St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-12

4 glance see it is not only present dis
ease he must fight, but years OF fast liv-
ing. The clergyman, for the sake OF the
feelings of the family, on the funeral
day will only talk in religious general.
tiles. The men who got his yacht in
the eternal rapids will not he at his
obsequies. They will have pressing en-.
that day. They will send
flowers to the coffin lid. and send their
wives to utter words of sympathy. but
they will have engagements elsewhere.
They never come. Bring rue mallet and
chisel. and will cut on the tombstone
that mans epitaph: BLESSED are the
dead who die in the Lord
NO" you say, "that would not be
Let me die the death
of the righteous. and let my last end
be like his" No" you say, that
would not be appropriate Then give
me the mallet and chisel, and l will
cut an honest epitaph: "IIere lies the
victim of u dissipating club house" 1
think that damage is often done by
the scions of some aristocratic family,
who belong to one of these dissipat.
ing club houses. People coming up
from humber classes feel it an honor
TO belong to the same club, forgetting
the fact that many Of the sons and
grandsons of the large commercial es-
tablishments of the last generation
are now. as to mind, imbecile; as to
body. diseased; Us to morals, rotten.
They would have got through their
property long ago if they had had full
possession of it; but the willy ances-
Iors, who earned the money by hard
knocks, foresaw how it was to be. and
they tied up everything in the will
Now, there is nothing Of that un-
worthy descendant but his grand
fathers name and roast beef ratundi-
ty. And yet how many steamers there
are which feel honorel TO lash fast
that worm-caten tug. though it drags
them straight into the breakers.
Let me say to fathers who are be-
coming dissipatcd. your sons will fol-
low you. You think your son does not
know. lie knows all about it. have
heard men say: Il am profane. but
never in the presence of my chill
dren." Your children know you swear.
/ have hearI men say: Il drink, but
never in the presence of my chill
dren.n Your children know you
drink. l describe now what occurs
in hundreds of households in this
country. The tea hour has arrived.
The family are seated at the tea table.
Before the rest of the family arise from
the table the father shoves back his
chair, says he has an engagement,
lights cigar, goes out, comes back
after midnight, and that is the history
of sd5 nights Of the year. Does any
man want to stuttify himself by saying
that that is healthy. that that is right
that that is honorable? Would your
wife have married you with such pros
poets?
Time will pass on, and the son will
be IL or Il years Of age, and you vii
be at the tea table. aud he will shove
back and have an engagement. and hs
will light his cigar, aud he will go ou'
to tue club house, and you will heal
nothing of him until you hear the
night key in the door after midnight
But his physical constitution is mol
quite SO strong as yours, and The
liquor he drinks is more terrihcaliy Is
dragged than that which you drink
and So he will catch up with you on the
roli to death. though you got such
long start of him, aad 50 you will bott
go To hell together.
The revolving Drummond lig ht il
front Of an hotel. or in front of U loco
motive, may flash this way, and fasl
that, upon the mountains. upon the ra
vines, upon the city; but take the
lamp of Gods eternal truth, and
flash it upon all the club houses o
these cities, SD that no young maj
shall be deceived. Ey these tests trl
them. try them. Oh, leave the dissi
pating influences of the club room, i
the influences of your club room
are dissipating. Paid your money
have you? Better sacrifice than you
soul. Cool fellows, are theyS Unde
that process they will remain such
Mollusca may BE- found 300 fathom:
down beneath the Norwegian seas
Siberian stag get fat on the stuntet
growth of AIlian peaks; uedysariun
grows amid the deso.ation of Sahara
tufts of osicr and birch grow on th'
hot lips of volcanic Sneehattan; but |
pure heart aud an honest life thrive il
dissipating club house-never!
The way 10 conquer u wild beast i
TO keep your eye on him, but the wa.
for you TO conquer your temptations
my friend, is to turn your back on then
aud fly for your life.
Oh, my heart aches. see mel
struggling against evil habits. ant
they want help. l have knclt besid
them, and l have heard them cry 70
help, aud then we have risen, aud Ia
has put one hand on my right shoul
der, and the other hand on my lef
| shoulder, aud looked Into my fac
| with al affinity of earnestnes
which the Judgment. day will hav
no power to make ME forget
us he has cried out with his lip
scorched in ruin: God help me!
For such there is no help except in th
Lord God Almighty. l am going I
make u very stout rope. You knO'
that sometimes rOpemaker will TAX
very small threads and wind them Il
gether until after awhile they bs
come ship cable. And l am g
| ing to take some very small, de
icate threads and wind them t
gether until they make u very stou
rope. l will take all the members Q
the marriage day thread Of laughter
a thread of light, . thread of music,
thread of banqueting. thread OF COL
graduation, a;Id twist them toYethel
and have one strand. Then | TAX
q thread Of the hour of the tirs
advent in your house. thread OF tll
darkness that preceded and . threa
Of the light that followed, and a threa
of the beautiful scarf thai little chill
used to wear when Sue bounded out
eveniide to greet you, and then threa
of the beautiful dress in which 70
laid her away for the resurrection
Aud then 1 twisted all thes
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