The Nevada picayune., 1885-10-01
A Fathers Advice to His Son,

gland, wrote a letter to his son. then student at Oxford. It would be hard for young men, in or out of college, to find more sensi. ble counsel or more inspiring thoughts than those which iIe pre- sents. We print extracts below:
 II have been through the pre- paratory schools and the universi- ty, and 1 know all their trials and their temptations. I also know kow prone boys are to think that the times have changed since their fathers were young, and that the true rules for the conduct of life have ceased to be the same. My son. as you grow older, you will fl nd from the time of Solomon to ] this hour human nature has not changed at all and that the guide to happy and prosperous life is precisely the same as it was when the wise men wrote.
 "Banish forever from your mind that folly which young men stupid ly furnish, that the world and the ways of the world are essentially different now from what they were forty years ago. and settle for. ever in your minds certain princi. ples which you are never to swerve from in your course of life.
 First, that there is great first cause which rules the world; a something which we can but dimly comprehend, because it is.too vast for our finite minds. 1t is infinite. It is fruitless to try to find our God. He is 'our Father in Heav- en- that is all the simple child can know; 1t is all that the most learn ed man ever know. That this great Creator is just and mercilul, aad rules by equal laws, we have every reason to believe; and that it is one of the Creators laws. that our i lives may be influenced by earnest prayer for guidance in the right way, there is no doubt. do not mean tc pray for specific things, such as riches and honOrs, will 1 bring riches and honors of mat ter of course, but that iIotiest and earnest prayer to our Father in Heaven for guidance in the way that is for our best good, is sure to bring strength to the mind, and
 thus to aid us in the affairs of life.
 "Evert day ask your Heavenly i Father to guide you in the way which IS right, and yort will not go wrong. That the soul survives the body, and that it is happy or mis, erable, according to the deeds done in the body never allow yourself to doubt. If skeptics wish to talk to you about it, don't ar. que: Arguments on these subjects never did any good; you might as well argue that you loved your mother,
 "Sccond. that truth, tufaitering integrity, justice and honor are never to be parted from under any circumstances. I pray you, my son, never trouble yourself about popularity. Do right, the best you can, deserve respect and you will be certain to have it. Ifyop see q fellow student who is always man ly, honorable, brave and just, and who dcvotes himself to the duties before him every day, who resists temptations to pleasures which in tepfere with health, and hence with his success, you cannot help ad' miring and respecting him. OK ford has never graduated a man who has an indolens failure at col lege who has ever became an emi- nent success afterwards, and she never will. eH
 "Third, that economy is virtue and that extravagance is vice, never forget. You never see man of forty who regretted his econo- my; yon will see plenty who mourn their carly extravaganza. .Layish expenditures never wins respect. It may win temporary hatterers who despise fhe fool they tlatter. Pay every debt you owe, but
 Neither borrower nor Il lender be,
 For loan of loses both itself and friend
 Let not your vanity ever tempt you to spend money. English young men are awake; they laggh at the laylish Americans who are so lavish. Remember that your hone. your pride. your hfe, is to