The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-13
ne his room and sit there from TO !,

and they want sight-seeinC. and thew must
nave It they will have it. ard they ought to
| naVelt, Most OF the men here assembled will
have three or four evenings of leisure on The
winter nights. Afser tea the man puts on
MS hat and coat and he goes out. One form
Oh aiiurement says. "Come in here' Satan
t, omyS Is pest fcr you to go in. You
ought not TO be so green. BY this time YOU
ought to have seen everything" Aud the
temptations shall be mighty in dull times
such as we have had. but which, ] believe
are gone, Tor i hear all over the land the
| prophecy of great prosperity. and the rail
road men and the merchants, they ali tell me
| olthe days OF prosperity thew think are com
ing. and IN many departments they have al-
ready come. and they are going to come
In all departments. but those duII
times through which we have
passed have destroyed a great MANY men
| me question OF u livelihood is with n vast
multitude the great question. There are
young men who expected before this to set
up their household. but they have been dis.
! appointed in the gains they have made.
| Ihey cannot support themselves how con
they support others? And. to the curse of
modern society. the theory is abroad that n
man must not marry until he has achieved
fortune. when the twain ought to start
| the top. ~
That is the old fashioned way, and that
VIII De me new fashioned way If society is
ever redeemed. But during the hard times
the Outlines. so many men were discouraged
so many men had nothing to do-they could
Get nothing to do-a pirate hore down on
me snip when the sails were down and the
Vessel was making no Roadway. People say
they want more time to think The troubIc
IS too many people ha We had too much time
TO think, and il our merchants had not had
iheir minds diverted many OF them would
long before this have been within the fou,
walls OF an insane ASYLUM These long win.
Yer evenings. be- careful where YOU spand
them. This winter will decide the temporal
and eternal destiny OF hundreds of men in
this audience
III the 'act that many homes are peculiarly
uha'tracllVe mt this season. In the summer
months he young man can sit out on the
steps oE he can have bouquet in the vase
on tue mantcl. or. the evenings bein,, ca
snort, soon after gaslight he wants to retire
anyhow But there are mauy parent. who
DO not understand how to make the LONG
winter evenings attractive to taeir children,
i,a i. IS m mmaz,ng to me that 50 many old people
DO not understand young people. To hear
some OF these parents talk you would think
iheS had never themselves been young and
hau been born with spectaces on Oh, il is
noiorouS Tor young people to sit in tho house
from to ii o'clock at night and TO hear nar
"nts groan about their ailments and the
hothlnSness OF this world. The nothinyness
OF this world How dare you talk such
niasphemy? 1t took God six days TO make
this world, and He has allowed il G0OO wears
to hang upon His holy heart, and this world
has shone on You and blessed Won and on,
r"SScd you for these fifty or seventy wears
ana yet you dare talk about tho nothingness
OF this world! Why, it is II magnificent
Wor'o. do not believe in the whole uni
verse there is II world equal to il. ey,ept il
Ds heaven. You cannot expect your emil |
dren TO stay III the house these long winter
evenings to hear you denounce this star |
llShteu. sun warmrt, shower bantiseJ |
Hover strewn. angel watched God inhabit |
ed planet.
Oh. make your home bright Bring in the
violin or the picture 1t does not reuuire n
great salary, ora house, or CHASED, sill,
Il mothers heart. in sympathy with young
folks. j have known II man with 500 sal
airy, and he had no other income but hc had
n home so happy and bright that though
the sons had gone out and won large for
tunes and the daughters have gone out into
splendid spheres and become prnccsses of So
ciety. they can never think OF that early
home without tears OF emotion. 1t was to them
the vcstibule OF heaven. ani all their man
SionS now and all their palaces now cannot
make them forget that early place. Make
your homes happy. You so around your
house growing about you" rheumatism and
acting the lugubrious. an your sons will go
into the world ani plunge into diS~ip1tion
They will have their own rheumatSn,S after
awhile. Do not ior"Stati their miSfCrtunes.
On. what q beautiful thing it is TO see II
young man standing up amid these temp
tations OF city life incorrupt while hundreds
are falling! 1 will tell your history. You
will move in respectable circles all your
davs. and some day u friend o' your father
Will meet you and say Good morning,
Glad 10 see you. You seem TO be prosper
ing. You look like your father 70: all the
world. thought you would turn out
well when / used TO hold You on my
knee. If yon ever want any help or any
advi :" come to me- As long rs remember
your father I'll remember You. Good
morning That will ba the history OF
hundreds o! these Young mon. How do |
know il? ! know it by tho way You
start. But here's Il Young man who takes
the opposite route. Voices Of sin charm him
away. He reads bad books mingles in bad
society. The glow has gone from his cheek,
aud the sparkle from his eve. and tr a. purity
from his soul Down nc goes little by title.
The people who saw him when he came TO
town while yer hoverri over his head the
blessing of a pure mothers prayer and there
was on his lips .he dew Of Il pure sisters
kiss, now as thew see him pass cry, What
an awful wreckr Cheek bruised in grog-
shop fight. Eyo blcarcd with dissipation
Lip swollen with indusenrrs. Be careful
what you say to him for Il trilc Ii" would
take YoHr life.
Lower down. lower down until. ont .ast of
Goi and man. he lies in the asylum. a blotch
OF Loaf hSomenrs> AMI pain. One moment hn
calls for God ani then he calls for rum. Hn
prays, he curses. he laughs IL a iirnd laughs,
then bites his nails into the quick. then puts
his hands through the hair hanging around
his head like tho name Of II wild beast. then
Shivers until the cot shakes, with unuttera-
ble terror, then with his fists fights back the
devils. or clutches for serpentS that seem to
wind around him their awful folds. then asks
for water. which is instantly consumed on
his cracked lips. Some morning the sur
geon going his rounds will find him
dead. Donot try to comb out or brush back
the matted locks. Straightcn out the limbs,
wrap him in II sheet. put him in II box. and
LOT tNyn him down a the "A
the door. With piece of chalk write on
top OF the box the name of the destroyer and
destroyed. VINO is il? 1t is you, oh man.
it, yIelduG 10 the hetcmptations of a dissipated
life you 90 ont and perish There is n way
that secmcth brigh: and fair and beautiful
to q mnn but the end thercOfiS death I'm.