The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-12

hunting US pursued with aViditFA &c
are ineuiyred and principle sacrifice& g
Gates are formed day by da Tfq AN, their
Turing haiAS tempt many ueople Little
savings are iIisSpped,-appi proN6f. Trade
is becoming largely speculative. 0ld-fash-
ioned business methods and ideals are
passing away. and much is being sacrificed
to more rapid modes of enrichment Some
succeed, but the larger number fall in
their ventures. Fortunes are lost as well
as 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. Greco OF wealth is be-
coming too much an American vice. It's
| allmements are proving too strong for our
| bright, energetic and ambitious young
men, and there is a call for steadier,
wiser and safer spirit in business affairs"
| Second, there are many people insane to-
| day because of sef-indulgence, the lack of
seh-restraint. Self-indulgence ruins men,
! self-denial makes them; self-indulgence
| sells mans birthright for mess Of pot.
tage, and he tries to get it again only to
! find that it is impossible; Self-denial
! makes one to be possessed of increasing
strength; seli-indulgence led Belshazzar
on until we find him in the centre of the
feast where the fingers Of mans hand
| WIItG upon lue Ndtls NtlSutGu III Nllc
balances and found wanting and the
same thing is true to-day, it is the lack OF
| self-restrant that has made many man
to lose his soul, DR.. Talmage tells OF the
man whom he saw on the shores of lake
in Scotland creeping out from under the
huh of an old wrecked vessel and lifting
up his hands tremblingly said. please.
sir, will you give me a penny" For
what?' said the minister. The answer
was, For strong drink" Dr. Talmage
said to him, II am minister and ! cannot
give YOU the money for that, but ] will
help YOU. What is your Nance? and he
said the man buried his face in his hands,
shook with emotion, and then finally said,
My name sand he sobbed it out.
why said DR.. Talmage, Il knew man
by that name in Edinburgh, a prominent
merchant; did you know him" God
pity me, sir said he, 81 am chat man;
sin slew me, and am here; my wife is
dead. my children are in the poor house
and | am on my way to hell" What
warning for every man who gives way in
the least to sin
There are many men in the insane insti-
tutions to-day because of self-indugence
and lack OF selfrestraint. Who was it
that said Better is he that ruleth his
spirit than he that talleth a city," Why,
if man could only take a city what a
hero he would be! The word of God says
that every man may be greater than he
that taketh city if he viii rule his own
spirit. Self-indulgence ruins, self-denial
makes men. Self-indulgence sells a mans
birthright for less than a mess of pottage.
Be not deceived. God is not Knocked
whatsoever man sows that shall he reap.
came across one young man in the IN
sane asylum who came from one of the
first families in the country. There Is not
a man better born than he. He had every
| tbipu that Gould b.tt Mnt Ia
was he lacking in self-restraint himself,
but his people were lacking in self-re-
straint. If the boy desired to 90 to
school he was at liberty to go; if he pre-
terred not to go to school he could stay at
home. After a while there came a defect
in the brain; after little while it was in
sanity, so that now he IS IN an insane
asylum. ] heard him say, "Wll you per-
nit me to go to father and mother"
Certainly, certainly" the keeper said
He will never go. He will never be
ready to GO He rises in the morning
then he falls back on his cot he begins to
dress and then stops; he viii Just about
be ready tonight; tomorrow morning he
Will have the delusion again. He never
quite gets up to his desire. That is his
mania There is many a boy, possibly
in our church, whose home atmosphere is
like that, and it is a most dangerous one
do not know that the fathers were strict
enough. do not think my father was too
strict. In my boyhood's home life was
lie forming of my character ] should
like to hold up to every boy and every
young man the highest ideals Of manhood
and | ask YOU to take Christ
Third, there are very many people men
tally unbalanced to-day because of some
hallueination. A poor woman cried ont as
| passed along through the wards OF the
institution, Doctor, ] am burning up; if