The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-10

uIe, He mas Curious "Reminiscences ~
ing on his death pillow, the mere plea
urist has nothing by way of review bu
a torn playful, ticket for the race, a
empty tankard or the cast out rind
of carousal. And as in delirium O
his awful death he clutches the goble
and presses il 10 his lips, the 1ress fa !
ing on his tongue will begin to unco
and hiss with the adders or an eterna
poison.
Again, beware of the Sabbatl
breakers. Tell me how a young maj
spends his Sabbath. and will tell yol
what are his prospects in business
and will tell you what are his pros
poets for the eternal world. God ha.
thrust into our busy life sacred duty
when we are to look after our souls
1t is exorbitant after giving six days
to the feeding and the clothing of these
perishable bodies that God should de-
mand one day for the feeding and the
clothing of the immortal soul? Our
bodies are seven-day clocks, and they
need to be wound up, and if they are
not wound up they run down into the
grave. No man can continuously
break the Sabbath and keep his physic-
al 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 man
ufacturer gave this as his experience.
He said: 81 owned factory on the
Lehigh. Everything prospered. l
kept the Sabbath, and everything went
on well. But one Sabbath morning l
bethought myself of a new shuttle, and
| thought l would invent that new
shuttle before sunset, and l refused
all food and drink until / had COM
pleted that shuttle. BY shutdown had
completed it. The next day, Monday,
l showed to my workmen and friends
this new shuttle. They all congratu-
lated me on my great success. l put
that shuttle into play. / enlarged my
business; but, sir, that Sundays work
cost me 100000 From that day every.
thing went wrong. failed in business.
and | lost my mill" Oh, my friends.
Keep the Lords day. You may think
t old fogy advice, but l give it to you
low: Remember the Sabbath day,
o keep it holy. Six days shalt thou
abor and do all thy work, but the
eventh is the Sabbath of the Lord |
by God; in it thou shalt not do any
york." A man said that he would prove
hat all this was a fallacy, and so he
lid. Il shall raise Sunday crop"
md he plowed the field on the Sabbath,
nd then he put in the seed on the
abbath and cultivated the ground on
he Sabbath. When the harvest was
ipe, he reaped it on the Sabbath, and
e carried it into the NOW on the Sab
ath. and then he stood out defiant to
is Christian neighbors and said:
There, that is my Sunday crop. and
is sail garnered." After awhile storm
anne up and great darkness. and the
ghtnings of Heaven struck the barn,
nd away went his Sunday crop. Be-
are, young man, of all Sabbath break
Is.
Again, / charge you, beware of asso-
alton with the dissipated. Go with
lem and you will in time adopt their
lbits. Why is that man fallen against
e curbstone, covered with bruises
ldbeastliness? Hewasas bright-faced
lad as ever looked up from the nur-
ry. His mother rocked him, prayed
r him, fondled him, and would not t
the night air touch his cheek and s
Id him and looked down into his low (
g eyes and wondered for what high s
sition he was being fitted. He en- v
red life with bright hopes. The world s
ckoned him, friends cheered him, e
t the archers shot at him; vile men b
traps for him, bad habits hooked S
st to him with their iron grapples; L
feet slipped on the way, and there il
lies. Who would think that that +,
combed hair was once toyed with q
a fathers fingers? Who would +,
nix that those bloated cheeks were
n kissed by mothers lips? Would =,
Il guess that that thick tongue once A
de a household glad with it's inno- =.
1t prattle? Utter no harsh words l.,
his ear. Help him up. Put the hat =,
r that once manly brow. Brush the ~. ~,
it from that coat that once covered u
enerous heart. Show him the way 81
the home that once rejoiced at the Ut
nd of his footstep, and with gentle ="
rds tell his children to stand back W
you help him through the hall. e7
hat was kind husband once and d
father. He will kneel with
m no more as once he did at family y
yers-the little ones with claSped M
IDS looking up into the heavens with DO
nksgiving for their happy home. mn
now at midnight he will drive them We
n their pillows and curse them rel
n the steps, and howl after them en-
they fly down the street in att
1T garments, under the calm star tai
t. Who slew that man? Who bri
'ted that home? Who plunged cal
Sc children into worse than or ka
nage-until the hands are blue Ma
cold, and the cheeks are blanched it.
l fear, and the brow is SCARED with his
SEES, and the eyes are hollow with mo
c VINO hlaue 1ha' NE wreck ella
filled eternity with the uproar of inc
omed spirit? -
axe off the Sabbath breaker. Oh, d.,
your back upon these men. Shake nc
he skeptic. Shake off the idler. or.
ie off the pleasurist. You may do ~
work of election in politeness, but w u
may do it firmly. You are not I'M =,
my circumstances to lose all the re- w
lbrance of the fact that you are a M M.
leman and must always act the DIE
leman. A young man said to a VIII
stan Quaker: "Old chap, how did gree