The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-05-24

! -''"' "'''''' "lu 'HEHc people OF
eXuberant nature Will do wcl. to look
at the reaction Of all their amuse-
ments. If an amusement serds
YOU home at night nervons so
that You cannot sleep. and vov
rise up in the morning not because YOU
are slept out, but because your duty
| dragS You from your slumbers YOU
have been where you ought not 10 have
been. There are amusements that
send man next day TO his work with
his eyes bloodshot, yawning. stupid,
nauseated, and they are wrong kinds
of amusement. They are entertain
ments that give man disgust with the
drudgery of life, with tools because
| they are not swords, with working
aprons because they are not robes,
with cattle because they are NOT in
! furiated bulls Of the arena. If any
! amusement sends you home longing
| for a life of romance and thrilling adj
venture. love that takes poison and
/ shoots itself. moonlight adventures
and hair-breadth escapes, You NAV de-
pend upon it that You are the sacri-
/ feed victim of unsanctisied plea sure
/ Our recreations are intended TO build
us up. and if they pull Us down as to
/ our moral or rs TO our physical
/ strength you may come To the con-
/ clusion that they are obnoxious.
! Stnl further, these amusements are
wrong which lead You into expcndi-
/ lures beyond your means. Money
/ spent in recreation is not thrown
/ away. 1t is all folly for us to come
| from place Of amusement fosling
that We have wasted our money and
/ time. You may by il have made an
investment worth more than the
transaction that Welded You hum
dredS of thousands Of dollars. But
how many properties have been rid
died by costly amuscments.
1 The first time ever saw the city
: it was the city of Philadelphia was
a mere lad. ! stopped az a hotel. and
( ! remember in the eventide one Of
/ these men piled me with his Internal
art. He saw | was green. He wanted
to show me the sights OF the town.
/ He painted the path of sin until il
/ looked like emerald. but was afraid
of him. ! showed back from the bas-
! silisk-I made up my mind he was a
| baSilisk. remember how he wheeled
/ his chair round in front of me, and,
with a cOncentercd and dabolical eff
| fort. attempted 20 destroy my soul.
/ but there were good angels in the air
/ that night. 1t was no good resolution
/ on my part. but il was the all en-
comprising grace Of 4 good God hat
/ delivered me. Bc ware. beware. o
young man, There is n way that
sccmcth right unto man, but the
end thereof is DEATH
The table has been robbed TO pay
/ the club. The champagne has cheat
| ed the childrcn'S wardrobe. The ca
rouSing party has burned up the
/ boys primer. The tablecloth Of the
corner saloon is in debt to the wi 7e's
faded dress. Excursions that j, IL
! day make a tour around 'wNe
months wages. Indies. whose lifetime
/ business il is 10 90 shopping. large
bets on horses, have their counter
parts in uneducated children. bank
| ruptcics that shock the money mar
ket and appall the church ard that
send drunkenness staggering across
I the richly figured carpet of the man
sion and dashing into the mirror and
drowning out the carol Of music with
the whooping Of bloated sons come
home TO break their old mothers
heart.
saw a beautiful home whore The
bell rang violently late at night. The
son had been off in sinful indul-
gcnces. His comrades were bringing
him home. They carried him TO he
door. They rang The bell at one
o'clock in the morning. Father and
mother came down. They were wait
ing for the wandering son. and then
the comrades as soon as the door
was opened threw The prodigal head
long into the doorway. crying:
There he is as drunk as fool. Ha,
ha," When men 90 into amusements
that the cannot afford. they first
borrow what they cannot earn, and
then they steal what they cannot
borrow. First they 90 into cmbarrass-
mcnt and then into lying and then
into theft. and when "a man gets so
far as that he does not stop short of
the penitentiary. There is not a pris-
on in the land Were there are not
victims of unsanctified amusemelts.
Merchant. is there disarranoe-
ment in your accounts? Is there a
leakage in your money drawer? Did
not the cash account come out right
last night? i will tell you. There is a
young man in your store wandering off
into bad amusements. The salary
YOU give him may meet lawful expend
lures, but not the sinful indulgences
in which he has entered. and he takes
by theft that which you do not give
him in lawful salary.
go further and say those are up-
Christian amusements which become
the chief business of mans life. Life
is an earnest thing. Whether we are
born in a palace or hovel, whe Their we
are affiuent or pinched, we have to
work. If you do not sweat with toll
you will sweat with disease. You have
soul that is to be TRANSPORTED amid
the pomp of a judgment day, and after
the sea has sung its last chant and
,Ia mountain shall b,ya