Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-12-15

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~ .aQF aoEs irere
iltn 0t CW0r4iy a'tes l94f
ncipirs ga .o..si.. yoS. asaus. wH.-a ci
pail and viiiaie your taste, and by crca-
sckiy APPETITE for novelty and change,
unfit you for the sober duties of life. -
learn to look upon them as beneath you,
to consider yourselves as too refined and
waited To enter upon the every day affairs Of
'work-a-day world We may rather
lie at, thln to flown over your folly, rather
|Iculc than pity your delusion; but before
y recover FROM IL, your character may have
|bibed tinge, and your affairs have taken
|Bse which they will retain through life.
But we would more earnestly warn you TO
>n the pages OF those authors who have at
be dazzlcd and corrupted mankind, whose
Mus, like The light of the internal regions,
. bur made more visible the darkness, the
ror and pollution which surrounds them:
aers whose pages cannot be perused with
staining the modest cheek, without soilinp
moral putty which il should be your first
TO cherish. Young men have thus in the
|iodc OF their own chambers, in the sanctu-
y OF their early homes, defiled, corrupted
ruined themselves. We would most ear
ply exhort you to shun such evil commune
ions. 10 remember that they will most as
|tdly destroy you. Suffer yourselves to
o.w0rk in private which you would not
willing TO read in the parlor TO your sister,
the nursery TO your mother. II you de-
i to peruse books in your closets which
are ashamed to bring 10 the light Of day,
are infallibly lost You need not be warn
biihc temptations Of the world, while you
thus corrupting yourselves in the sacred
ses'ow Of your own chambers, while you
thus destroying all moral purity in iha,
b sanctuary which should preserve it.
Ind now let me speak Of your amusements.
do not wish TO deprive youofthe innocent
pymen,s Of life. We do not wish YOU to
ome gloomy misanihropes. We know that
need relaxation from study and employ
n, but we wish you Ia choose pleasures
|ch may be enjoyed without self reproach,
remembered without remorse. Choose
v which will invigoraie your systems. re-
your minds, and purify your hearts. The
hp and pure pleasures Of life are easily
fured, and by the benevolent Author Of our
hg most abundan,ly scattered along the
Of the young. To the young with minds
cultivated by artificial pleasures, with hearts
corrupted by vicions enjoyments, every
nge affords delight, every scene yields en-
nen', spring, summer, autumn and winter,
bring their varied pleasures to the lover OF
nre. And most OF these enjoymsnts can
rombined with studies which Improve and
fng,hen the mind. A little knowledge'of
ural philosophy. Of botany or geology. will
Aily enhance the pleasure Of walk or
Dung men confined to large towns, are shut
from the pure air and sweet face Of nature
e many temptations to frequent the haunis
dissipation, and 10 some, the very name o.
asore seems linked with the thoughts OF sin.
enjoy themselves they think they must cast
moral restraint. But such greatly err
Is not merely the punishment Of sin, it is
ar' OF sin, and he who INDUCES in guilty
asurcs, kindles in his own breast the fire
ch can never be quenched. For the young
bur cities there are lyceums. Libraries and
lures which will afford both pleasure and
rovement, and which deprive you of all
fuse Tor resorting 10 amuscmenfs of more
estlonable nature. Mere amusements you
not need: you need exercise, you need re-
ation and change Of employment, you need
raj intercourse, hut you do no, need amuse-
fn,. asd you did net come into the world 10
amused. For the young TO waste their
Pc In the pursui, Of pleasure merely. because
Su,h is the season Of enjoyment, is as ira
nal as /, would be for the husbandman TO
y, Spring Is the season for fowers-see how
b spring up, will not disturb them by Ell
>f ploughlag OF sowing. 1fyou,h is the sea
Of enjoyment, Il Is because TO the youthful
(u every object can impart IT, And the
way 10 preserve this youthful buoyancy,
20 preserve the taste unyiiisted. the heart
corrupted by the exciting yet artificial plea
les OF the world.
here are scenes Of dissipation and vice OF
ch we do no, warn you. We speak not
Of the midnigh; revealing, OF the billiard
le; the gaming roam. the theatre, and OF the
per scenes OF goiil and inlamy to which 1t
T.. We warn the mariner 10 shun the cur
which will draw him into the whirlpool,
when he has giided into the vortex and we
han eiddily revolving. We stand appalled,,
aihless and speeches., expecting his de-
enon. dreading each circling wave which
hers around him, and feeling that mlrae-
az interpretation alone car save him. Thus
ne look upon those young men whose feet
e catered upon a course Of sin. We may
our hearts in prayer ioI them, but we
little hope that cor voices can reach
N, of that our advice will be needed by
n aud although for q season they may
gsiiS 10 the vorter OF unholy pleasure
know that ere long they must be drawn 20
t'o,iom and dashed on the rocks 81 guilt.
'e The dark foods Of despair and infamy
over them.
re Asvs therefore en5esvcrei n address