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In my attempt to write this little book .you will please pardon me if you find that it contains some mistakes. Vou must observe that it is not the pro- duct of some well-known, popular author, but that of one who is an ob- server, and notices what is goin^ on in the world to-day ; and when we con- sider that life is really made up of mis- takes we should be charitable in our views toward each other. As I write I would ask to be guided bv Crd's Holy Spirit that I may say something- that may help somebody to better their condition. w t'n ev fe] tei inl of or tal I s thr it 1 It wh sur hal anc wa: do\ INTRODUCTION. Deak Reader: The time has arrived when I must speak out boldly or shrink Irom the g-reatest responsibility fhat ever rested upon me, i.e., to warn my fellow-men to awake to their own in- terests—yes, awake from that slumber mto which so many have fallen. Remember, now, I am not speakin^r of dollars and cents, worldly pleasures^ or popularity : if I were, it would not take long to awaken you up ; but when I speak of higher things, yes, higher than I have knowledge to fully describe. It may be difficult to get your attention.' It did not take long to awaken you when the news came that Pretoria had surrendered ; no, you rushed madly, half-clad, into the street and listened, and when you were satisfied the news was true you took your hat and hurried down town. No one had to say to you 8 ''Come on !" No. Each one said to the other, ''Wait for me!" and you rushed madly on, and before you g-ot halt way there the air was rent with sounds from every quarter ; bells tolled, whistles blew, rockets went up, fire- works exploded, and above all, the voices of the cheerinu- multitudes rent the very air. Those who were once staid and unemotional were now earned away with enthusiasm — everybody went fairly wild with joy. Such an event the world will never forget, and who could help orivino- you credit for your loyalty on that occasion. Now when you are asked to wake up, that the Lord is really coming-, can you then hear so well ? are your ears then un- stopped ? or will you still sleep on till you sleep the sleep of death ? I said to nd you rou got it with tolled, p, fire- all, the 3s rent e once ::arr!ed rybody ich an it, and dit for Now 3, that Li then en un- Dn till Man as He is and Wliat lie ^ Should l)e. ^ REAL LIFE. Men, high and low alike, admit that there is a God ; infidels and sceptics at their latter end fear and quake ; million- aires cry, "A million of money for a moment of time." Men curse and swear to-day, to-morrow they are in eternity. Oh, what will be the case with you, dear reader? Please don't ask who this is that is speaking, but rather ask yourself. Who is this Great God with whom we all have to do ? Oh that I had a tongue of fire, or the gift of an orator, that 1 could impress upon your mind this one thing that you already know. Is it not appalling in the extreme when we notice what a lack of deep spirituality there is existing in the aver- age church goer of to-day ? yes, even in the average church member ? \vhen lO once out of church out of spirituah'ty till church ao-ain. Meet them where you may, just speak to them of any- thing- spiritual, and see how hard it is to cTQi their interest aroused along that line. Oh, are we slumbering, or are we really awake to the fact that the Lord is really coming ! To come to the point at once, what would be the result with the multitudes who profess Christ to-day if He should really come at this very hour ? Are we ready ? It has been said, Life is what we make it ; it surely means more than this life, for the life that now is will surely end. There is a life beyond that shall never end, and as we journey on through this life, the further we get ad- vanced, and the more certain we be- come that there is a life beyond, does it arouse us up enough to our own interests to ask ourselves, as intelligent beings. Whither are we going? We know that in our natural state we are neither able to live godly lives here, or to make ourselves fit for the world to come hereafter. Man in his It II natural state — unchang-ed — is "of all men most miserable." He neither has anything permanent here, or any bright hope for hereafter. How few of us drink from those deep things that fill us with the Spirit. My occupation for five years has made it necessary for me to come in contact with very many people. Each day I have been so occupied that I have been brought in contact with perhaps 500 people, which for six days in the week would be 3,000, or