The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-22

hearts. These times arc not always to con.
tinue. Business is waking up, and the su.
perior knowledge that In this interregnuu
| OF work you may obtain will be worth $780,.
900 OF capital. The large fortunes of the
next twenty years are having their founda.
tons laid now by the young men who are
giving themselves to self Improvement. ]
went into a store Ia New York n saw five
men, all Christians, sitting round, saying
that they had nothing to do. 1t Is an out.
rage for a Christian m an to have nothing to
do. Let him go out and visit the poor, OF
distribute tracts, or go and read the Bible to
the sick. or take out his New Testament and
be making his eternal fortune. Lot him go
Into the back office and pray
Shrink back from idleness in yourself and
In others II you would maintain a right posi-
ton. Good old Ashbel Green at more than
eighty years OF age was found busy writing,
and some young nan said to him: "Why do
you keep busy2 1t is time for you to rest"
He answered, II keep busy to keep out Of
mischief" No man is strong enough to be
Idle.
Are YOU fond of pictures? II 20, l will
show you one of the works OF an old master.
Here It Is: 81 went by the field of the sloth.
ful and by the vineyard of the man void OF
understanding, and 10. 1t was all grown over
with thorns, aud nettles had covered the face
thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.
Then / saw and considered we'll, l looked
upon 1t and received instruction. Yet a III.
tie sleep, a little siumber, a little folding Of
the hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty
come as one that trayeleth and thy want az
an armed man." d don't know OF another
sentence In the Bible more explosive than
that. II first kisses softly, like the fuse of 8
cannon, and at last bursts like a ffty-foui
ponnder. The old proverb was right, "The
devil tempts most men, but idlers tempt the
devil"
vaun0 man oop,a 20 n n,n ~ ,i,at.
years OF age n said to him, "How have
youimade out to live SO long and be so well?''
The old mar took the youngster to an or.
chard, n pointing to some large trees full
Of apples. said, ~ planted these trees when
1 was q boy, and do you wonder that now ]
am permitted to gather the fruit of them?'
We gather In old q what We plant In oru
youth. Sow to the wind, and we reap the
whirlwind. Plant in early life the right
kind of a Christian character, and you will
| eat luscious fruit in old age and gather thest
harvest apples in eternity.
| Iurge YOU to avoid the perpetual pleasure
seeker. l believe in recreation and amuse.
ment. God wocld not have made us with
the capacity to laugh II He had not intended
us sometimes to indulge II. God hath hung
In sky and set In wave and printed on grass
many a ~roundelay, but he who chooses pleas
ure seeking for his life work does not un.
derstand for what God made him. oui
I dI1us5IltDlS dFG luttuutu 10 HelD uB IN some
earnest mission. The thunderelond hath an
edge sxquisitely purpled, but with voice
| that jars the earth 1t declares, 81 go to water
| the green fields" The wild flowers under
the fence are gay, but they say, ave stand
here to make room for the wheatleld and to
refresh the husbandmen in their morning."
The stream sparkles and foams and iroiics
and says: ~ go to baptize the moss. I lave
the spots on the trout. 1 slake the thirst Of
the bird. 1 turn the wheel OF the mill. ,
| rock In nv crystal cradle muckshaw and
water lily" And 30, while the world plays,
1t works. Look out for the maa who always
| plays n never works.
You will do we'll to avoid those whose
regular business X Is to play ball, skate Oh
go a-boating. All these sports are grand In
their places. l never derived so much ad.
vantage from any ministerial association AZ
from a ministerial cluo that went out to play
ball every Saturday afternoon In the out.
skirts Of Philadelphia. These recreation.
are grand to give US muscle and spirits fol
our regular toll. / believe In muscular
Christianity. A man is often not so near God
| with a 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 useful
ness have II n-oyerboard from the yacht
There are men whose business fell through
the ice OF the skating pond and has never
since been heard of. There Is beauty tin
the gliding OF a boat. In the song Of skates
In the soaring OF a well struck ball, and ]
never see one fly but / involuntartly throw
up my hands to catch It, and SO far from lay.
ing an Injunction upon ball playing or any
other Innocent sport, / claim them all as
belonging Of right to those of Us who toll In
tho grand industries of Church and State,
sBut the life business Of pleasure seeking
| always makes IN the end a criminal or a soft,
tGeorge Brummel was smiled upon by all
England, and his life was given to pleasure.
