Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-08-25

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II is possible TO tell just how many peo-
PIE viii fall IN the streets by slipping
on an orange peel. In other words.
there are no accidents. The most in
significant event YOU ever heard of is
the link between two eternitieS-the
eternity of the past and the eternity of
the future. Head the right way. Young
man, and YOU viii come out at the right
goal.
Firing me young man and tell me
what his physical heath il and what
his mental caliber and what his habits
and | Will tell YOU what will be his
deStiiv for this world and his DESTINY
for tlr world 20 come. and will not
make i've inaccurate prcphcsicS out OF
the 900. All this makes me Solicitous
IN regard % young men and | want
10 make them nervous in regard
To- the contraction Of ,.npayable
debts. l give YOU paragraph from my
own experience. My first settlement
a. pastor was in "A village. Nv sal
AIRY was $500 and "A parsonage.
The amount seemed enormous To
me. ! said 10 myself. What, all this
for one year was afraid OF getting
worldly under 50 much prosperity. /
resolved to invite all the congregation
10 my house in groups of - each. We
began. and as they were the best con
grcgation in all the world and we felt
nothing was toe good for them. we
piled all the luNurics on the table. l
never completed the Undertaking. At
the end of six months was in financial
despair. | found that we not only had
al II saF NHHsH urar..
struggle TO get the necessities, and |
learned what every young man learns
i'm time TO save himself. or too late.
that You must measure the size of a
man body before YOU begin to cut the
cloth for his coat
hen "A young man willfully and of
choice, having the comforts Of life.
goes into the contraction of unpavable
debts, he knows not into what he rocs.
The creditors get after the debtor. the
pack of hounds i'm full cry. and alas,
for the reindeer. They jingle his door
bell before lac gets up in the morning.
they jingle his door bell after he has
gone 10 bed at night They meet him
a he comes off his front steps. They
send him postal card. or let
ter, IN curtcst style telling him
10 pay up. They attach his goods.
They want cash. or note at 30 DAYS.
or note ON demand. They call him
knavc. They say ne lies They want
him disciplined i'm the church. They
want him turned out OF the bank.
They come at him from this side. and
from that side. and from before. and
from behind, and from above. and from
beneath, and he is insulted. and gib-
bcted. and sued. and dunned. and sworn
at until hc gets the nervous dyspepsia.
gets neuralgia, gets liver complaint.
gets heart disease. gets convulsive
disorder, gets consumption. Now lac
is dead, and YOU say: 'Of course. they
will let him alone" oh. no. Now
they are watchful To see whether there
are any unnecessary expenses at the
obsequics, To see whether there is any
useless handle on the caslxet. To see
whether there is any surplus plat on
the Shroud. To see whether the hearse is
costly or cheap, TO see whether the
flowers sent 10 the casllct have been
bought by the family or donated. to
see in whose name the deed To the
grave Is made out Then they ransac1
the bcreft HOUSEHOLD, the books. the
pictures. the carpets the chairs. the
sofa. the piano. the mattresses. the pill
low on which he died. Cursed bc debt,
For the sake of your own happiness.
for the sake Of your good morals. for
the sake Of your immortal soul. for
Gods sake, young man, as far as pos
sible. keep out of it,
But ] think more young men are
slaughtered through irrcligion Take
away young mans religion and YOU
make him the prey of evil. We all
know that the Bible is the only perfect
system of morals. Now. if YOU want tc
destroy the young mans morals. take
his Bible away. How will YOU dc
that Well. YOU will caricaturc his
reverence for the Scriptures. you
will take all those incidents Of the
Bible which can be made mirth
of such as Jonahs whale. Samson S
foxes. Adam. = rib then You will carica-
ture eccentric Christians, or inconsist-
cnt Christians: then You will pass off as
your own all those hacllneycd argu-
mcnts against Christianity which are
a. old as Tom Payne, as old as Vol
taire. as old as sin Now. YOU have cap
tured his Bible and YOU have taken hi,
'NA VII W. WI 'l'NNs ilt way IL compare
lively clear. and all the gates of his
soul are set open in invitation TO the
sins of earth and the sorrows OF death.
That they may come in and drive the
stake for their encampment.
steamer I 800 miles from shore.
with broken ruddcr and lost com
pass. and hulk leaking 20 gallons 90
the hour, is better of than Young
man when YOU have robbed him Of his
Bible. Have YOU ever noticed how
despicably mean it is 90 take away
the worlds Bible without proposing
substitute? II is meaner than 10
come To- a sick man and steal his med
icinc, mcancr than 90 come % "A Grip
pie and steal his crutch. meaner than
20 come 10 q paupcr and steal his crust.
mcaner than To come 20 poor man
and burn his house down n is the
worst Of all larccnics 20 steal the Bible
which has been crutch and medicine
and food and eternal home 10 50 many.
What generous and magnanimous
business infidclity has gone into. This
splitting Of lifebOats. and taking away
Of fire escapes. and cxtiuguishing OF
lighthouses
come out and say 20 such people:
What are you doing all this for?''
'Oh! they say, Just for fun" II is
such fun TO see Christians trv 20 hold