Telegram-herald., 1886-04-19
mn TRAINING on ia. mAN.r
4 sensible sermon a. Young Mea oy Rev.
Charles fiuhr~r.

4 sensible sermon - \ onng Men py Rev
Charles flahr@r.
Res. Charlie fluhrer took for his text
last evening the 27ih verse of the third
chapter af tlr Book of lamentation, II
. .ood i1r a man that he bear the yoke in
li, youin which he expounded la sub
,tancea as i1Uoss Al the commencement
~ rae agn thefe vas great popular
prejudice in this souutrs AGAINST the
military men graduated from West Point
Many q loyal soldier skilled and trained "a
military mauoeIyres was regarded with
suspicion oe,asioned in part by the fact
tnat "a considerable portion of them sym
path.1-j with the south and had offered
their service, io the Confederate army.
The result was that Important commands
we're intru.tcd to men loyal Indeed bat
unframed and un-kiled in the science OF
var Alter "A seric, of reyerses, however,
thi, bluuder wus corrected and the COM
mands I'D onr armies were placed ln the
hand. of the trained and experience
zraduate- 0f West Point.
Ofcoursc there are rare geniu-es that rise
-uuerior 90 all ordinary rules, bur the rule
+, that long drill and severity OF experience
arr. Indispensable 20 great achievement, and
toe principle holds good in almost every
vocation that trained men are those who DO
the greatest work aud with the greatest ease
and deXteuty
There are two staudpoints upon which "a
regard life. the standpoint of youth and OF
age The youth Is restive buoyant and
lacks restraint The man is sober serious
and quite willing 10 impose restraint on
those Younger ia wears. The truth lies mid
war between these two extremes. The yoke
when 10 Is ill-litting and ill-shaped is indeed
irk-ome and hard to bear but it is not nee
c.Sariiy ~o NOR unnatural. Every OK must
I bear the yoke and the colt the harness. and
man too. iu order 90 be Of service 10 man
| kind must put himself in harness. In all
probability he must bear the yoke some
/ ume and the earlier he puts 10 on the easier
/ il Will De in after years
Childhood is a happy period OF life, de
Eght6l In itself lt seems "A pity that ITS
exuberance and freedom from care must
vanish that study must alternate With its
/ p.ay and duty appear as the shadow OF
pleasure But the child must not 1--we ln
I perpetual childhood. Childhood IS bat a
period OF life and the chlid is % become a
man and preparation must be made Tor
/ fhis The strong trunk and limbs of the
I apple tree are built to bear not only the
/ pretty blossoms bat also fruit. The free
I and ~p0rtiye colt in savage life may remain
T innocent of saddle Jr bride buf wherever
/ fhp farmer fence appears he belong, % So
/ cietv and must bear the burdens OF civiliza
/ ZION. But thi, IS not the abuse of the ami
/ ma huf the use. 10 is right that the colt
7 should become q trained horse - with
I man. az his youth is potent with great
prom .es 50 hi- manhood is fruitful with
L II
/ your life as au entirety, each part D. related
I t1 ail other parts and each lie to an other
! live. iu fhe universe You can not cui
toufl OH from Interior results. 10 not only
-buf IS iu order to become something
/ else $40 man suppose, for a moment thar
the ltrne--inE of colt IS The spelling OF
+ hiu. 90 i- tle making ot him as training Is
0f She youth.
An important part of this training Is to
/ .ei~n t1 make au economical Use 0t our
+ power. one of che greatest evils of society
I i- the dissipation 10 energy through the lack
of fute. gent discretion. have not in
/ mind noT the s.ciou- elements 81 society,
+ fhe spirit 10 destrurtivencss that invades
F ard c.rr1ie~ every part of sou iefv or these
+ aIe,nent. every ad-hearted man constitute
ararf nu. what have chiefly in mind are
+ those whose energies are wasted through
+ Pack - intelligence The number i- legion
I of those who s-pafe through thought
I .es-ne~s AMI smal hsa~e1uess al their
F energy Nthaut ar0amn' ishing anything
Iu training Ger a u-efll liie 200 these day
I special culture of specific powers for spe
I e,rr purpose - sII imu1rfauf 4 person
Z trafnad tuus MAKES uo unnecessary strokes
/ 3is-frafes nn power and arromplishes The
f .raate-' rer.t4 Ne may -a.eIv sag fhei
+ fhe sne FOR a universal Eenis- IS forever
f passed Iae rr1Ffn nf sn1W edge fs su