He danced with the peeresses and swung
p round of mirth and wealth and applause
until, exhausted OF purse and worn out Of
body, and bankrupt of reputation. and
ruined of soul, he begged q biscuit from a
Igrocer n declared tina. he thought a dogs
life was better than a mans.
Such men will come into your office, or
crowd around your anvil, or seek to de-
coy you OF. They will want you to break
out In the midst o fyour busy day to take o
ride with them. They will tell you of some
people You must see. OF some excursion that
Iyou must take, Of some Sabbath day that
you ought to dishonor. They will tell you
Of exquisite wines that you must taste, Of
costly operas that you must hear, of wonder
you accept their convoy or their companion
ship remember that while at the end of a
useful life you may be able to look back to
| kindnesses done, to honorable work accom-
iplished, to poverty helped, to a good name
learned, to Christian influence exerted, to a
IBaviour's cause advanced-these pleasure
seekers on their deathbed have nothing bet
ter to review than a torn Playful, a Ticket
for the races, an empty tankard, and the cast
out rinds Of a carousal, and, as in the de-
liIium OF their awful death they clutch the
goblet and press 1t to their lips, the dregs OF
the cup falling upon their tongue will begin
to hiss and, uncoil with the adders of an
| eternal poison.
Again, avoid as you would avoid the death
Of your body, mind n soul any one who
has In him the gambling spirit. Men who
want to gamble will find places lust suited
Ito their capacity, not only In the under
lground oyster cellar or at the table back
pf the curtain covered with greasy cards, or
In the steamboat smoking cabin, where the
bioated wretch with rings in his ears deals
put his pack and wlnks at the transporting
| .raveler-providing free drinks all around
but In giided parlors and amid gorgeous
surroundings.
This sin works ruin, first, by unhealthful
simulants- Excitement Is p~leasurabie.
| Under every sky and In every z men have
sought 1t. The Chinaman gets It by smok-
ing his opium. the Persian by chewing has
heesh, the trapper In a buffalo hunt, the
| milor In a squat, the inebriate in the bottle
and the avaricIous at the gaming table. We
must at times have excitement. A thousand
VOICES IN our nhture uolaAuu lie II Is TiBut.
II is healthful. 1t Is inspiring. 1t is q de-
sire God given. But anything that first
yratihes this appetite and hurls 1t back In a
terrific reaction Is deplorable and wicked.
Look out for the agitation that like a rough
musician In bringing out the tune plays so
hard he breaks down the instrument. Goo
never made man strong enoug to en-
dure the wear and tear of gambling OK
element. No wonder il, after having failed
In the game, men have begun to sweep on
Imaginary gold from the side Of the table.
rhe mar was sharp enough when he started
at the game, bur a maniac Mt the close. AT
every gaming table sit on one side ecstasy.
Enthusiasm, romanee-the frenzy of joy, on
ithe other side. tiereeness. tumGlt. h
| professional gamester schools himself into
apparent Quietpess. The keepers of gamb-
ting rooms are generally fat. rollicking and
obese, but thorough and professional gam
blers, in nine cases out OF ten, are palo, thin,
wheezy, tremulous and exhausted.
A young man, having suddenly Inherited
a large property, sits at the hazard tables
and takes up In a dice box the estate won by
a fathers lifetime sweat and shakes it and
losses 1t away. Intenperance soon stigma
tizes Its victim, kicking him out, a slayenng
TOOL, into the ditch, or sending him, with the
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