The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-30


| lei me- have II right awsy-your soul :
'No," says the young inddel shore are
my gold rings and my pictures; take
hem all "No," says Death; "what
do care for picturesi-your soul"
''Stand back" says the dying inadsl
II viii not stand back" says
Death, ''for you have only
ten seconds now 10 1.-Two, I
want your soul" The dying man
says. Don't breathe that, cold air
into my face. You crowd mo too hard.
II II getting dark in tho room. o GodI"
''Hush, says death; you said there
was no God" s'PrAy for mo, oxclaims
the expiring infidel '.Too late to
pray said Death; .'but three moro
seconds TO live, aud will count them
o6-one-two-throe He has gonel
where9 Wheref Carry him out and
bury him beside his father and mother,
who died while holding fast the Chris-
tian religion. They died singing; but
the young infidel only ssid: Don't
breathe that cold air into my face.
You crowd me too hard. II = getting
dark In the room"
Again, urgo you 10 shun the oom-
panionship Of idlerA There are mon
hanging around every store, and Office,
and shop, who have nothing 10 do, or
act ~ II they had not. They arc apt
70 come In when the firm arc away,
and wish to engage you In converse
tion while you arc engaged In your
regular employment Politely suggest
to such persons that you have no time
TO give them during business hours.
Nothing would please them so well ~
to have you renounce your occupation
aud associate with them. Much of the
time they lounge around the doors Of
engine houses, or after the dining
hour stand upon tho stops Of fash
ionable hotel or an elegant restau-
rant, wishing to give you the idea
that that Is the place whore they dine.
But they do not dine there. They are
sinking down lower and lower, day by
day. Neither by day or night have
anything to do with idlers. Before you
admit man into your acquaintance
ask him politely: "What do you do
for living?r II he says, Nothing, I
am a'gentleman," look out for him
He may have very soft hand, and
very faultless apparel, and have
high-sounding family name, but his
touch Is death. Before you know 1t,
you will in his presence be ashamed of
your work dress. Business will be-
come to you drugery, and after awhile
you will lose your place, and after
ward your responsibility, and last of
all your soul Idleness is next to viii
lainy. Thieves, gamblers, burglars,
shoplifters and assassins are made
from the class who have nothing to do.
When the police go to hunt up and ar
rest culprit, they seldom go to look
in at the busy carriage factory, or be-
hind the counter where diligent clerks
are employed, but they go among the
groups of idlers. The play is going
on at the theater, when suddenly
there is scuffie in the top gallery.
What Is il? A policeman has come
In, and, leaning over, has tapped
on tho shoulder of a young man,
saying: II want you, SIR" He has not
worked during the day, but somehow
has raked together shilling or twot to
get into the top gallery. He is an
idler. The man on his right hand is
an idler, and the man on his left hand
Is an idler.
urge you to avoid the perpetual
pleasure-seeker. I believe in recrea-
ton and amusement. God would not
have made us with the capacity to
laugh il He had not intended us some-
times to indulge it. God hath hung in
sky, and set in wave, and printed on
grass many roundelay; and he who
choose pleasure-seeking for his life
work does not understand for what
God made him. Our amusements are
intended TO help us in some earn
est mission. The thunder cloud
hath an edge exquisitely purpled,
but with voice that jars the earth
1t declares: II go to water the green
fields" The wild flowers under the
fence are gay, but they say: "We stand
here to make room for the wheat field,
and to refresh the husbandmen in their
morning" The stream sparkles and
foams and frolics and says II 90 to
baptize the moss. leave the spots on
the trout I slake the thirst of the
bird. turn the wheel of the mill. I
rock In my crystal cradle muckshaw
and water lily" And so, while the
world plays, it works. Look out for
the man who always plays and never
works.
You will do well to avoid those whose
regular business it is to play ball, skate
or 60 a-boating. All these sports are
grand in their places. Inever derived
SO much advantage from any ministe-
rial association as from a ministerial
club that went out to play ball every
Saturday afternoon in the outskirts of
Philadelphia. These recreations are
grand to give us muscle and spirits for
our regular toll believe In muscxlar
Christianity. A man IL often not 30
near God with q weak stomach
as when he has strong digestion.
But shun those who make 1t their
life occupation to sport. There
are young men whose industry and
usefulness have fallen overheard from
the yacht. There are men whose bust
uasa fall throy1O oh the ica NJ the ALA tiu0