St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-09-18

conduct always lead out to certain sue
eessea. There - law which controls
even those things that seem haphaxard.
I have been told BY those who have
observed. that it il possible TO cal
culste just how many letters will be
sent to the dead letter Office every
year through misdirection; that it ID
possible to calculate just how many
letters will be detained far lack Of
postage stamps through the forgetful-
ness Of the senders, and that it u posi-
BILE to tell just how many people will
fall in the streets by slipping on IN
orange peel. In other words. there are
no accidents. The most Insignificant
event you every heard Of is the link
between two eternities-the eternity
OF the past and the eternity Of the f,a-
ture. Head the right way. young man,
aud you will come out 1t the right
goal
When = young man willfully and of
choice, having the comforts of life.
goes into the contraction Of unpayable
debts, he knows not into what he goes.
The creditors get after the debtor, the
pack Of hounds in full cry. and alasl
for the reindeer. They jingle hisdoor
bell before he gets up in the morning,
they jingle his door bell after he has
gone to bei ut night They meet him
Is he comes of his front steps. They
send him = postal card. or q letter, in
curtest style. telling him to pay up.
They attach his goods They want
cash, or = note 1t 30 days. or . note on
demand. They call him . knave. They
say he lies. They want him disciplined
in the church. They want him turned
out OF the bank. They come 1t him
from this side aud from that side. and
from before, and from behind. and
from above, and from beneath, and he
is insuIted, and Eibbeted, and sued,
aud dunned. and sworn IT. until he
gets nervous dyspepsia, gets neuralgia.
gets liver complaint gets heart dis
ease. gets convulsivc disorder, gets
consumption. Now he is dead, and
you say: ',Of course you will let him
alone" Oh. NO! Now they are watch
full to see whether there are any I'M
necessary expenses 1T the obsequies,
TO see whether there is any useless
handle on the cssket to see
whether there is any surplus plait
on the shr0ud, to see whether the
hearse il costly or cheap, to SEQ
whether the flowers sent to the casket
have been bought by the family or do
mated. See in whose name tho deed to
grave is made out Then they ransack
the bercft household, the books, the
pictures. the carpets. the chairs, the
sofa, the piano, the mattresses. the pill
low ON which he died. Cursed be
debt! For the sake of your own hap
pinesS for the sake of your good
morals, for the sake of your immortal
soul, for Coils sake, young man, - far
as possible, keep out of debt
But / think more young men are
slaughtered through irreligion- 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
to destroy the young mans morals,
take his Bible away. How will you
do that? Well. you will caricature his
reverence for the Scriptures, you will
take all those incidents of the BIZ
BILE which can be made mirth of
-Jonah's whale. Samson's foxes,
Adams rib-thea you will carl
cature eccentric Christians, or incon-
sistent Christians; then you will pass
on rs your own all those hackncyed
arguments against Christianity. which
are rs old as Tom Paine, as old rs Vol
taire, as old IS sin. Now, you have
captured his Bible, and you have taken
his strone est fortress; the way is COM
parativcly clear. and all the gates of
his soul arc set open in invitation to
the sins Of earth aud the sorrows Of
death, thai they ne1ss come in and
drive the stake for theff encaml ment
IRA steamer I, 500 miles from shore with
broken rudder aud lest compass. and
hulk leaking 50 gallons the hour, is
better of than young tian when you
hare robbed him Of his Bible. Have
you ever noticed hon. oicably mean
it is to take away the worlds Bible
without proposing substitute. 1t is
meaner than to come to sick man aud
steal his medicine, meaner than to
come toA9gietAS aaasteal his crutch.
meaner g. TO : paupcr and
steal his GRO Ter than TO come to
. poor man b his house down.
1t is the V6rst IT all larcenics to
steal the Bible, which has been
crutch and medicine and food
and eternal home to 20 many.
What = generous and magnanimous
business infidelity has gone into! This
splitting up Of lifebosts and taking
away of FIRE escapes. and extinguishing
Of lighthouses. come out and say to
such people: "What are you doing all
this. for:" ''Oh." they say. lust for
fun" It is such fun to see Christians
try to hold on to their Bibles! Many of
them have lost loved ones, and have
been told that there il : resurrection!
Many of them have believed that Christ
came to carry the burdens aud to heal
the wounds of the world, and It il
such fun to tell them they
will have to be their own
savior! Think Of the meanest thing
you ever heard Of; then 20 down 1000
feet underneath it. and you will find
yourself at the top of stairs 100
miles long; 60 to the bottom Of the
stairs, and you will fad = ladder Loo
miles long; then 60 the foot of the lad
der, and look OF = precipice half -
far Is from here to China, and you will
find the headquarters Of the meanness
that would rob this world Of it, only
comfort in life, its only peace in death,
and its only hope for Immortality.
slaughter . young mans faith in God.
and there is not much more left to
slaughter.
Now, what has become Of the slaugh-
tered? Well, some OF them are in their