The New York herald., 1876-09-18
EIGHTEENTH STREET NJ. Z. CHURCH.
SERMON TO YOUNG MEN LAST EVENING, BY


REV. W. r. HATFIELD.
In the Eighteenth street Methodist Episcopal church
last evening Rev W. f. Hatfield the pastor, delivered
the third of OF sermons young men, on essen
tals in life The speaker began by saying
that there few questions OF greater importance TOT
young than "How may succeed In life what is
necessary for to do9 what course shall adopta"
These questions have been asked by ovcry young man.
and life depends to great extent upon tho
manner these answered and carried out There
must first be an aim in lfc TO warrant Some
have ridiculcd tho IDEA of having aim laying
out definite plan They tell that there Is a prov-
little what plans are laid so long there divinity
that shapes our ends But arc We to suppose that
ivviceosc 10 going TO do everything for man; that
this Will build houses, statues, paint and
fashion, and mako money and gain knowledge
and that man has nothing 10 do but receive
whatever God chooses 10 bestows Those who
have been successful have found that whilo
God has given them faculties for acquiring knowledge
they had to do their part in educating these faculties
and in having some definite object in view for which
labor. Coiumbus Wbcrforcc and Washington each
had an ann and they followed until they gained he
object for which they long and pcrsisenty strug-
gled. Temptations that lead to evil must be strongly
resisted. One young man sees another OF his ago
who is
LIVING WITHOUT WORK
He has soft hands, wears KID gloves fourishes canc
smokes cigars rides in the park dresses cxpensivey
and has an estsy time and ne feels that be ought to
have easy time too. No man eyer became wise,
useful or great who was an idlcr. But you say, IL
would work, there is work to be found; nobody
wants to hire times SO hard" Ii the thousands
OF men who OUT OF employment IN this city -many
of them ouneing about the parks-wouid 60 into the
country they could 1nd work there There are fine
farms New Hampshire turned into pasture land be.
there none TO work thcm The young men
have gone into cities to pttancc therc rather
than 1.-Two like princes the SOIL Resist temptation
to accumulate money by dshonorablo means. Never
in the history Of this country has there been such
mania for making money fast MS during tho past ten
fifteen years, and In tho hot haste to roll
up wealth ttlc heed has becn given to the methods
employed And cvcn now there man. who
think that the great end OF lite make fortune aud
II matters little what means used shat arc not
openly unlawful that will secure the coveted boom
Another element OF success in life is rely on ones
sclL one reason why so many young never sue
coed ia because they too distrusu OF themselves
They arc like man learning TO SWIM who has used n
litc preservcr so long that no dare into
deep water without it Ii he would become q good
swimmer he strike ont where the water is bold
relying hts strong arms, and II q man would
successful he loose from all artificial helps
and rely on his own abiltties
The important requisite Of all is the formation
OF character according the teachings Of the Bible
No man hope to succeed who dscards the teach
ings OF the Bible They the foundation OF our laws
and laws and Jurisprudence the best governed
countries the globe Ii here learn that u wo
would be really great must DO really good and
that highest happiness in time and eternity only
can be secured by having characters moulded by
those principles that the foundation of the Chris
tlan faith