The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-09

nal destiny of hundreds Of men ia this
audience
Then, the winter has especial
temptations in the fact that many
homes arc peculiarly unattractive at
this season In the summer months
the young man can sit out on the
steps, or he can have a bouquet in the
vase on the mantel, or, the evening
being so short, soon after gaslight he
wants TO retire anyhow. But there
are many parents who do not unuer-
stand how 60 make the long winter eve
nings attractive 10 their children. 1t
Is amazing to me that so many old
people do not understand young
people. To hear some Of these par
ents talk you would think they had
never themselves been young. and
had been born with spectacles on. Oh,
it is dolorous for young people to sit
in the house from 2 to ii o'clock at
night and to hear parents groan about
their ailments and the nothingness OF
this worldi 1t took God six days 20
build this world, and he has allowed it
5000 years to hang upon His holy
heart, and this world has shone on
you and blessed you and caressed you
for these so or 20 years, and yet you
dare talk about the nothingness of
this world. Why, it is a magnificent
world l do not believe in the whole
universe there is world equal to it,
except IL be Heaven. You can not ex-
pect your children to stay in the house
these long winter evenings to hear you
Il h 4nY- Il tTlt ID
warmed, shower-baptized, flower
strewn, angel-watched, God-inhabit-
ed planet.
Oh! make your home bright Bring
in the violin or the picture. 1t does
not require a great salary or a big
house, or chased silver, or gorgeous
| upholstery to make happy home. All
! that is wanted is a fathers heart, a
mothers heart, in sympathy with
young folks. l have known a man
with $500 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 princesses
of society, they can never think of
their early home without tears of emo
ton. 1t was to them the vestibule OF
heaven, and all thir mansion now, and
ell their palaces now, can not make
them forget that early place.
You go around your house growing
about your rheumatisms and acting
the lugubrious, and your sons will go
into the world and plunge into dissipa-
ton. They will have their own rheu-
matisms after awhile. Do not forestall
once, and you had your bright and
! joyous times. Now let the young folks
have good time. stood in front of
house, l said to the owner of the
house: This is a splendid tree" He
said, in whining tone: Yes, but it
will fade" / walked around in his
garden and said: This is u glorious
rarden you have" Yes" he said,
but it will perish" Then he said to
my little child, whom / was leading
along: Come and kiss me-" The
child protested and turned away. He
said: ''Oh, the perversity of human
nature" Who would want to kiss
him? / was not surprised to find out
that his only son had become a vaga-
bond You may groan people out of
decency, but you can never groan
them into it, and declare in the pres
ence of these men and women of com
mon sense that it is a most important
thing for you to make your homes
bright if you want sons and daughters
| to turn out we'll.
Alas! that old people so much misun-
derstand young folks! There was a
great Sunday-school anniversary, and
there were thousands of children pres
ent, indeed, all the Sunday -schools of
the town were in the building, and it
was very uproarious and full of dis
turbances, and the presiding officer on
the occasion came forward, and in a
very loud tone shouted, "Silencew
and the more noise the presiding off,
Ger made, the more noise the children
made Some one else rose on the plat
form and came forward, and with
more stentorian voice, shouted, ''Si-
lencem and the uproar rose to greater
height, and it did seem as II there
would be almost riot and the police
have to be called in, when old Dr.
4 Beaman, his hair white as the driven
p snow, said: $50. -: III. Il #s.s4 =
1 Let me try my nand." So he came
forward with slow step TO the front
of the platform, and when the chill
dren saw the venerable man and the
white hair, they thought they would
hush up that instant, and hear what
the old man ha to say. He said: Boys,
/ want to make bargain with you. II
you will be still now, while ] speak,
when you get TO be as old as am
i will be as still as mouse There was