Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1884 — A Father’s Advice. [ARTICLE]

A Father’s Advice.

“Good-by, my son said a white-haired old gentleman to a bright looking young man at the station. “Your father hates to see you go, because I may not live till you return. Boy you are just starting out on you own hook. You are going West to seek you fortune. Now lis-a ten to the voice of your old father, who has seen 1 a great deal of this world, and whose fights with trouble and temptation have not been few. Listen to me, 1 boy, this parting minute. You want to |be successful, not only in acquiring money, but in building up your reputation and character. God knows I want you to be. And now I want to give you my golden—yes, my diamond rule. My son, when I was your age 1 was not as good a boy as you are. I was going to the bad, in fact, but my precious role of life saved me. It came to me, boy, from your mother, who gave her life for yours. Henry, take this motto of mine to y6nr heart. Believe in it, adhere td it, live up to it, and will find reason for loving it, as your father does. ;Jt will make a good man of you;

it will be all the religioh you will ever need— it's all I ever had, and I’m ready to die whep hay hour comes. This is it, son: now listen, because I want to burn it into yoUr brain so it cannot get ont while life remains in yonr body: Never, for any purpose nor on any pretext, perform an act which you would not be willing,,the whole world to know all abont. It will unfailingly guide you aright. It will keep you always on a level with your best self. Reflect on this, boy, and you will see how simple and yet how perfect it is .’’—Chicago Herald.