Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-11-19
WORDS For TIE YOUNG.

SERMON PREACHED IN NEW ORLEANS, ON
SUNDAY EVENING, SEPT. 22D, 1867, By
REV j. Il. SMITH, NJ. D.
1.-THE following sermon was preached by
the Rev. ]. B. Smith, M. D., a Missionary
of the Baptist Home Mission Society, labor
ing at New Orleans until October last, when
God called him from his work on earth to
his reward in heaven. DIR. Smith was a
colored man, not mulatto, but genuine
African of unmixed blood. He was one of
the best educated of his race, and spent his
time and talents in promoting their welfare.
The sermon we print was the last he ever
preached, and was prepared without any
thought OF publication. 1t proves him to
have been possessed Of first rate scholarship,
rare thoughtiulness and close observation.
His case proves all the friend of the negro
claims for him-give him chance and he
will prove himself worthy of all the privl-
leges enjoyed by his white brother.-ED.l
Let no man dsspise Thy youth. .
Neglect not tile st that is within thse. 12, H.
The period of youth is the glory of nature;
and the healthy development of all the re-
| is the glory of youth. But prodigality oil
| native energy is besetting sin; the vast
| ing of precious vigor in criminal pleasure is
| common among men. The grand means
| by which the highest beauty of men is de-
| faced, their energies squandered, and theii
souls destroyed, is intemperance In eating
| drinking, and sensual indulgence.
In the first place, sntenperdnee in the ats'
of food is a frightful source OF disease, stu
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moniously and industrlously If he woult
rise 10 eminence, with Simultaneous expan
sion in trunk, branch, and foliage, as tret
grows. The sap of immortal energy mus
circulate in every fibre. Two laws are mani
fest IN the constitution of man, due regar'
to which must eonduee 10 our welfare II
the first place, in proportion as the physica
nature of man is healthfully developed b,
suitable discipline, securing the creates
yigor of limb, and the greatest acuteness {
| sense, he will derive important aids to tn
1 intellectual and moral powers from the pei
fectlon of his outward frame. Secondly
{ bv delightful reaction the mind, in propol
u ton as it is invlgorated and beautified, give
strength and elegance 10 the body, and Ell
larges its sphere of action and enjoyment.
At Athens the gymnasia became templ
Il of the Graces. They were not merely plac
of exercise for the young, (for whom thir
=. | SUCH places ought ~ DG llONAucuJt bub dAS
Y to their halls, porticoes, baths, and grove
ct the votaries of every art and science. III
D. field of Olympia was to the Greeks the mo
sacred enclosure OF the gods. The gam
: therein practised, among other uses promot
T. manly education, by teaching that the boz
has its honors as well as the mind. wit
ont physical vigor the feeble chickering's
I; the mind are only gildec halo hoveri
> around decay"
A Pagan youth once said, that the W
greater, and born to greater things, than
be a servant TO his body" Coleridge sa.
"Unless above himself, he can erect himst
" how poor thing is man, Newton a
vo N'ichael Angelo afford splendid Illustrate
Of prudent and temperate lives.
Intemperance and licentiousness inyo
eternal disgrace and ruin. In Paris there
n beautiful antique gem, which represe
Bacchus as an ardent youth riding pant
at full leap. How strikingly this teac
that the spell-driven victim oi intemperal
III. rides in passionate and inhuman speed
t. ruin. 'What rein can hold llcentlous WI
ith cdness, when down the hill he drives
ferce careerPn Temptation is CONN
aal evil which the wise will resist; II is a nat
ing evil TO which the foolish VIII suceui
IS. W'den resisted, temptation is Diessi
when yielded to, a curse. In PAIN enc
sn, passed by such foes, filed with such pe
,,o as attend our probationary state, inc wa
inrs of Scripture arc most pertinent,
The Wise seaman Is careful about ms y
lnd lon and lookout, three guarantees oil sa
NJ, amid shoals and quieksands. He runs cl
reclcd in gale, and has sharp eye 70 eN
, lurking ledge or lee shore ANA sue