Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-06-14

NHNuID> OFCHIIHHOHn YOUTH

Di NON \Vi NP'tS' "H''' Nv 'iN
h'.~~i,.r ci' God, you may live 10 tc men
alI,i WON n: but there are certain dangers,
incident to AL ages, Of which you must be
careful.
C."1!hooa, if it tc accustomed 10 dScip.
Inc anh gocl order, TO picty and sobriety.
has grea, influence in the right fitting and
dlSposing Of children TO a further life Of
religion and virtue. But if children he left
10 themselves, and their own will ard GOV.
vrnm"u:, they become rude and fioward.
pe,~.st, untractablc, and idle given to
living and quarrcling, aud cavjl speaking.
Therefore, it is great mercy Of God that
affords them good education, under per-
soas that arc sober, religious, prudent, and
watcal.l. without which they viii grow
will. scli-wi!lcd. and stubborn. And these
il! di<nosi;oas will grow up with them and
becomc more rooted and incorriCbIc; cv-
cry wear will harden them more in IL Gus.
toalS and III hahis.
The next age is you,h, which usually DC.
c'aS at the age of ten or twelve years, and
continues until eighteen or twenty. The
dangers Of this age arc many: as. ior IN
s,ancr. pride of apparel and of mind. self
concei:, excessive love of pleasure and re.
creations, ncsh'y lust, dcspising good coun.
81 Of our sober friends, and of those that
are wise ana ancient. impatient OF being
governed. aptncss to fall mo drinking and
.vccsS. q:arrciIing, forgelfulness of Goo
AMI religion. Now, when you are grown
w. ro"lrds sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, or
,wca.v wears, according to the ri Ipeness Of
>ont capacity, YOU must remember that
,anrc are two ways set before You. On
,hc one hand, way OF virtue, OF sobre;y,
Of temperance, modcsty, industry, pety,
and religion: and, if YOU take that way,
vour lives will be full of honor and repu'a-
ton. of plenty and comfort; your lives
and vour very deaths will be happy; for in
vour lives YOU will have the blessing OF
Col and his favor, and the light Of his
count nance, and his direction. and the tes-
tmonv Of good conscirnce,.o 90 along with
YOU while YOU live, and your very death
will be but passage Into immortality and
glory.
On the othrr hand, about that age there
is opcn before YOU. a way of vanity and eS-
cess. of n,emperance and luxury, Of idle
ness and pro!uscness. of atheism and pro.
tanencss. of lust and wantonness. of dc.
bauchcry and drunkenness; and It you
take this road, hen your lives will be ac-
COMMANDED with shame AMI dishonor, with
novertv. ard want. and miserics, and, wha.
Is worsr of all of, with the displeasure Of
Almighty God. and the chidings ola gully
conscience: and they that in their youth
TAKE up his later way, though it may pleas"
God to reclaim and recover them, yet it is
a thousand TO one they never return. The
GOOD or i'll seasoning Of this part of your
life, is that which will have great influence
ON aU the future course OF it; and the
greatest danger Of the ruin Of young per-
sons is in this turning part of their lives,
namely, between sixteen and one and twcn-
tv wears Of age: though some. perchancc,
take the irway, and voyage well 10 this age.
and mscarry after, yet there are hundred
10 one that miscarry before.
II please God that you steer your
course well till one.an1-twcnfyv years Of
age. Won have a great probability to hold
on well, because You Will be accustomed
Hereby to virtuous course of life, which
w;n make i more easy and delightful;
.nl. besides. discretion and experience will
gov u? along with you, and discover 10
YEA he danger and Inconvenience OF Ill
courses in others. and the beauty and use
.4,nesS Of religion, virtue. and pie;y; and,
which is more than all the rest, the grace
anI influence of Almighty God, when Gu
tcrtained and followed, will become more
powerful and eti1ctual every day TO keep
and strengthen You in the ways OF virtue
anI pety. Have, therefore, great regard
TO this turning and critical point of your
lie, namely. sixteen, eighteen, or twenty.
one years Of age; for much of the good
and evil success Of your voyage through
the world depends upon the good OF evil
choice of your way at that time.
Aaiiqaities Of Aticns.-A late Paris
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