The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-28

tulh may present heieei clothed IN cOarsest cames
hair truth may tnus teem like fiction, and fiction
wear the semblance of truth
IT, tthen, my irienos, wish to save yourselves,
more esp cialv II YOU wish to exert q good ins
fuente upon others, it is incumbent upon Won 20
subject yourself in outh to thorough discipline,
and you musl mo- only cultivate those powers bv
which you must discriminate between sophistry and
sound lePic, but also you should cherish those
higher iniuitiOns which ale so specially necessary
to hte You must be able 10 distinguish between
that which 10 fictitious and accidental ana that
which is vital am essential You must reach thaf
posiion where You will not be injured, in danger
OF giYlng up the truth because It purely divine
or imbbina error because II has divine VIgor And
you need not say, IL am in no peril ! shall lust
receive what has been handed down 10 me by nv
lathers shall Jet o'bers do my Lbidding; paSsvev
acqulescinR IN their Judgment shall not be dong
eUI" say keep away 1rOm that contagion.
uyou plant yourself on such ground this, you
VIII hnd that you are standing on verv snppeTV
place tits much wiser aud more manly to know what
70 beneVe. and why you beIeve 1t. God has gwen
your iaculhes Tor use The ship which never sails
never founders, but It might we'll have toundered
as 10 Tlde all its days IN the dock. call upOn YOu
tnefelofei 10 get ready for the eVontfU times In
which you are TO live; trim your lamps and be Won
sure IN discovering the talth in which you ought 20
walk walk we i've; indeed, in words in thoughts, in
OF the CLOCK of tune, measured by our heart thrObs
ne most lives who thinks most feels the nObes acts
lne pest. Your prenaration Tor HE VIII have 20 be
very incomplete If you bring In discipline only 10
the intellectual part Of nature.
- sometimes wise mankind rank among the meanest.
The more we know toe better for the minu will be
guided by lofty principles-tbe less we know, the
power of selfshness and sin will have DOMINION
over us. But 1t is not within the scope OF tins dis
course to dwell upon the iuture which will environ
you. say that hope that the most that ali of the
young men before me have no desires TO VISIT ram.
bling dens, drinking sa oOnS, and the drama, and
sionaIy drinking until the midnight hour. VI ''O''
You do not mean 10 become moral sui cldes, and
Slg your own graves, and be buried with the
burial OF an ass i ou do not mean to staoger
through lie with blotch, appearance, stammer.
ing speech, and palsed hands, laughed at by the
good. You do not mean to i've IN such manner
that when you die, men will oraw full breath, and
say :-"Thank God, he is gone" You do not mean
TO sink so low that the mother who bore you will
say, iA her anguish Would that he had died in his
seemed TO be waiting at the chamber door" You
do not mean TO barter away your eternal birth
right for mess OF poisonous potaVe. That class of
youth who have made such miserable league with
the devil, must be sought somewhere else, in some
other place tonight than in tins house of God.
Have you filed your vocation? say unto you pre-
pare for the solemn responsibility of the age In which
you hive. ou must not be contented simply to be
Tree from the thraoom O1 low sensual bias Is very
important that yeu IN time like the present, should
cultivate the positive elements Tor a high, generous
ano honorable character
There are vices of which no mention is ever made
IN ene cImiGai reports Church discipline rarely
way Of making money But alter a the there 1 is sn
corodlng as II were the bite OF viper, fatal it,
in these things, which are now open, and more
| openly admitted Every age brings with 1t Irs own
peculiar influences, and II NAV be said of modern
society, is as it we're said of ancient Tyre, her
chants are princes and her trafhkers fill the whole
| earth.
1he power which regulates the world is merely
ness men" Commerce has brought the remote re-
gions OF the earth into contact with civilization.
| These mercantile en- erprises, with their money,
! stimulate eveIv branch of mechanical art They
project ali manner OF institutions, furnish capital to
carry them INTO execution; build railroads, facto.
ries, steamships, hospitals, and churches control
the po ihcal economy of the country, dictate the
principles Of the people: and to some extent the
teachings OF the pulpit. MOney-there never was
time when money was 80 alcOn olling and power
ul as it is now, both for good and for evil. There
are ten thoughts given to the accumulation OF
money where but one IS given to other matters
CathedTas OF stone were once built for the glory
God cathedrals OF stone and glass are now erected
TO the glCry OF trade. The CrUsades were once pro-
eced TO rescue the Holy Land from the infdels; ex-
petitions are now projected to open new markets for
Men we're once born with rank. now they have
rank who make themsely rich. Under the present
condition OF things the fact has become more prom-
nent that prizes are occasionally won This lndi-
Gates that the community and mass of the people
are slow to return to their regular employment,
auTed BY attaining to immedi riches. AS might
be expected, we have had succession Of good times
and BAD times. We can rest satisfied with our pre-
sent cond1tion. This throws a feverish ement
into society, and the result is to every day life,
which by constant discipline in It's line, IS bringing
about great and pernicIOus evils. And here we are
brought INTO contact with radical evil, and this is
the spirit OF wOrldliness, against which the Scrip.
tures so often replete its advIces We learn to
measure every thing in this world by the table of
Profit and Loss "
A man may have good principles in his heart Tor
rather IN his head6 but If he tails he discern
great wrong with the eye Of the mind, but wrong
that is profitable he cannot so readily see.
He cannot be liberal in good times, because money
is too valuable to 0ive away, and in bad times he
doubts not that he has soul TO save but he will
save money first and his soul afterwards. And stl,
my friends, we must not close eyes against
speaking OF the situation we are IN at the present
time.
So long as the business world is a lottery, with
one RarIng prize to fifty blanks, so long the pre-
sent feverish excitement lasts, which permeates all
circles of life, all business and the body polite, so
long az the natural cause and want of Oddcon is
inCleased, and the supply inadequate for the wants
OF socletyso long as these things continued but Chrs
tian philanthropists may do what they please it will
be impossible to elevate the people much above their
present condition. The man who is hunRenng and
shivering does not care for his SOUL cares what
becomes of and the man who is success1Hl is 100
much engaged in trafickInR worldly goods to
taken up with worldly cares, getting rich and
making moneyBtoO fast, to for mis- soul, which
he can put OFF until some more convenient season.
Young men, strive to be as steadtast in pursuit of
heavenly as well as worldly riches. Be more anxi-
TO true selfrespect, than the respect OF
the world and persons. Remember that God under.
STANDS you. He knows what you by the emo.
tons OF our soul The time Is not very far off when
your fellowcreatuIes also shall know You and
stand your heart know our Deeds and Judge your
worth as member of society. s
have done, but as the thought comes over me
that some Cne OF these young men, before ten years
, past Will be lying IN an tnglOliOus grave, OF
wandering in shameful exile. SO fallen and so beg
PaTed so degraded, that HIS name is not mentioned
in the home which so lately rung merrily with his
boYish laughteT-a as l think OF the bitter agony
which viii be suffered in that bereayed househo III
ana as seem to hear IN the distance the tone o
the funeral bell, must speak another word.
step by step young men seen going down th(
down INTO perdtion. Some OfYOu say, 81 am Ia NJ
danReri commit none of these faults, can stoJ
myself when 80 desire" lt may be that the hnl
is even now passed II may be that YOU have readJ
losr control of yourself You may 90 from th
church and make another down ward step Tonight
ana before you sleep the manacles will be tiPhtened
ABOUT our soul, and soon Ou perish. A while ago
It may he SAID he was a blIthesome, hopeful boy
lew years hence, ana he will be cod, whether