The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-04


Dr.. Hall Of HeB \ ork makes ths lolloW-
ing appeal 10 young men on tbs iap0Ftsnos
Of their giving thorough attention 70 ths
claims Of Christ: --aa
Let me speak e word, in conclusion q
voung men. | have been addrslsinV hs
reason. tbe Judgment and eonscisnca ~ 1to.s
to whom ] speak a snaak a5 unio WiSs
men Judge ye what say, Nov, yoans
men, let me ask this of Fou. ihat you viii 6s
dsyout and gOdly, with true, manly pisty,
on the Lords day and % the week day nos
because of a kindly deferenee 70 The win 81
your parents not on the ground q gentle
memories Of those that are gone, and 20
whom they would pay this slight hOeor
not on the grOu6d Of the softer coursslisg
toward mother and sisters. whose gentle VIZ
tues you respect and whose feelings y0u
would not willingly wound. Young men,
let me ask you to be true and deYOut, with
generous, manly piety, not 8pcn the1s
grounds, but upon other and deeper. Let
me tell you what mournful and manifold sz-
perience has proved, that dileliauts pisty
like this iuterposes but feeble barEiaE %
the temptations and seaFes and he i1dues-
meuts to fraud, 10 deceit and % evils hat
are continually being thrown II your way.
Let me tell you that a senlimsntal religion
IKE butB VIII 10 llt llLllo % f8lIlL4U UHu
when the storms and ihe Whirl winds of tust
aud passion sweep over your souls. Lst ms
ask you TO be deyout snd religious, with 3
true, manly piety, because religioa q enGItIsd
TO it on It's own marits because Il is entitled
10 command the acquiescencs Of yOur jadg-
menf, the submission Of your cOnscience,
abd the yielding up TO it Of your hearts and
Of youT lives Let me tsn yoa that ths
uiers patrOnising courtesy With which YONG
men are sometimes tempted 70 regard lha
truth Of the Church Of Christ is q mosksry
TO that Church, and 70 the Ohuroh's King
and Head. For its own sake, quits in5s-
pendent Of all those ubo haze c0uns1dsi
L to you, this Bible demands and is entitled
to receive your hearty acquiescsr CO and yoeT
gsnuine submission Give Il. young men,
6le grounds give il irreVoeablg, and ha Hut
afraid to stand up and say; Let 0lhaEa
do as they will as for me, I shall Rarvs The
Lord appeal to you, young aen, & rs
manly thing to turn 0ne's coward back upoH.
evidence that appeals to bis Judgment and
upon truths that appeal 10 his c0nseisncsf
! appeal 10 you, young men, is L prudent
manlinsss to hang up indefinitely q great
question that stretches away 10 its inananc8
upon you into the remote and uaiathomatls
etsrnity2
| put it TO you, young men, IS e manly,
is il generous, is it true, is It noble TO treat
with neglect and contempt One Who, If He
has not been a deceiver and cheat, has loved
you from everlasting wish love deeper and
ttusr Than your mothers feel for you Do
not, beseech you, deal 50 fOOlishly and
Riekedly. Thst man who can stalks bis for-
tune upon the turning Of die, or upon The
safety and the sWifiness Of horses kGt, Ne
reckon silly and foolhardy but submit
that bis course is wise-it is prudence itsslf
compared with the conduct Of q man IN Bis
senses who wiz say to the Creator who made
him and to the Savior who died 70 deliver
him, when stretching out pleading hands and
appealing TO him with beseeching voice:
g Go away at some more eOuVenisnt season,
perhaps, will call for thee" Yos-ng men,
do not so wickedly, bat when God speaks 10
you, the one Law giYer, and when Jesus
pleads with you, the one Savior, and when
there is offered to you rightsousnssS % cover
all your sins. pardon to blot out al the guilty
past and the Spirit to comfort, teach, aueti-
'fy and strengthen you Oh then, accept
these offers. rest upon this sure acFd, yiald
yourself TO this one law, and be IN sympathy
with this Divine Law giTer, Who saves them
who trust him, and who cOusigus 60 dsstrue-
tion those who despise and reject him. As
many as viii not bear thst prophet shall Be
destroyed from among the pe0pla. Nay
God bless 70 Us this bis truth, aRd 60 bis
name De the praise.