Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-24

come me TO my new home. To fine Dcr
sonal appearance he added u Scncros
ity, frankncss aud artlor OF nature t!rt
made me love hiiu THE brother fai
| saw evil necr.c ;satlIrr.ng aroi.nd h,ia
They came up from the sasoorl from
the gambling hslls. Thry piled a..
with n thousand arts. They seize
upon his social nature. aud lac conl,
not stand the charm. They drove hin
on the rocks. like ship. foil winged
shivering on the breakers ! used I,
admooish him. i would say. "Now.
wish you would quit those bad habit,
ard become n Christian" ooh" h.
would reply. II would like TO. woult
like 10. but I have gone so far dom
think there is ANY way back" In hi.
moments of repentance Inc would .,
home and take l.s little girl of s year.
and embrace her convulsively. and GOV
or her With adurnnents, and Sirrw
around her pictures and toys anil rv
| erything that could make Der hnppy
and then. as though bounded 10y an evi
spirit. he would go out to the inGanin.
cup and the house OF shame like foo
TO The correction Of the stocks.
The DeIsinh OF Sin.
was summoned 10 his dpathhed:
has;ered: | entered the room; roui.
him, TO MY surprise. lying in full CIV
eryuSy dress on the top Of the couch
put cut my hand. He graspcd II cx
eitedly and said. sit down. Sir. Tai
mage; right there" I sat down. II.
said: last night I saw my mother
VINO has been dead 20 years. and sh,
SAT- just where you SIT now. II was nc
dream j was wide awake. There va,
no delrs.op 10 the matter. ] saw her
Just as Plainly as sec you. Wife.
Wish you would take these strings OF
me. There are strings spun all around
my body. | wish you would take then
OF me-" ! saw il was delirium on
replied his wife. my dear. there Is
nothing there: there is nothing there"
tie went on and SAID: "Just where yor
SIT. Mr.. Talnage, my mother sat Sh,
said to me. Henry. ! do wish you would
do better j got out OF bed. put tuy
arms around Ler and said: Mother.
want to do better. ! have been trying
TO do better Won't you help me 70 tc
better? You used 10 help me- No uis
take about II; no deluslon. I saw her
the cap and the apron and the spcc,a
cleS-tust as she used to look 20 years
ago. But 1 do wish you would take
these strings away. They annoy me
so can hardly talk. Won't you take
them awayp ! knelt down and pray.
ed, conscious OF the fact that he did not
realize what was saying. got up.
said: "Goodby! 1 hope you will be bet.
ter soon." He said, "Goodby, goodbyr'
That night his soul went up to the
God who gave it. Arrangements were
made for the obseQuies. Some said,
Don't bring him in the church. lie
was too dissolutc." "Oh," I said
bring him. He was n good friend OF
mine while he was alive, and / shall
stand by him now that he is dead.
Bring him to the church."
AS l sat In the pulpit and saw his
body coming up through the nisle felt
as IL l could weep tears or blood. !
told the people that day: "This man
had his virtues and n good many OF
Them He had his faults and a good
many or them. But IL there Is nny
man in this audience who Is withou,
sin let lin cast the FIRST stone ut this
collin lid" On one side the pulpit sal
that little child, rosy. sweet faced. n
beautiful as any little child that sat
Mt your table this morning, warrant
you. She looked up wistfully, not
Knowing the full sorrows OF an orphan
child.
On, her countenance hnunts me today
like some sweet face looking upon us
through horrid dream, On the other
side OF the pulpit were the men who
nau destroyed him. There they sat.
hard visaged, some OF them pale from
exhaustiag disease, some Of them flush.
cd until II seemed us II the fires of IN.
iquity famed through the cheek and
cracked the lips. They were the men
who had done the work. They were tho
men who had bound him hand AMI
loot. They had kindled the fires. They
had poured the wormwood aud gall
into that orphans cup. Did they wecp
No. Did they sigh repcntinyly? No.
DID they say, What pity that such n
brave man should be slalny No. no
Not one bloated hand was lifted Ia
wipe tear from n bloatod check. They
sat and looked at the colin like Wi
lures gazing at the carcass OF n lamb
whose heart they had ripped out,
cried In their ears as plainly as | could
mere Is God and Judgment day.
Did they tremble? Oh. no. no. They
went back from the house of God. and
that night. though their victim Law in
lakewood cemetery, i was told that
they blasphemed. and they drank. and
they gambled. and there was not onn
less customer In all the houses of In
lquity. This destroyed man was n
samson In physical strength. but De.
man sheared him, and the Phlllst,ncs
OF evii companionship dug his eyes on,
and threw him into the prison of evil
habits. But in the hour of his death
ne rose up and took hold OF the two
piilared curses of God against drunken.
ness and uncleanness and threw him.
SELF forward until down upon him and
his companions there came the thun
ders or an eternal catastrophe.
Cultivate Domestic joys.
Again. any amusement that gives
you distaste for domestic life Is bad
Low many bright domestic circles
nave been broken up by sinful amuse
ments! The father went Oft. the moth
er went on. the child went Off. There
are today the fragments before me OF
blasted households. Oh, if Won hive
wandered away. would like to charm
you back TO the sound OF that one
word bone" Do you not know that
you have but little more time to give
to domestic welfare? Do you not see
rather. that your children are soon to
go out Into the world. and ell the in
huence for good you are to have over
them you must have now? Death will
break In on your congeniai relations.
ana alas If you have to stand over the
grave OF one who persisted from your
neglect
saw Maynard husband standing
at the deathbed OF his Christian wife.
and saw her point to a ring on her
niger and heard her say to her hus-
lr.s.