The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-06-12

name, but hlH touch D. death, heln.n N'.
know q you will in hia presence Pc hshh'n'l
% your work drcas. Business Wih bee9ln,
10 you drudgery, aud after awhila you wu
lose vour pIaee. and alterWard your rftprci-
ability. and last 0t all your s0uL ldirneaa
Is next door 90 yillnInv Thieves, gamblers
harelnrn. shapAnrr and naslmine are made
from ths class who have nothing 90 90.
When the police 90 90 hunt Pap ana arrest %
eulnrlt they seldom 60 20 look ln at the busy
earrlnga factory or behind the counter where
diieont clerks aro employed, out they 80
among the groups OK idieu. The play a Ro-
ing on a. tAe theatre. when suddenly thora
is a sculle IN the top gallery What IS M
A policeman haH come in, and leaning over
has tapped on the shoulder Of young man,
saying, az want you, sir" He has not
worked surlng the day, but somehow
has raked together shilling or two 10 get
into tho top gallery. He is an idler Tho
man on his right hand is an idlor, and the
man on HIS left hand isnn idler
During the past few years there has been n
great deal Of dizziness In business. Young
men have complained that they have little
10 do. Ii they have nothing else 30 do they
can read aud improve their minds and
hearts, These times are not always % con-
tinuo. Business 90 waking up, and the su-
pari0r knowledge that IN this intouognum
81 work you may obtain win be- worth s5)-
600 Of CAPITAL The large fortunes Of tho
next twenty years Rro having their f1undn-
ti0ns laid now by the young mon who are
giving themselves 90 self improvement. /
went into a store Ia New York and saw FIVE
men, all Christians, sitting round, saying
that they had nothing % do. 10 Is an OUT
rage for Christian m an 30 have nothing 90
do. Let him 90 out and visit the poor, or
distribute tracts. or 60 and read the Bible 20
the sick. or take out his New Testament and
be making hts eternal fortune. Let him so
into the back Office and pray
Shrink back from idlenass In yourself and
N others n you would maintain q right posi-
ion. Good old Ashbel Green at more than
slightly years Of age was found busy writing,
md some young man said 10 him: "Why do
you keep busy2 II is time for you TO rest"
He answered. II keep busy 20 keep out OF
mischief" No man Is strong enough TO be
Idle.
Are you fond Of pictures2 II 30, I will
show you one Of the works OF an old master.
| Here Il is ~ went by the field Of the sloth-
| ful and by the vineyard Of the man void OF
| understanding, and 10! II was all grown over
with thorns. aud nettles had covered the face
/ thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.
/ Then / saw and considered well. / looked
/ upon II aud received instruction. Yet a M.
! lie sleep, a little slumber, n little folding OF
the hands to sleep. SO shall thy poverty
/ come as one that traveleth aud thy want as
| IN armed man" don't know Of another
/ sentence in the Bible mere explosive than
that 1t first kisses softly, like the fuse Of a
cannon. and at last bursts like a flfty-fouf
! FOUNDER. The old proverb was right, "The
| devil tempts most men, but idlers tempt the
devil"
/ A young man came to a man Of ninety
| years OF age and said to him, How have
/ youlmade out to live 50 long aud be so well?'
| The old man took the youngster to an or.
| chard, aud pointing 10 some large trees full
/ Of apples said, 81 planted these trees when
! was boy. and do you wonder that now
an permitted to gather the fruit OF them2"
We gatnorin old age what we plant In our
youth. Sow to the wind, and we reap the
whrlwlnd. Plant in early life the right
I kind OF q Christian character, and you will
eat luscious fruit in old age and gather these
harvest apples in eternity.
urge YOU to avoid the perpetual pleasure
! seeker. / believe In recreation aud amuse.
ment. God wocld not have made us With
! the capacity to laugh If He had not intended
rs sometimes to indulge it. 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. Gu.
earnest mission. The thundercloud hath an
edge sxquisitely purpled, but with voice
that jars the earth 1t declares, 81 20 to water
the green fields" The wild flowers under
the fence are gay, but they say, eve stand
here to make room for the wheathed and Ia
refresh the husbandmen in their incoming, u
The stream sparkles and foams and frolics
and says: 81 90 to baptize the moss. I lavt
the spots on the trout. l slake the thirst OIL
! AA-a II Il 4 IL 4
rocl; in my crystal cradle muckshaw anC
water llY." And so, while the world PLAYS
1t works. Look out for the MAJ who Away:
plays and never works.
You will do well to avoid those who's
regular business X is to play ball, skate o
go a-boating. All these sports are grand ii
their places. I never derived so much ad
vantage from any ministerial association a
from ministerial cluD that went out to pla,
ball every Saturday afternoon in the out
skirts OF Philadelphia. These recreation
are grand to give US muscle and spirits 70
our regular toll. l believe in muscula
Christianity. man is often not so near Co.
with weak stomach as when he has
strong digestion. But shun those VIII
make 1t their life occupation to sport. Their
are young men whose industry and useful
ness have fallen overheard from the yacht
There are men whose business fell throug
the ice OF the skating pond and has neVe
since been heard Of There is beauty i
the gliding of boat. in the song of skate:
In the soaring of a we'll struck ball, and
never see one fly but l involuntarily .throl
up my hands to catch it. and 80 far from lay
ing an injunction upon ball playing or an
other innocent sport, I claim them all a
; belonging of right to those OF Us who toll /
the grand industries OF Church and State.
, t,e But the life business Of pleasure seekin
! always makes IN the ond "A criminal or q so
] George Brummel was smiled upon by n
] England, and his life was given TO pleasure
, He danced with the peeresses and swun
, a round of mirth and wealth and applau,
I until, exhausted OF purse and worn out
body, and bankrupt OF reputation, an
. ruined OF soul. he begged biscuit from
Z grocer and declared thai he thought a dog
life was better than mans.
I Such men will come into your office,
Z crowd around your anvil, or seek to d
. coy you off. They will want you to breg
4 out in the midst Of your busy day to take
b ride with them. They will tell you Of son
) people you must see. Of some excursion tn