about 13,000 per month, 1 56,000 per year or a grand total of 780,000 for the five years. I have heard people converse on many things : the capitalist on capital, the merchant on merchanditse, the rail- way magnate on railways, the political man on politics, the architect on his structures, the man of more limited means on labor, the theatre goer on theatres, the dancer on the ball room, the card player on his gambling den, the saloon keeper on his patrons, the pugilist on pugilistics ; they all dis- cuss the topics o( the day, they speak wwM— w jMunj i yiii i u»iw,m4i- 1 j1.11 m tmmf MMMMMM 12 of the weather, they speak of every- thing- that pertains to this life, but of all that 780,000 I never heard, in a public way, one person speak of any- thing spiritual — anything pertaining to the life to come — that better sul3Jfcct which should permeate our very lives. As ''a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting." (Gal. vi. 7, 8.) I do no. wish to be unchari- table in my views towards the public. I meet with many fine people, many that are charitable, apparently kind and afi'ectionate, but they seem to be taken up with the things of this life. Oh, I am afraid the dollars and cents, love of ease and worldly pleasures take the place, with many, of the better life ! How we should converse together of those spiritual things that would not only fit us to live real and noble lives here, but that would have a tendency to fit and prepare us for the great fu- ture beyond. What Constitutes a Gentleman? Is it a man with a silk hat and gold headed cane, clean hands and sleek clothes ? He may have all these, yea, much more. He may have wealth and a high social position, he may have op- ulence at his command, he may have a good reputation, and still not be a gen- tleman. What I claim constitutes a gentleman is a man that is a true man, straightforward and upright in his prin- ciples, living in the fear of God, striving each day to show an example to those around. How comparatively little is a real man valued to-day. If he is jovial and genial in his manner and a leader in the vices of the age, he is considered worthy of imitation by those with whom he comes in contact. That, only, is worthy of imitation which has a ten- dency to better our condition here and 14 fit and prepare us for the great future beyond, so that by imitating it we may be an example to others. It has been said, and that truly, "A man is known by the company he keeps." I say, "Show me what a man reads and I will tell you what he is." The land is filled with a class of literature that fills the minds of those who read it with evil thoughts ; how can people feed on such food and expect to be edified and elevated ! May the Holy Spirit awaken many to a desire for those better things that will inspire them to live truer and nobler lives, that will lead them to Him who alone can satisfy the hungry soul. We cannot all have nice faces, wear grand clothes and have opulence at our command, but we can all live true and noble lives, such as becometh gentle- men. The careers of great men remain en- during monuments of human energy. A man dies and disappears, but his acts remain and leave an indelible stamp upon the race, and, thus the spirit of his life is prolonged and perpetuated, ■♦• ^' 'd, moulding the thought and will, and thereby contributing to form the char- acters of others. The men that' ad- vance in the highest and best direction, who are the true examples to society, illuminate the moral atmosphere around them. It is natural to admire and re- vere great men — men of true spirit. They better the nation to which they belong and lift up, and not only all who live in their times, out those who live after them, Their great example becomes the common heritage of the race. They connect the present with the past and help on the increasing pur- pose of life, holding aloft the standard of principle, maintaining the dignity of human character, and filling the mind with traditions that are most noble and worthy in life. Washington left behind, as one of the greatest treas- ures of his country, the example of a stainless life — of a great, honest, pure and noble character, a model for his nation to govern themselves by at all times. Men such as he are the true life- blood of a nation ; tiiey elevate and up- i6 ' 1^ hold it. Such men as these shall never die. When D. L. Moody was near his end in this life, he said, ''Some dav soon you'll hear 'Moody is dead!' 