Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-19
Young Men Attention.

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 About the Sins Which Reset You-What
 Modern Solomon Sees Through His
 Window Casement.
 A stirring sermon was preached by the Rev. Spencer H. Bray at the Humphrey street Congregational church last evening to an audience composed largely of young people, and which filled the coy little church coms pletely. The pastors theme was s'The young man whom Solomon saw through the case. ment of his window" and he dealt with some of the more prominent of the besetting sins of the present day with an unsparing hand, sparing nothing, and setting down nothing in malice. After few preliminary remarks the preacher turned his attention to those young men whom he saw indulging in the frequent use of tobacco. He first con- demned the use of the cigarette He said that young boys, school boys, Sunday school boys everywhere are smoking the internal cigarette. If I had 8 boy that was deter mined to smoke and would not smoke pipe instead of cigarette, I would whip him. The pipe would hurt him less. Boys look nervous, have a pallid hue of countenance, weigh less than they ought, are but emaciated walking skeletons. All this from the immod- crate use of the weed. A boy was killed in Brooklyn recently by smoking cigarettes. Tobacco in any form should be used either as medicine or 8 luxury. Tobacco is med icine ju st as much as arsenic OF any other poison. A man should not smoke oftener than twice day. Men are slaves oftener than that. They get up in the night and smoke, being restless and unable to sleep. They are affected with palpitation of the heart caused by excessive smoking. There are thousands of boys and young men who are sapping their health and running their constitution by the use of cigarettes. Even the very little boys just old enough to run about on the streets use cigarettes, many of them picked up in the gutter. My advice is to keep aloof from it. If I were to live my life over again I would make a solemn VOW to God not to touch tobacco young man who uses it is void of understanding.
 Any man who reads knows that alcohol is in no sense food. The best of athletes say that total abstinence is necessary to bring one to good state physically. Crime, pau perism, sorrow, suffering all are often due to the use of rum. Many and many man has done terrible deeds for which he afterward was sorry under the influence of drink. Men get the appetite be- fore they know it and then have terrible craving for drink all the time. No man who reads the secular papers of to-day can fail to see the sad effects of drink illustrated. Young men go to the fashionable saloons and drink lager beer and light wines and all those connections of the devil, and out of their number thousands of habitual drunk ards are recruited every year. The preacher related several thrilling incidents of men who had been ruined by drink. The young man who goes to the bar is devoid of understand ing, especially since there is scarcely drop of pure liquor sold in the saloons and gin. mills of to-day. A large percentage of the saloon patronage comes from minors.
 A young man is void of understanding who sWears. Young men swear and are hardly conscious of the fact that they swear. The habit grows on them unaRares. It is a mean, dsspicable, useless habit. A nan serves Satin very cheap who serves him by swearing young man riding on the cars, just out of college, was telling friend about his collegiate life, and every other word he used was an oath. A lady just in front of him stood it as long as she could, then said: ''Young man, did you study Greek or He- swearing in Greek and Hebrew" man travelling in Russia who does not swear is taken for a minister. A man who swears has no fear of God. It is painful fact that even our Sunday school boys swear. It is an un- manly, useless thing. It does not help you; it hurts every good person who hears it. I hear boys in the streets swear; on the street and steam cars; everywhere we hear men and boys swearing. Is there no way of stopping the open use of this terrible habit which of fends delicate ears and all right minded peo- pie who not void of understanding?
 Society is corrupt; New Haven society is corrupt. There are more plaques in this city than many are aware of. The woman in harlot's attire lut ks on every side. Read the book of Proverbs. Read Solomon's descrip- ton of the gates of hell and the chambers of death. wish I could place upon every house of prostitution and so called hotel the inscription 'tThe shortest way to destruc tion." could relate that to you which would make your blood curdle which is the fruit of bad women and men in this city. I speak thus because the city is full of young men who do not always know the wantonness and treachery that hide beneath silks and satins They are inexperienced Manly young men fresh from country homes come to Yale col lege here and need to be warned of their dan. ger before it is too late. The press and the pull pit should not be silent on this subject. It is time someone spoke out boldly and earnestly. young man is void of understanding who thinks it manly to doubt. When young man thinks it is manly to doubt he throws down every barrier against sin. ''The fool hath said in his heart there is no God" man is ready for every sin when he believes there is no God and no future life. It is sad thing to see young man moving out into life hav- iug no fear of God; like ship without rud- der or anchor or compass or chart, like this ship is the young man who disbelieves the Bible of his mother.
 This is very short life. Yesterday, to- day, to morrow and we are gone I like to see manly young man. How refreshing to see one who is ready to stand up and confess Christ before men, who boldly says No" to every temptation, who lives in strict honesty and integrity. It will pay you to be manly, and the most manly thing you can do is to give yourself to the divine Christ Jesus.