Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-16

cess, declare this day everlasting Wal
against al evil influences. \ half and
half work will amount To nothing; it must
be a Waterloo.
Some of you. like myself were born in
the country. And what glorious news
might these Young men send home %
their parents that this afternoon they
had surrendered themselves 10 God and
started a new life. | know how il is in
the country. The night comes on Thc
cattle stand under the rack. through
which burst the trusses o. hay. The
horses have Just ffiSked Up freR the
meadow brook at the nighttall and stand
knee deep in the bright straw that invites
them 10 lie down and rest. The perch OF
the hoyel is full Of fowl. their feet warm
under their feathers When the nights
scJ cold. the flames clap their hands
above the great backlog ANA shake the
shadow Of the group up and down the
wall. Father and mother sit there for
half an hour saying nothing. | wonder
what they are thinking of? After awhile
the father breaks the silence ana says.
Wei. | wonder where our boy is in
town tonight And the mother an
swers In no bad place. l warrant YOU.
We always could trust him when he was
ri home, and since he has been away
there have been so many prayers offered
for him we can trust him still" Then at
or 3 O'Clock, just before they retire, for
they 20 early TO bed. they kneel down
and commend You to that God who
watches in country and in town, on the
land and on the sea.
This hour the door of mercy swings
wide open. Hesitate not moment. In
many a case hesitation is the loss of all.
AT the corner of Il street | saw a tragedy.
young man evidently doubted as to
which direction he had better take. Ills
hat was lifted high enough so You could
see he had an intelligent forehead. He
had stout chest and q robust develop
ment. Splendid young man. Cultured
young man. HonOrcd young man, Why
did he stop there while so many were go
lnS up and down. The fact is that every
young man has good angel and bad
angel c0ntendlng for the mastery Of his
spirit. and there were a good angel and n
bad angel struggling with that young
mans soul al the corner Of the street.
Come with me, said the good angel. II
will take YOU home. | will spread my
wings over your pillow. ! will lovingly
escort YOU all through life under super
natural protection. will bless every cup
YOU drink out Of every couch you rest on.
every doorway YOU enter. | will conse-
crate your tears when YOU weep. your
sweat when you toll. and at the last | will
hand over your grave into the hand of the
bright angel of Christian resurrection.
| have been sent of the Lord to be your
guardian spirit. Come with me-" said the
good angel = voice of unearthly sym
phony. Ii was music like that which
drops from a lutte of heaven when a
seraph bTeathcs on ii.
"Oh, no. said the bad angel Come
with me. | have something better to of
fer. The wines | pour are from chalices
of bewtching carousal. The dance lead
is over floors tessellated with unrcstrain-
ed Indulgence. There is no God to frown
on the temples Of sin where l worship.
The %kies are Italian. The paths | tread
are through meadows daisied and prim-
rosed. Come with mer
Hesitation Il Ruin.
The young man hesitated at a time
when hesitation was ruin and the lad
angel smote the good angel until it de-
parted, spreading wings through the star
hight upward and away, until door
swung open in the sky, and forever the
wings vanished. That was the turning
point in that young mans history. for.
the good angel flown. he hesitatcd no
longer, but started on pathway which
il hpautifnl ut ho nrapip., In. III
the last. The bad angel led the way
through gate after gate, and at each gate
the road became rOugher and the sky
more lnrid, and, what was peculiar. as
the gate slammed shut it came to with a
jar that indicated it would never omen.
Past each portal there were a grinding of
locks aud a showing of the bolts, and the
scenery on each side the road changed
from gardens TO deserts. and the June air
became a cutting December blast. and
the bright wings Of the bad angel turned
to sackclOth, and the fountains that at
the start had tossed with wine poured
forth bubbling tears of foaming blood
and on the right side of the road there
was a serpent. and the man said to the
bad angel, What is that serpent?" And
the answer was, That is the serpent OF
singing remorse.' On the left side OF
the road there was a lion, and the man
asked the bad angel. What is that lion -
The answer was. That is the lion of all
devouriug despair \ vulture flew
through the sky, and the man asked the
bad angel, What is that vulture?' The
answer was, That is the vulture waiting
for the carcasses Of the slain"
And then the man said to the bad
angel: What does all this mean? /
trusted in what you said at the street
corner; trusted it all Why have you
thus deceived me- Then the last dccep-
ton fell off the charmer, and he said: II
was sent from the pit to destroy your
soul. | watched my chance for many Il
long year. When you hesitated that night
at the street corner. | gained my fri
umph. Now you are here Ha, ha. You
are here! Come, now, let US fill the
cbalice and drink TO darkness and woe
and death Hail. hailr'
Oh, young man. will the good angel
sent forth 10y Christ or the bad angel sent
forth by sin get the victory over your
soul: Their wings are interlocked this