Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-19
SIF.-DAY SERMON.

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mail the letter."
thor hit a thing about
Just = 7 camH.in the gate"
Well you'ass the most thought
less boy I ever knew. that letter
was very important. What am l
going to do TO you t. make you
more thoughtful?" The mother
looked across TIE table, perplexed
and annoyed at the carel assness Of
the boy that had SO many coed
qoiL Is, and yet whose weakness of
memory was a constant trial.
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There are lots of Johnnies and
plenty of Marys il the world,
troubled with the same weakness.
Boys and girls. men and women,
whose lives would be up to the
average, if thew were not So
thoughtless.
It may not be considered sin,
and yet IN many cases il causes SUI
fering and sorrow. The habit we'll
practiced, is demoralizing in the ex-
treme and a menace to success.
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The mother enters the room just
vacated by the daughter who has
Just gone out in party attire 10 at
tend the opera. The floor and the
chars are covered with articles OF
wearing apparel, and glance
through the bureau drawers finds
them in the some state of con tusron.
Thoughtless of everything but the
pleasure of the hour, and careless
TO degree that promises plenty of
trouble in the years to come.
Follow the girl ont into life,
where she occupies the position Of
the presiding genius in the home,
ana which for five years SIZE has at
L6mpG6Q 10 govern.
TIE husband comes in TO the six
o'clock dinner with 2 FREUD, as IN
expected cOmpany. The wife throws
aside the novel, ana IN deshabille
attire, greets him with tho state
ment that if she thought Of com
pany, she would have been more
presentable, forgetting the fact that
the every day husband is entitled
to more consideration tran the
casual caller, and that there was q
time not so long ago. when her best
gown and her brightest smile were
none too good for the man whose
heart she had won.
He was just as tender of her vel
fare today, but her lack Of though
full appreciation was painfully ap
parent aud the seeds Of thought
lessness- gave promise of harvest
Of Indifference and carelessness, al
too common in the home.
The father watches the hoy of
whom he hopes so much, with a
feeling Of grave solicitu 1e, when he
discovers that he Is tloughtless and
careless Of the little things that
mean so much in the character
foundation of life.
He has talked to him, time and
again, in a fatherly way, about the
Importance Of good association,
clean habits, eud pure morals.
The boy possess GOOD impulses,
and genial disposition, bit he
doesn't dc much m ltant thinking,
and unconsciousIy IL In, out into
surroundings that ar3 nos helpful.
The procession is a little 81 ift and
ne is obliged to swear a little, and
drink a little. and s.lc'Ie 4 good
deal, in order to keep IN.
By the time he j. res az for life
the opportunities, that Re lac heard
so much about, are lacking. Other
young men seem to f"d them, but
they don't come to him
He mas for otten the FIT that so
many young meu fail - realize.
thai tie eyes of the business world
are O., them from bOynoaL Not
eyes Cf solicitude, but cool, ol"ulat-
ing eyes, tnaC take in at glance,
and seal with quick judgment, the
character and worth of the bCv il
business life.
That every time he goes 10 gn the
street with associates that are a
little fast, he closes a door Of oppor-
tUnity.
That every time lie lights cigar
cite and puffs it n IRE face IF a
business man, another opportunity
has gone up in smoke.
That every time he enters q
saloon he adds another figure 70
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