'Don't you beheve a word of it ; I shall never die." And is he dead? Nay, he shall never die ; his deeds shall live forever ; such men mould and stamp on a nation an impression it never forgets. On an occasion when a certain distin- g-uished American gentleman was trav- eling, he came in contact with an Eng- lishman who said, "You seem to have all classes here but one." " Who are they?" "An Old Coimtry gentleman," said the Englishman, "that is, a man who is left a large fortune by his par- ents and goes around doing nothing." "Oh," said the American, "we have lots of them here ; we call them tramps ; what we call a gentleman is a man that works for an honest living." So you see a true honest man possessed with a clean heart and spotless char- acter, though he may labor and toil, yet in the trut, sense he may be called a gentiCmun. «) 17 Places of Six and Vice. n' What are they? It seems to me they are so numerous at the present time one can scarcely tell where to be- gin to describe them. I think one of the most prevalent is the house of ill- fame. I am g-oing to speak, now, of something that t^ie press and pulpit, through a sense of modesty, has failed to approach. I have no apology to offer for what I am going to say other than a sense of my duty to my fellow- men. I realize that it is my duty to speak oat when I know there' is such a terrible evil existing at the present time. Yes, you would blush with shame if you ohly knew where these places exist, and you would blush still more — yoif would hide your very face — if you only knew, in many cases, who frequents them. You would not be so i8 ■■eady, often, to lift the hat to reco- mse many as Hentiemen, some of vvhon, .are nothn,« but a disj^race to them' selves and a reproach to society. Juvt h.nk of a so-called Christian city co„- tammg so n,any places where the n,or- als o ^o many are defiled. 1 do not w.sh to throw a reflection on any man's character (ar be it from me to-be plV sonahn reference to anybody's cha'u-- ter , but when I go to church, I just listen attentively, and when the preach er .s done, if the cap fits I just put it on and go right "^home ithinlc g Whats the use of me listening tb; bodv:rtr-^''"'''^"^^"-°f^-^e. body else hstenu,g for me. So if the tor a 1 ttle whde, and if it helps vou any, please keep on wearing it Oh •;°.""J Tl"' "*^" y°" enter such places th",k of those dear ones at home. TlXk of your dear mother, your sisters • ca you take them with you there? ' Oh a" dTfe "T '" ""^ fhere-should be dear u!f ^."u '"'^^ ^^^' ""out your dear w,fe at home whom you- pledged 19 yourself to love and cherish ? Have you any daui^hters whom vou love and admire ^ Ah ! who are >^u anvway v Are you at all a ma.i ? p'eH.ap; your fnends thmk you are. Can you, yourself, really claim the name "^ ''Can a man take fire in his bosom and his . clothes not be burned ?" Men do not despise a thief if he steal to satisfv his huno-er ; but whoso enters such a place acketh understandino-, and is worse than a fool. What about other places which I have faded to describe ! What about the pu-ihstic fio-hting in the rin-, which IS a disg-race to any civilized city, yet men Uimk it ^.reat sport, and call it ^ame.-^ What about the club rooms where society people meet? Some say^ Its all rio-ht ; society people will do nothmg- wrong. I'll tell you how I can find out. Do they take with them their boys. ^ They say, Oh no; I'll take them with me to church. That will do; o-o on, I say; for if you can |>how me a place where a man has anv business to be if he cannot take ^v,th R^e>!!99 20 him h have i-s son, I'll take it all back, for I a son of my own-— he is dear to me--and when I ^^o out J take him by my side and I am careful how I walk because 1 know he'll watch h IS g-uide. So fn<'!i(ls, whci oov you jr,, Take with you youi- I )ov Amlif you walk HKht-woli Hell prove to you a joy. ^J,'[Kht good man he'll be, That s wort hy(,f the name ile II say, I've walkcnl wh went ere papa That's where ] got my t' une Ijf"**' 21 or I ir to 1 by ide. The Dkinker. Who is he ? He may not be a drimk- ard at the present time. The man [ saw down town last ni<,'-ht hantrino- on to a post was not a drunkard aPone time. He was Hkely once a worthy citizen, respected by All who knew him'. Who is he now ? Ah ! nobody knows, nor not many care. Those who were once his friends have now forsaken him, and those who are now his friends are not worth having*-. If I were one of those unfortunate fellows I would ask the nearest way to a place where no- body knew me, but since I am not I'll walk along- thinking-. Its worth some- thing- to have my senses. Some men think they are wonder- fully clever because thev can take a drink and let it alone, but