The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-10-26
Dung Mems Department.
From lie New York Organ.
4 "a'',in EYen'g with yOuug Ven.
HABITS TO BE RESISTED,

HABIT IS 10 BE RESISTED.
I'd FIST, habits of hreyious ease and
'e!ti'daigeace are among tue obstacles 10
hatl Ffues. we al@aysplIy those DUH
vbose birth and clrcunsfauces expose Them
TO Dc Saled on aud relieved from every *
e''rn, and guarded agaiusi tveiy pcouve.
% &c, The love Of ease ia inherent, in
go persors, aaG VI il is encouraged
az anfsed enill i! becomes necessity. i,
r.st -,fsss.lpvins young mS1' tie : ~
s1k c's Tor vice. They lack The maniy
fGce and fifmHess necessary to resist temp.
ts,icn. They dread Inconvenience aud d..
comfort more than they do sn. We can
hardly CONCEIVE Of ffmness Of charac e.,
stern, unsh'ipa'ns placip!e, exIslirs N
soft yielding body.
Ii ycung people beware Of forming such
habits. Do not be Bfroid or ashamed Ct
hardship. Wait Oh yourselves. Black our
c"u 5oois, b ush your oau clolhes-do not
be afraid OF little cold or hea,-o( hard
bed, 0! plain fare, or Of hard work. Sfivc
10 harden ycur body aud make it itm,
strong, aud healthy. la such body man
y vIt.ue has chance 10 gto~, as the steam
eng ne works best hen It has es!!d frame
sol. to support il.
AN AFRAID habits Of sef-iLdYlgonce and
love Of ease are but tee common with the
ouug ot both sexes, many of whom are
Slllug 10 be relieved Of every exernon and
nconrenleuce al the expense OF patents,
ernls, or whoever happens to be al hand
Or see il 10 llil4 lhiugs. For instance,
81 iN"re IS but one easy arm or tocktag
ctaH ~ the room, you VII see II occupied
10 ins0y isfHiIies not b. the father or moth.
sf, puI b. tho con or daughter. Bn not
10 neI or examples, lei ms conc ude this
h,ad BY obse:'ln2 tia, not oily d. al hsb.
,is o Il lncGgcGce serve Gs a ho.5, q for
VICIOUS principles, bu, they expose to much
sttls'na IN alter hfe, If poverty GEd want
happen 10 call for exposure aud self.deGial
no mater Il a oung man is herlo tallllcns,
he nd better be his oan servant, practice
sei.aenla! eld endure han dshp in degree,
both because Il viii be favora bic 10 his 10
'cect end u.oEnis, and wi fl him to bear,
ltA-A.A-' the fSNt'rcs "a hitet ift--
I!9o!en! habits are csfneslly 10 be lie
piecitcd by all young mCn who would ever
cone 10 any good aud useful end. Tins is
tea''y allied TO The SUBJ G. JUS; spoken Of,
end ct 'hefe is a { ference which al can
understand. God never srn. US into TIN.
world to DO nothing bu, sleep, ind dean,
and yasn. Every young msn should feel
ihis. and endeayor to find GU. The particular
end which his powers are adapted, and
ihen 60 al II might and main. Idle habits
gro" On US rapidly if they are allowed 10
gain tooIhold, aad they have lwo.fo'd
ctec' n the fast place, ladisposns u more
aud more TO eatncsi, slde.awake action,
and "a The seccad, consuming a great
DOuu. OF precious time WHICH can never
afterwards be recalled. There are mo.
mems when the most active and conscleu.
'ous feel his spitlt Of .!gdg g. -. -
oyn, ,,s,, - snaKe 1t Oh and refuse
g iis,en to It's whisper. 50 should every
young man, do oil Gil tirnee, and resoluteIy
apply himself affesh to his duties aud thus
resisting il, he Will find that like other bad
sqiri is It vii fly away.
Tx ha6It Of representation IS another
enemy to improvement. la some men il
negatives oil their good. They are ever re-
solving, reresoiving, ye, dying the same.
We taay be sure this is very bad and
mi:ch,e,ous habl; from the feet tha, the
Bible SO often and so earnestly demonstrates
aealrsI 1t. Many fne young nsn falls
INTO II, aud wastes his lie and faculties in
intending 10 do what he never finds on OF.
portunI,y to DO. This is melancholy and
criminal too. The circumstances Of the
world aud the will Of Providence call upon
ell young men to be minute men, with Their
banner Inscribed with the one word Nov"
There is much force in the remark OF an
Old divne, ,ha, hell 10 paved with good in.
leHtiOus.