Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-24

thus improving your time 10 yoat early
years, you will become an honor TO the
age in which you live. you sneak awav
from AIS presence aud read some sickly
novel which influences your passions.
sets your souls 'on fire OF hell" and
makes your whole body convulse with
raging, burning desires within after
pleasures which only exist in the crazv
imagination ofsome poor, ruined wretch.
VINO conceises mischief aud breeds and
prii,gs forth falsehood. Ny sons, fol-
low the advice Of your fathers and
mothers in all things, for they have
Travelled before you the same road you
have TO travel, and are acquain;ed with
all the difficulties and dangers that will
beset you through life. Honor. respect
aud give heed to the opinions Of old
men, for they have no other desire than
to do you good; and. finally, avoid
Uncle Toms Cabin, and all other like
disgraceful novels, as you would Inc
poisonous serpent whose sting is death.
REMARKS
In my concluding remarks, yQu will
expect TO hear T some of the benefits
which result from obeying the injunc.
tons OF the text The evening being
far spent, | will be brief. When Isaac,
the son OF Abraham. was forty years
old. he showed an instance Of obedience
10 his father unparalleled in the history
Of the world. The Almighty. 10 test
the faith Of A ABRAHAM and the obedience
of Isaac, commanded him TO take his
only son Isaac to the top OF mount Mo
riah and there offer him up as a Holo-
caust. And when Abraham held the
gliuering blade over his son Isaac, ready
10 draw his life blood. in obedience 10
the command of God, an angel from
heaven, in thunder tones. cried "Abra-
ham! Abraham! stay thy hand" 1t wa
enough; Abraham had believed God, ands
it was accounted TO him for righteous.
ness, and Isaac had obeyed his father.
The result was, that Isaac became one
of the Patriarchs o! his country and
honored among all nations. Read the
history Of the world, and you will find
that all great and good men have been
obedieni 10 their parents. The old pro-
verb is you must learn to obey be-
fore you are fit 10 command"
We have an instance amongst us in
this city. but he is not in this congrega-
tion--neither should he be. | mean the
Editor Of tho "Muscatne Journal" He
is yet but boy, but see what he has
done. He has always obeyei the man
dates Of his much esteemed and venera.
Bile father. Years ago, when his father
told him to keep out Of bad company, to
read good books. and thereby store his
mind with useful knowledge-,hat some
day he might become useful memb Der
OF society, as a wise son, he heard and
obeyed the instruction OF his father, and
now you begin to see the glorious results
OF his obedience.--for he has taken the
journal" when it was puny little
sheet, and by his untiring industry,
menda BILE zeal and commanding tai
ents has made il one of the largest and
best papers in the State, and " hich soon
will WELD an influence for good, that
will be irresistible, for which thousands
will rise up aud bless him. Ny sons,
II you will be great and good men go and
do likewise--and may the blessing o
God, your heavenly father. attend all
your efforts OF reformation. Amea.
I'VE should have drawn our pen across the cnnclud