St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-11-24

| ties of life, and secures him immunity
from the fretting of the weak man.
This power goes deeper than self-con-
troll, and the higher type is manifest In
him who abandons that which gives
pain to others. Manly independence is
another element of strength, which en-
ables the pOssessOr TO rise above the
feeling that he is not receiving as much
as his neighbOr. Thus he prefers to
give rather than receive. Again, true
strength is able to be weak. The abil-
ity to overcome the brute force is a
type of the highest strength. 1t is
much more difficult to exhibit this
quality of strength than the natural
weakness. These are some of the
characteristics which eXalt the natures
of young men. The source of this
strength is of God. 1t is not inherited.
1t is the spirit of God breathing in and
through a young man. To grow strong
er is to open the heart to the influences
of the spirit. The world is in special
need of this class of young men. The
cause of Christ needs this cOnsecrated
strengthened so much in the more con-
spicuOus but in the more common walks
of life. What among young men is he
who is not ready to enter the lists ?
The time is ripe for another Outburst
of Christian chivalry, not for the
knights who seek with spur and lance
to win the smiles and favor of fair
maidens, but for that higher type of
knightly character manifest in purity
and integrity of purpose, nobility of
life, and in living and working for God
and humanity. Be that our aim.
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.
Rev. E. w. Culver spoke from Eccle-
siastes IL: %. JOY, he said, should
ever be the portion of the young.
Take from the world the joy of the
young and it would be hard indeed to
manage them. He would not take
from the youth their JOY of the world,
but would say, Remember now thy
Creator in the days of thy youth" The
JOY of the youth should spring from a
fountain within, and not from outside
circumstances. The real meaning of
the text, as he considered it, is, as you
are dashing headlOng down to ruin,
take this truth with you, "There is a
terrible Judgment coming" The
heavens and ocean are mighty wonders,
but not so much so as young man,
who is "fearfnlly and wonderfully
made" Rejoice, young men, that you
are young men, and that You are en-
dowed with faculties to appreciate life,
high above the creatures of the field
The bird and beast make their nests
and homes the same now as one thou
sand years ago, but what changes will
men Rejoice that you are capable OF
sympathy, and find pleasure i'll rejOic-
ing when our companions rejoice. Re,
jOice for hope, but for which every
wheel in moral and physical life would
clog and stop and refuse to move for.
ward, and we should Immediately be.
gin to go back. 1t enables us to liv,
over the joys and anticipatiOns of tn,
future for long seasons. Rejoice be
cause of our Immortality which causes
us to prepare for a future. Again
rejoice in the conduct of God to
ward us as sinners, that he did no
leave us standing before the grea
problem of sin, but solved that prob
lem for us, and gave us his son to pre-
pare the way to everlasting life. Re
iOice in your manhood, which gives
you noble aspirations and thoughts
and that he never placed man in cir
cumstances where he cannot be 4;
Christian. God has made you the arch
itect of your own lives, and you cal
make your bed in the future il
darkness and uncertainty or you cal
make it in heaven. Rejoice in you
| inheritance, WHICH Is 81 much IhOI'
than that of your forefathers. You
have the accnmulatiOns of six thOusant
years laid at your feet. These re
sources have cost the world more thai
fifty millions of lives. But what grea
responsibilities are laid upon you
and you will hand these same down t
future generations, you will be on
link in this great chain, and hoy
will you build it ? In that great da
fires to go out upon the affairs of til
+ church, you will receive the maledic
lions of generations back to Abraham
time. Strong men physically are need
ed i'll this great moral war, and wha
we put on one end of our life in dissi
patton, God will surely take from tn
other end. A man ought to lay tn
foundation in youth for life for eight
years to come. He who has been SOW
, ing wild oats is simply sending forwar
checks which will surely be casheC
Gods handwriting is upon every on
who lives in excess, and your excess
written upon your fOreheads. Their
are claims upon your intellect Chris
q tianity has claims upon it. If a yOun
man will spend half the time in cult
q waiting his intellect that he does i
things which he ought not to do, h
o will be broad cultured man.
young man should contribute to sOcit
ty, but some will say, 81 have no plac
. i'll society,"" You Just make contribu