Connecticut western news., 1900-03-08


 bath and keep his physical and mental
 health. Ask those aged men, and they
 will tell you they never knew men who
 continuously broke the Sabbath who
 did not fail either in mind, body or
 moral principle. A manufacturer gave
 this as his experience. He said: Il
 owned factory on the Lehigh. Ev-
 erything proSpered. l kept the Sab
 bath. and everything went on well.
 But one Sabbath morning l bethought
 my self of new shuttle, and 1 thought
 l would invent that shuttle before sun
 set. and l refused all food and drink
 until had completed that shuttle. By
 sundown had completed it. The next
 day, Monday, l showed to my work
 men and friends this new shuttle. They all congratulated me on my great sue
 cess. I put that shuttle into play.
 enlarged my business; but, sir, that
 Sundays work cost me $30,000. From
 that day everything went wrong. failed in business. and lost my mill"
 oh. my friends. keep the Lords day.
 You may think it old fogy advice, but I give it to you now: Remember the Sabbath day. to keep 1t holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy
 work. but the seventh Is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in 1t thou shalt
 not do any work" A nan said that
 he would prove that all this was fallacy, and SO he said, II shall raise
 Sunday crop" And he plowed the field
 on the Sabbath, and then he put in the
 seed on the Sabbath and cultivated the bn Sol
 harvest was ripe, he reaped 1t on the Sabbath, and he carried 1t into the
 now on the Sabbath, and then he
 stood out defiant to his Christian
 neighbors and said, "There, that is my Sunday crop, and 1t is all garnered." After awhile storm came up and great darkness, and the lightnings of heaven struck the barn, and away
 went his Sunday crop. Beware, young
 man, of all Sabbath breakers.
 shun Dissipation.
 Again. I charge you, beware of asso-
 ciation with the dissipated. Go with them and you will in time adopt their
 habits. Who is that man fallen against the curbstone, covered with bruises
 and beastliness? He was as bright a
 lad as ever looked up from your nurs-
 cry. His mother rocked him. prayed for him. fondled him, would not let the night air touch his cheek and held him up and looked down into his lov- ing eyes and wondered for what high position he was being fitted. He en- tered life with bright hopes. The world beckoned him, friends cheered | him, but the archers shot at him; vile
 men set traps for him. bad habits hook ed fast to him with their iron grap- | ples; his feet slipped on the way, and | there he lies. Who would think that | that uncombed hair was once toyed | with by fathers fingers? Would you | think that those bloated cheeks were | ever kissed by a mothers lips? Would | you guess that that thick tongue once ! made household glad with its lnno- | cent prattle: Utter no harsh words in | his ear. He-o him up. Put the hat 1 over that once manly brow. Brush the ! dust from that coat that once covered | generous heart. Show him the way | to the home that once rejoiced at the | sound of his footstep and with gentle
 words tell his children to stand back as you help him through the hall.
 That was a kind husband once and i an indulgent father. He will kneel I with them no more as once he did at | family prayers-the little ones with
 clasped hands looking up into the i heavens with thanksgiving for their | happy home. But now at midnight he
 will drive them from their pillows and | curse them down the steps and howl
 after them as, unclad, they fly down
 the street in night garments under the
 calm starlight. Who slew that man? | Who blasted that home? Who plunged | those children into worse than orphan | age-until the hands are blue with | cold, and the cheeks are blanched with | fear, and the brow is scared with | bruises, and the eyes are hollow with l grief? Who made that life a wreck | and filled eternity with the uproar of
 doomed spirit? Oh. if 1 had some art by which l could break the charm of the tempter's | bowl and with mailed hand lift out the | long serpent of eternal despair and
 shake out its coils and cast it down | and crush it to death! .r .a-e4 Shake off the Sabbath breaker. Oh, | turn your back upon these men. Shake
 off the skeptie. Shake off the idler.
 Shake off the pleasurist. You may do l this work of election in politeness, but | you may do 1t firmly, You are not un-
 der any circumstances to lose all the | remembrance of the fact that you are
 a gentleman and must always act the | gentleman. A young man said to a I I you get your moneyf''
 | .Well," said the Quaker, 'I got it by | dealing in an article in which thou
 mayest deal if thou wilt-civility." Be courteous, be polite, but be firm. | Say No" as if you meant it. If you say
 No in a feeble way. they will keep on with their imploration and their
 temptation, and after awhile you will | stand in silence. and then you will | say after they have gone on little
 longer Yes" and then you are lost | Oh, turn your back upon the ban | quet of sin! I call you to better feast
 today. The promises of God are the i fruits. The harps of heaven are the
 music The clusters of Eschol are | pressed into the tankards The sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty
 are the guests, while standing at the
 banquet to pour the wine and divide | the clusters and command the music | and welcome the guests is a daughter | of God, on her brow the blossoms of | paradise and in her cheek the flush of | celestial summer. And her name is | Religion. Her ways are ways of
 pleasantness, and all her paths are | peace"
 | Needed nm Explanation.
 | Sir John Adye. who was goyernOr of Gibraltar fortress. always made him. self closely acquainted with the work