform. ana came forward and with moro stentorfan voice sho outed, "Silence in and esnprearfose- to1great-ai err height, and it did seem asif-there wculdq be, almost . riot and the police ! have to be called in. when old -Dr. Bea- man, his hair white as the driven snow, said. Let me try my hand" " So he came forward with a slow step to the front of 'the5 pldtftnm. and when the., children s6w thSsSenerabie man and thee white hair, they thought they would hush up that instant and hear what the old man had to say. He said: Boys, want to make bargain with you. If you win be Still now, while B speak, when youget to De as old as an, Fwilf be as' still az a mouse" There was not another whisper that afternoon. He was as much a boy as any of them. Oh, in these approaching holidays, let us turn back our natures toNwhat they were years ago and be boys aSaiHABd Sirls; again and make ailsienr> 4konaes -Aabpy.a God will hold you responsible for the influence you now exert, and 1t will be very bright and very pleasant if some winter night, when we are sleeping un- der the blankets of snow, our children 4hAlr ride Alosg in thesmHzfy pasfy sfIds. lhSaiux s1nSnhS SxScs int osG Gae e(nnity, si6dkss 0Hs6hdtsay, SThefe sleep thsFbest f6fh3rs anzasin6aher thAtUvetmader1fha fhappySn year. ''sl Arnf yourself NRAinsts the3es isu6Sta&ioas 6f Becenbes, l6nt1fys td Fessusry laticn wial ebmwsuy yuus in the form of an angel of light.
 know that the poets represent satan as horned and hoofed. yIfgIwere poet [ and I were going to pietnre satan, I would represent him asaashaman being, with mariners polished to tbe last perfec- tion, half falling ih sefacefuE Hnglets, eye little bloodshot, but floating in bewitching languor, hand soft and dia- monded. foot; exquisiteiy sshaPed, ,gyoiees. mellow as a flute, breath perfumed az though ildt1iings badt ever stnndhed ethos lips but balm of a thousand flowers, conversation facile, carefully 'toneds and Frencby. But would have the heart incased with the scales of monster and bave it stuffed with,sll tpiids and tbsast- hness of desire and hypocrisy and death, and then I would have it touched with the rod of disenchantment until the eyes beeAhethe -.sld erbs of the adder. and to the lip should come the foam of rag ing intoxication,y and to- the foot the spring of the panther, and to the soft hand the change that would make 1t the clammy hand of the wasted skeleton, and then would suddenly have the heart break ont in unquehchable flames, and the. affected lisp of the tongue be-l come the hiss of the worm that never dies. But t'until disencharited, ringleted and diamonded and flute voiced and conversation facile, carefully toned and Frenchy.
 Words of Warning.
 Oh, what a Beautiful thing it is to see young man standing up amid these temptations of city life. .ihoorrnpt while, hundreds are fallingl will tell your history. You will move infespeotable circles all your days. and some day friend of your father will meet you and say "Good morningi Glad to see you. You seem to be prospecting. You look like your father for all the world. I thought you would turn out we'll when I used to hold you on my knee. If you ever want any help or any advice, come to me. As long as I remember your fa- ther I'll remember you. Good morn ing. That will be the history of hun dreds of these young men. How do I know it? I know it by the way you start. But here'ssa young nean>wh takes esepposise. to1te. peices 6f sin ch4rm AfhAway. .HB reads bad boots, nahsles fin sbad sbeiety. The glow fasl gen esfrom ihis eheek;-and Nhe sr4rkle afun1a hiss eyes and tths purity from iiss '.xoul. BvwnI he goes, little by little. The people who saw him when he came to town while yet hovered over hishead the blessing of pure mothers prayer and there was on his lips the dew of a pure sisters kiss, now asa they see him pass cry, "What an awful wreck i' Cheek bruised i'll grogshop fight. Eye bleared with sipation. Lip swollen
 with indulgences. Be careful what you say to him; for trifle he would take your life. ea- a
 Lower down, lower down until, out cast of Godiantf man, ,1hs lies ihithekasy- lum, blotch of loathsomeness and pain. One moment he calls for God and then he calls for rum. He prays, be curses, he laughs as fiend 1anghs, then bites his nails into the quick, then puts his >tsanSis etlirduah ahe l ;irA hanSiAg around his head like the mane of wild beast, then shivers until the cot shakes, with unutterable terror, then with his fists fights back the devils, or clutches for serpents that eeeIn to wind iaroand him their awful folds, then asks for wa ter, which iB instantly consumed on his cracked lips. some mdsning the sur geon- going his rounds will find him dead. 'De not try to comb out of frush back the matted locks Straighten out the limbs, wrap him ina sheet, put him in a box, and let two men carry him down to the wagon at the door. With piece of chalk write on top of the box the name of the destroyer and the destroyed. Who is it? It is you, oh. man, if, yielding to the temptations of a dtsstpHted life, you go out and perish. There is way that seemeth bright and fair and beautiful toA man, but the end thereof is deAth. sfmploy these long nights of ,Deeehiber ,sJ January ana Feb ruary in high pursuits, in intelligent socialities, in innocent amusements, in Christian work. Do not waste this win ter, for soon you will have. seen your
 last snow show CT and have gone up into the companionship of him whose raj ment ia white as sfioyx1 xx hifer i1a |, any