Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-06
YOUTHS COLUMN.

to hide his doing naughty from hi
parents"
"What would have been a bette
way? ?" asked the little girls mother.
$50 and teu," said Lucy, II think
go and tell. That takes the load from
your mind"
at is the Bible way" said mother
81 never read it in the Bible" saiG
Lucy, opening her eyes wide.
mot in so many words, perhaps
said her mother. "God says, He thai
eOUereh his sins shall not prosper but
whosoever eonfesseh and forsaketl
them shall find mercy Confessing is
going and telling, You know"
"Yes, said Lucy, ''that is the way.
am always great deal happier tC
come straight and tell You, mother,
even If you blame me"
Cannot a great many other children
say the same thing? Then why do
Others so often try to hide things from
their parents d? Are they afraid OF
blame or reproof? That is cowardly.
Yet Satan always tempts them to hide
the secret. He made Eve tell a lie
when she ate the apple which God had
told her not to eat and he loves to
make children follow poor Ewes fool
ish example.
God teaches you a better way. He
knows you may go astray; he knows
you have faults he knows you will
meet with accidents /; he knows you
have weak, sinful hearts but he loves
you teuderly, and desires to set you
right again as soon as can be /; there
fore he tells you to confess, because
che that confesses and fOrsakes his sins
shall find mercy" Confessing your
faults helps you to forsake them. 1t
breaks their power over you and If
your parents find you sorry, how ready
are they to forgive you
And is not God ready to forgive you
toO2 He loves to hear your penitent
He loves to see you sorry.
He will forgive you your sins, and
you to do right in time to
some. My children, when you have
done wrong do not hesitate to confess it.
To PUT AWAY FAULTs.-One day /
was watching a great Newfoundland
dog. He had been told by his master
TO fetch him basket of tools that the
gardener had left in the shed. The
great dog went to obey his young mas
ter. He took hold of the basket with
his mouth, but he could not lift If.
What did he do? Give it up? No,
never One by one he took the things
put of the basket and carried them to
his master.
One by one That is what we must
.ry to do with our own faults. Try and
get rid of them one by one. Jesus
knows how hard it is for you to do this,
and so he has given You a word that
will help You to do it, and that word is,
To-day"
L will show you how. Take one fault
we will call it bad temper-and in
he morning when you get out of bed,
isk God for Christ's sake to help you
to-day" to overcome that bad temper
Perhaps y-and-by something will begin
20 make You feel angry then remem-
Der your prayers, and try and drive
lway the angry feeling, and say, "Not
,o-day."
If you have learned any bad, wicked
words, like some poor children in the
streets, who do not know any better,
hen ask God for Christ's sake to help
Tou to- day; then, when you are tempted
20 do so, remember, mot to-day; /
will not say any wicked words to-day"
And do the same with all your faults.
Take them one by one, and try for one
whole day not to give way to them. 1t
will come easier then.
Do SoMETHING.-It is sometimes a
title difficult for diffident young man
20 get start in life-and a start is all
hey want but they need not be dis
ard above all things they need
not collapse into the pitiable degrada-
ion of saying 81 can't" One of
7oung mans first duties is to butt
against the world if it does not yield
1t the first trial, let him make another
1 il does not yield at second trial, let
him make third and if it refuses to
Tield at the third, let him keep on
putting till it docs yield. Sooner or
ater it will open its doors, and admit
him to fair share of its riches and
lonors. 1t does not matter a great
leal what Young man goes at at first,
provided he goes at something. If he
,an not work with his head, let him
work with his hands there are none
IF us who have a right to imagine our
selves above manual labor, aud there
ire few of us who would not be sea
'oned and improved by such labor.
ab
pest fitted for, sooner than years of
dleness /; and when a young adven-
.urer discovers what he can do best, let
iim go at that with all his might, and
With the blessing of heaven upon his
honest efforts, he will find that there is
anything he can not do.
AN ARAB LEGEND.-King Nimrod one
lay caused three urns to be placed be-
'ore his three sons. One of the urns
vas of gold, the other of amber, and
he third of clay. The king told his
eldest son to choose among the urns
hat which appeared to contain the
treasure of the greatest price. The
Oldest chose the vase of gold on which
was written Empire ;" he opened it,
md found it full of blood. The second
chose the amber vase, on which was
written "Glory; ;" he opened it, and
'ound it filed with ashes of men who
lad been famous on earth. The third
,ook the remaining vase of clay he
opened it, and found it empty; but in
he bottom the potter had written the
aame of God.
(which of these vases weighs the
most ?" demanded the king of his court.
Ihe ambitious replied, the vase of gold;
he poets and conquerors, the vase of
lmber the sages answered and said
he empty vase, because that a single
etter in the name of God weighs more
han the entire globe.
An EXCHANGE tells us that a school
boys toothache generally commences
It eight in the morning reaches its
highest altitude at a quarter to nine,
when the pain is intense to an extra
degree commences to subside
It nine ; after that disappears with a
,elerity that must be very comfortable
20 the sufferer. IL at night the boy
hasn't got four quarts of walnuts spread
,ut TO dry up stairs, it is because there
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