did'nt all who are now the slaves of drink think the same at one time ? It seems to me 22 t'ley did, yet, how many have died bepars a„d filled a drunkard's^nne wil^'rs:''''"^'^^^""-^''^'"^>'--dde haps work,„8, hard tol^e that perhaps he, himself, was the cause oi' his son becomincr a drunkard? a he had done his duty would he not have banished the liquor from his home instead ot^ his son? Oh, if vou could but o-aze, for a short time, at some of the back doors ol' this city, and see what was taken in there, 'you would liave some idea where a o-reat deal of the drinking- habit was ^aug-ht, yes tauo-ht by the parents themselves, and they will have to give an account there- of at that great day. I like to see fine places, and g-reat residences, but some men live in them with their wives and families in ease and luxury, little considering what it has cost others. xMany homes have been broken up, their owners wrecked in body, their families gone to ruin, perhaps lost their reputation, their char- acter, and, worst of all, their souls, all through this cursed traffic upon which so many live in luxury and ease. I heard a man say one night that he had made $15,000 in. a short time throu<>-h keepings a hotel. It just struck me, 24 • ~, ' ^^^ many souk I^,,.^ ■-"-ned? I wondered in,e had -M--''"',' iS.ooo. VVliPn .J ' "f "ad mined was about t'o'r.hV^^d^*-'- have but few ^-.h ^nends I -y life, in oTder o buiir^'^''',/'"' ^" tramped others d^v'"""c^ ^t""' ' experience for a niin f„ ,' .' ""' -f 'he end of hi^ IH'e / VVh^ '""'^''^'^^ pie to leave behind ' VT,; • ^''"™- thin^. but what mu^ic ;^ ,""■'■ "^ ^^^^^' who, while hangW to a„ T '" " "''"" at eleven o'cln,-t 1? • , '™" P^^t. i"^" He ouIt^° r"'" "" ■"°"^- ■ong a..o rock g\h': btv a'^" ""^^ -veet melodies to his wffe " if"'-'"-^ would lock the door at t!n ! i, "'"'"'* be less drunken h^^ t J^ '"'^ "'°"''' itoftenhap^enrthat^h^'-'''-''"''^'--' too, and have taken i,f """^•'^ ^""^ °"t If so, and thVv I' ^^^ ^'"' 'hem. street I'd r«fh^ '''""'^ '° ^eet on the eet, Id ratheryou were there than I 2S Theatre Goixg. It seems to me it has become, at the present time, a part of the education of society to attend theatres. For in- stance, in the afternoon you might ob- serve mothers with their dauo^hters going- to the theatre. Again in the evening you may see fathers, mothers, ^ons and daughters all going to this common place of attraction. What do they see there ? I never was there, so cannot exactly say. Oh, he is green, they say, he never was at the theatre. Well, you may call me green if you like ; it don't annoy me any, for I do not crave for education along that line, and the more people I see going the less desire I have to attend. What do they see ? I said before, I never was there ; well there are other 26 talkinP- to one mJ u ! ''^'^ember fc. »^«^ une man who fn M t-^^^ i ivee„t:;edvic:rd^t'r?vrh"'"' theatres all over fM ' ^ ''^^" '" J've been toHcL ■''''' ™"'i"e„t ; I "ever came t '-n / "" '*•"'' "''^' «"^l «o dej^rad in ' s , r '-'' "^"^ ""^"""8- of the rteat"!; tn .^^f^'^^f"' ^^ -ome But you lit "w!;"y. °'' "^"--""to- " we s-o to th/ h- ^ ''"" ' ^° f" them ; »*ncie are thev ? * act, for every trace of example we leave behind. It seems to me one of the troubles of to- day is, we float too much with the cur- I(— ^::: 28 rent of life. What we need is to pull tor ourselves-vve'II have to die for our- se ves ; vve'll have to give an accom t for ourse ves ot the deeds done in the body, and the examples we leave be- n I I'T" '" "'^' "^^"' "^^ 'Should pull wth all our might for the right. We should ask ourselves in everythin we, do, Is this for the right ? If we die m the very act, Is this for the right ' Who wants to die in a theatre, a "club house or a saloon? You say, "We don t go there to die." I say Then don't go there to live. 29 Do We do our Duty? ^^ It is strange when we meet with those we think above, the hat will al- most raise itself ; again, when we meet those below, it will fit quite close to the head. Are we interested in our fellow-men as individuals, high and low alike ? or do we recognize those beneath us ? Do ive try to lift them up, or do we tramp them down ? If we are interested in them as individuals it speaks volumes for us ; if not, it speaks more than vol- umes against us. What can we do ? wl^t is our d' ty to our fellow-men ? Well, what will we do when we get to the gate that opens mto the Eternal Gity if we find that they are there before us ? Will we turn back again and not enter because they are there ? I think not. Can we help them here, or should we fold our arms