The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-22

"uys Tue grOWtn mat uestfoyeu child
hoods views. ensindled the sense of other
needs II caused us to feel the new
strength we had acquired. To such that
strength which is the demands Of youth
for self reliant activity. is apt to he felt as
the ground of future condolences, the assur-
ance Of future success. Thoughts now
20 forth in every direction, not as the
stately and marshalled forces of the mind.
but as cratic. uncomfortable powers who
pay slight attention to our wishes. Ques.
tons are then pressed with that impatience
and impetuosity incidental to such an age,
which long life time even will not answer
for US, n 7nrftFe
Religious motives are fluctuating in their
power. The healthy young person Is not
subject to strong religious thought that
bases itself liz the clear view of an after
life as its motive. There i no deep con-
seriousness Of sin. there is no desire TO de-
part hence. as being far better The
heaven OF childisi. fancy has gone. The
spiritual kingdom of Tod which is within
the pure In heart is not understood. II
my in fact he there now. ~ the philoso.
pher Is in tn. boy who asks the profound
question or The poet in him who in semi.
consciousidlcness writes the rhyming lines.
The maxims heard and learned in the
nursery are being disproved daily. They
are known as false in the sense supposed
true II it could be said to young people
in that stage Of life as full and compre-
hensive truth. THAT you desire most you
are sure of getting easiest. by strictly fol.
lowing the directions you feel accord with
the divine will" we should find ~ meeting
point between desire and the sense Of duty,
which would lend the force of the former
10 ex, cute the latter. But we cannot say
that. The inequalities of life seen and
known Of them are perpetual reminders Of
mysteries they cannot solve. We may say
these things are TO be righted In future
world: but that future world unseen and
Intangible has slight hold on them. To
talk of denial Of surrender. TO them Is
often quite confusing, and more often re-
pulsive. We might perhaps say to such,
The general correctness OF your life, and
desires, is such that you need not be re.
PEELED since YOU hayctO give up but little.
and that If things minor, and well nigh
worthless y Such an uttera,ce is only a
part truth. So far as the forsaking of past
sins is concerned. so far rs meeting in
stern personal contest that chaotic mora,
nature which sin has reduced from order,
the statement is true. That however is
not the objectin view It's 10 keep from
Reorganization, TO bring to order and or.
ganization nature whose parts fail to un
dcrstand themselves. whose faculties fail
to know their functions and relations. In
cidentally il will be found thar nroads OF
sin must be stopped. but at the stage We
speak Of, life has not assumed the phase
of a gross crime against heaven. Disciple
ship means the placing of self, to be
under the direction of the Lord Jesus.
The sense Of loss presenting itself with
the request made for such "a life is that of
personal liberty Right in the presence Of
such a fear may We not look beneath the
surface and sense the reality. May we not
touch il until it reacts to touch us into new
and better views of life. One of the most
sterling facts of life at the period alluded
TO, incidentally becomes through miscon-
ception hindrance. There stands before
the young mind the general view of what
christian duty is. what discipleship implies
over against ii stands the desires and aver
sions which seem sharply to collide, hence
grows the feeling. 1T is high. cannot at.
tain unto it, The ambition to excel
closes the eyes to the very beart Of all
that discipleship means: seryitude.
Taking the young rs in this condit Tor
can we wisely strive to show them
the fact that service of the most
unremitting type is the largest form
of liberty? That servitude is freedom'
1t is u paradox TO begin with. 1t may
seem contradiction. 1t is preeminently
fact. That is, servitude self elected Of
course.
Go, now, below the surface, as this oc
casion permits. What have these, who
are on the threshold, moving outward
from the privileges of the course OF study
the High School gives. beyond those Of like
age who have not had those privileges
How shall we answer? Will you say i
consists in a picture on the mind Of th'
geography of the world; where mountain
lift their giant crests upward to the realm
of perpetual whiteness, or. rivers wine
their paths throu ugh forests and past com
mercial centers; where boundary line
trace themselves, or the sealaves or lashe
distant shoresi Will you say in the facilit,
with which they can analyze the sentence