The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-29


storm than IN lve days or cold drizzle,
Better the old fashioned style OF chastiso.
! ment, IL thnt bo necessary, thnn tho fret.
ting and the scolding which have dc.
| stroyed so many.
There ia also u cause OF grent solicitude
sometimes because our young people are
surrounded by so many temp mptntlons. a
| castle may not be takcu by n strulghtfor.
J ward sioge, but suppose there DO inside the
castle an enemy, and In the night he
| shoyes back the bolt and swings open the
| door. Our young folks have foes without
| and they have foes within. Who does not
| understand it2 Who IL the man hero who
| Is not aware OF the fact that the young
people OF this day have tremendous temp.
| tations9
oh, how many traps set for the young.
styles OF temptation just suited to them.
| Do you suppose that man who wont cenr
to the depths OF dissipation went down Ia
one great plunRe2 Oh, mol 1T first It was
q fashionable hotol. Marble floor No un-
clean pietures behind tho counter. No
drunken hlccough while they drink, but
the click OF cut glass to the elegant sentl.
ment. You ask that young man now to go
Into some low restaurant aud get drink.
and he would say, "Do you mean to insult
me7" But the fashionable aud the elegant
hotel Is not always close by, and now tho
young man Is on the down grade. FARTHER
and farther down until he has about struck
ia In the lew restaurant. The cards so
greasy you can hardly tell who has the
best hand. Gambling for drinks. shuttle
away shuilio away. The landlord stands
In his short sleeves, with his hands on his
hips, waiting for an order to Ill up the
glasses.
The clock strikes twelve--thc tolling OF
tho funeral bell OF Il soul The breath OF
eternal woe Pushes In that young mans
checks. In tue jets OF the gasllght tue
fery tongue OF the worm that never dies.
Two O'Clock In tho morhing, nnd now thoy
are sound asleep iu their chairs. Land.
lord comes around and SAYS "Wako up.
wake up Time to shut up!" "Whati"
says the young man. "Tlme TO shut upr
Push them nil out iuto tho night air. Now
they are golng home. Going homei Let
the wife crouch In tue corner uud the chill.
dren hide under tho bed. What was the
history OF that young man2 He began his
dissipatlons In the barroom OF Filth ave-
nue. hotel and completed his damnation In
the lowest Rrogshop.
Sometimes sin does not halt IA that way
Sometimes sin even comes TO the drawing
room. There are lcprous hearts some
times admitted In the highest circles OF
society. He Is so elegant, he is 80 bewitch.
Ing In hi5 mauuer, he Is so refined. he Is so
oduca.ed, no ono suspects the sinful de.
sign, but attor u while tho talons of death
come forth. What Is the matter with that
house? Tue front windows have not been
open for elk months or yoar. A shadow
has come down on that domestic hearth.
shadow thicker than enc woven OF mid.
night and hurricane. Tho agony Of that
parent makes him say, "oh, 1 wish Ind
buried my children when they were smalli'
Loss OF property? No. Death In tue
family? No. Madness? No. Some VII.
lain, kid gloved and dlamonded, liftod
that cup OF domestic bliss until the sun.
light struck It, aud all tho ralnbows
played around tho rim aud then dashed It
into desolation aud woe, until tho harples
OF darkness clapped their hands and all
the voices OF the pit uttered u loud "Ha,
hni"
Tho statIstic Inns mover been made up in
these great stiles OF how many havo boen
destroyed and how many beautiful homes
have been overthrown. II the statistic
could be presented, It would froeze your
blood in solid cake Mt your heart. Our
great cities are full OF temptations. and to
vast multitudes OF parents these tempta.
tions become matter OF great solicitude.
Begin early with your children. You
stand on the banks OF Il river and you try
to change Its course. 1t has boon rolling
now Tor 100 miles. You cannot change 1t.
But just 20 to the source OF that river, 10
to where the water Just drips down on the
rock. Then With your knife make n chan.
mel this way and channel that way. and
1t will take 1t. Como out and stand on the
puukS Oh your Cullu 3 llI9 WuUu IL ~ thirty
or forty years OF age, or even twGnty, and
try to change tho course OF that life.
1t is too latei 1t IL too late. Go far
ther up at the source OF llfo and near
est to the mothers heart, whero the
character starts, and try to take It Ia
the right direction. But, oh, my friend,
be careful to make line, distinct
line between Innocent hllarity on the orn
hand aud vicious bilarity on tho other. DO
not think your children arc going to ruiu
because they make n racket. All healthy
children mike racket. But do not laugh
mt your chid'5 sin because II Is smart. IL
you do, you will cry attor awhile because
1t Is malicious. Remember It. Is what yoI
do moro than what you say that Is going
to affect your children. DO you suppose
Noah would have got his family TO so into
the ark II he stald out? No. His sons
would have said, ~ am not going into tho
boat; there's something wrong; father
won't go In; II father stays out, I'll stay
out"
Are all your children salc2 know It is a
stupendous question to ask, but ! mas.
ask 1t. Are all your children sato?
mother, when the house was on ro, rot
out the household goods, many articles OF
beautiful furniture, but forgot TO ask TIN
too late, "Are the children sHre?" Whco
the elements are melting with fcrvcnL heat
and God shall burn tho world up and tho
cry OF "Fire Flre!" shall rosound anil
the mountains and tho valleys, will your
children be safe?
lwonder if tho subject strikes chord 10
tho heart OF any man who had Ohrlstian
parentage, but hGs not lived us ho ought?
God brought you hero this morning TO
have your memory revived. Did you have
Christian ancestry con, yes" says ono
man. "It there ever was good woman,
my mother WAS good" How she watched
you when you were slckl Others wearod.
II she got weary, sho nevertheless was
wakelul, md the medicine was given Mt the
right time, aud whom tho pillow was hot
sho turned 1t. And, oh, thea, VIXEN you
began to 90 astray, what grief It was to
her heartl
All the scene comos back. You romom.
Dor the chairs, you remember tho tGblu,
you remember tho doorslli where you
played, You remembe. the toL- OF her
voice. She sesms calling you now, not by
the formaltitlo with Witch wo address you,
saying, "Mr," this or "Mr." that, or "Hon-
orable" this or Honorable" that. 1t IL
Just the llrst name, your first nnmo, she
calls you by this Inorning. She bids you 10 :.
better life. She sayA: "Eorget not all tho
counsel gave you, my wandering boy
Turn into paths OF righteousness. nm
waiting for you at the quito" Or, yea, God
brought you hero this morhinr to have
thnt memory revived, and shout upward
tho tidings. Angels OF God senI forward
the news. ningl Rlngl Tho doad 10 alive
again. and tho lost is foundl
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