Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-18

man has Il good angel and bad an
gel contending for the mastery Of his
spirit. And thcro was a good angel
and bad angel struggling with that
young mans soul at the corner of the
street.
Come with 1eo" said the good an
gel, 81 will tako you home. l will
spread my wing over your pathway.
will lovingly escort you all through
life. will bless every cup you drink
out OF, every couch you rest on, every
doorway you enter. I will consecrate
your tears when you weep, your sweat
when you toll. and at the last l will
hand over your grave into the hand Of
the bright angel Of n Christian rcstr-
rection. In answer to your fathers Pc
tition and your mothers prayer have
been sent OF the Lord out Of heaven to
be your guardian spirit. Como with
NO." said tho good angel In voice Of
uncarthly symphony. TWAS music like
that which drops from lutte Of heaven
when seraph brcathos Oh it. "No,
no, " said the bad angel, "come with
me. / have something better to offer
The wines pour are from chalices Of
bewitching carousal. The dance | lead
is over floor tessellated with unrestrain-
ed indulgepces. There is no God to
frown on the temples Of sin where
worship The skies are Italian. The
paths l tread are through meadows
daisiod and primrosed. Como with
me-. Tho young man hostatod at a
time when hesitation was ruin, and tho
bad angel snoto the good angel until it
departed, spreading wings through tho
starlight upward and away, until n
door flashed open i'll the Sky and forever
the wings vanished. That was Che turn
ing point in that young mans history,
for, the good angel flown, he hesitatod
no longer, but started on u pathway
which is beautiful at tire opening, but
blasted at the last.
The bad angel leading tho way,
opened gate after gate, aud at each gate
the road became rougher and the sky
more lurid, and, what was peculiar, as
the gate Summed shut it came to with
jar that indicated that it would never
open. Passed each portal, there was a
grinding n locks and showing of
bolts, and the scenery Oh either side the
road changed from gardens to deserts,
and tho June air became cutting De-
cember blast, and the bright wings Of
the bad angel turned to sacllcloth, and
the eyes of light Docano hollow with
hopeless grief, and the fountains, that
at the start had tossed Wine, poured
fortl, i,y11, \, Il ir,fr
and on the right side of the road there
was q serpent, and the man said to tho
bad angel, "What is that scrpenty' and
the answer was, "That is the serpent
of singing remorse." On the left sido
Of the road there was lion, and tho
man asked the bad angel, "What is that |
lion?" and the answer was, "That is
the lion of all dovouring despair. " A
vulture flew through the sky, and tho
man asked the bad angel, CIV hat is |
that vulturo?" and the answer was,
"That Il tho vultnro waiting for tho |
carcasses of tho slan'" And then the
man began to try to pull of On il4i' ..4e
folds of something that had wound him
round and round, and be said TO the bad
angel, "What is it that twists mo in
this awful convolution:" and tho an
swer was "That is the worm that never
dies land then the man said to the had
angel: "What does all this mean? I
trusted in what you said at the corner
of the street that night. trusted it all,
and why have you thus deceived meT'
Then the last deception fell off the
charner, and 1t said: II was sent forth
from the pit to destroy your soul. l
watched my chance for many a long
year. When you hesitated tl'&t night on
the street, l gained my triumph. Now
you-are here. Ia, ha! You are~here.
Como, now, let us I'll those two ohalises
Of fire and drink together TO darkness
! and woe and death. Hail, hail. Oh,
young man, will the good angel sent
forth by Christ or the bad angel sent
forth by sin get the victory over your
soul? Their wings are intollocAed this
moment above you, eontending for your
destiny, as above the Apennines eagle
md condor fight midshy. This how
may decide your destiny. Go0 help you.
/ 10 hesitate is to die.