The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-31

There 81 no 9Th generation, for The last
line is a microcephalOus idiot. Thus /
Moses was right, NJ proven by science,
when he said. God visits the inlquiuea /
OF the parents unto the third and fourth /
generation Of them that hate Him" There
Is no fifth.
Il 80 that some of you could see II you
would shrink back from It 81 you would |
shrink from a man who is leper.
There are very many people who are M |
sane from over work. II Is the tendency |
of the times Permit me 10 read 30 you
an editorial given ~ one OF our recen
paperc:
Never was there such craze for spec
ulati0n as our age presents. Young ahe
old more or less feel its force. Slow gain
are discounted. Stock gambling is patron
lied and recognized to an alarming extent
The Specializing spirit is rife In all direc'
tons and in all ways. Those who cannot
rent an Office in Wall Street patronze the
bucket shop and curbstone brokers. The
tricks of trade are mastered, and fortune
hunting is pursued with avidity. Risks
are incurred and principle sacrificed ~
| the haste to become rich. Great synd'
/ Gates are formed day by day and then
| Turing bats tempt many people. Little
| savings are insured ample profits. Trade
| is becoming largely speculative. Oldtash.
/ toned business methods and ideals are
passing away, and much is being sacrinced
| to more rapid modes Of enrichment. Some
succeed, but the larger number fall m
| their ventures. Fortunes are lost as wen
az won. Money changes hands, and thou
sands suffer where hundreds gain. Wrecks
of characters lie all along the pathway OF
speculation. In all ranks and grades Of
society are found the victims of wild,
reckless gambling. Greed Of wealth Is be
coming too much an American vice. It's
allurements are proving too strong Tor our
bright. energetic and ambitious young
men, and there = a call for a steadier,
wiser and safer spirit in business affairs,
Second, there are many people insane to.
day because OF self-indulgence, the lack OF
selfrestraint. Self-indulgence ruins, men,
self.denial makes them; self-indulgence
sells mans brthright for a mess of pot
/, tape, and he tries to get it again only "a
find that it is impossible; selt-denia
= makes one to be possessed OF increasing
strength; self-indulgence led Belshazzal
} on unti we find him in the centre OF th'
feast where the fingers Of a mans han(
| write upon the wall Weighted in tin
9 balances and found wanting" and tn
/ same thing is true to-day, it is the lack
e selfrestraint that has made many a maj
+ to lose his soul. DR.. Talmage tells. OF tn
s man whom he saw on the shores OF lax
}: in Scotland creeping out from under Tn
# hull of an old wrecked vessel and llttln
= mn his hands tremblngiy said, 'Pleast
{ sir, will you give me a penny! 10
whatW said the minister. The answe
J. was. "For strong drink" DR.. Ialmag
e said to him. 81 am a minister and l cannc
e give you the money for that, but vi
Is help YOU. What is your nameE and
le said the man buried his face IN his hand
shook with emotion, and then finally SAL
d INV name is"-and he sobbed it gu
- 'Why." said DR.. Talmage, 81 knew ms
1s by that name in Edinburgh, a prominel
d: merchant; did you know him. "GC
" pity me, sir" said he, Il am that maj
Ill sin slew me, and ! am here; my wife
g dead, my children are IN the poo, ORR ho on
ne and I am on my way to hell what
us warning for every man who gives way
n the least to sin.
ct There are many men in the insane ms
90 tutions to-day because of selt-indulgen
10 and lack of self-restraint. Who was
-. that said, Better is he that ruleth
Io spirit than he that taketh a oityY WI
en- Il a man could only take city what
M hero he would be! The word of God SO
~ that every man may be greater thar
"A that taketh a city if he will rule his OF
~ spirit. Selfindulgence ruins, selt-den
m makes men Self-indulgenoe sells q ma
ck birthright for less than q mess OF pottIa
ri Be not deceived. God is not mock
,ce whatsoever a man sows that shall he rea
he | came across one young man IN the
at sane asylum who came IRON one Oh
-ch FIRST families in the country. There Is
me a man better born than he. He had eve
I'M. thing that money could buy. Not o
was he lacking in self-Festraint hlms
but his people were lacking in self
straint. If the boy desired to 60
itu. school he was at liberty to go; II be
OF ferred not to 20 to school he could stay
ned home. After a while there came del
ng in the BRAIN after a little while 1t was
use sanity, SO that now he is IN an ms
OF asylum. / heard him say will you
init me to go to father ana mothe
'ess Certainly, certainly" the keeper
Eva, ole will never 90. He viii never
in ready to 20. He rises in the morn
ave then he falls back on his cot; he begin
eN, dress and then stops; he will just al
wed be ready tonight; tomorrow morning
rom will have the delusion again. He M
'on; quite gets up to his desire. That Is
and mania" There is many a boy, poss
gen in our church, whose home atmospheI
inc like that. and it is most dangerous
I do not know that the fathers were s
enough. I do not think my father was
ions strict. In my boyhood's home life
lred the forming of my character. l sh
tax lilo In hold m to every boy and e
hree Young man the highest ideals of mani
we're and Z ask Won to take Christ
dan Tl;.I 4lo,olovo ,,or,, many neonle
dren toIIv unbalanced today because of
age, Mathematician A moor woman cried o
six I passed along through the wards Of
0 re, institution, Doctor, l am burning U
had could onlv have breath of fresh
nets. would feel perfectly well again" A
ons; who used to be leader of society wa
cen; tually burrowing in the ground like al
/ the NAL. all the dignity of his manhood
lyld- and the woman who was once the pr
deli her home mental wreck, and VIII
had said to the doctor, "What is it that c
this?" his answer was, ut Is sin IN
MANY cases" I know very we'll that