Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-04-14
in and drive the stake for their en-

from shore with broken rudder and
lost compass. and hulk leaking fifty
gallons the hour, is better of than a
Young man when you have robbed
him of his Bible. Have you ever no
ticed how deSpicably mean L lsto take
away the worlds Bible without pro-
posing n substituted 1t is meaner than
TO come TO "A sick man auI steal hs
medicine. meaner than to CONS TO n
cripple and steal his crutcb, meaner
than to come 10 a pauper aud steal his
crust, a than TO come 10 a'poor
man and burn his house down. II is
the worst of all ~larcenies 70 steabthe
Bible, which has been the cralehY and
medicine and food aud eternal nome TO
S % manyl What a generous and mag.
unanimous business intidelity has gone
into! This splitting up Of life boats
and taking away of fire escapes and
ex~tinguishing of light houses.
leone out and | say TO such people,
what are you doing all this fort"
'Oh," they say, lust for fun" 1t is
such fun TO see Christians try TO hold
on to their Biblesl Many of them
have lost loved ones, and have been
told that there is a resurrection, and il
is such fun 10 tell them there will be
no resurrection! Many Of them have
believed .hat Christ came 10 carry the
burdens and 10 heal the wounds of the
world. and it is such fun TO tell them
they will have to be theirown saviOurl
Think Of the meanest thing you ever
heard of; then go down a thousand
feet underneath il, and You will find
yourself at the top of a stairs "A hun.
bred miles long; go TO the bottom of
the stairs. and you will find n ladder a
thousand miles long; then 20 to the
foot of the ladder and look off a prcci-
pice half as far rs from here 10 China.
and you will find the headquarters of
the meanneSs that would rob this
world of its only comfort in life, its
only peace in death and its ouly hope
for Immortality. Slaughter a young
mans faith in God, and there is not
much more left to slaughter.
Now, what has become Of the
slaughteredl Well, someo Of them are
in their fathers or mothers house
broken down in health, waiting TO die;
others are in the hospital Others are
in Greenwood, or, rather, their bodies
are, for their souls have gone on TO
retribution. Not much prospect for "A
young man who started life with good
health, and good education, and a
Christian example set him, and oppor-
tunity of usefulness, who gathered all
his treasures and put them in one box,
and then dropped it into the sea.
Now, how is this wholesale slaugh-
ter to be stoppedi There is not a per-
son in the house but is interested in
that question. Young man, arm your
self. The object of my sermon is TO
put a weapon in each Of your hands
for your own defense. Wait not for
Young Mems Christian associations to
protect you, or churches 10 protect
you. Appealing TO God for help, take
care of yourself.
First, have a room somewhere that
you can call your owl. Whether IL
be the back parlor of n fashionable
boarding house, or a rOomin the fourth
story of a cheap lodging, | care not,
Only have that room your for
tresS. Let not the dissipator or un.
clean step over the threshold. II they
come up the long fight of stairs and
knock at the door, meet them face TO
face and kindly yet firmly refuse them
admittance. Have a few family por-
traits on the wall, if you brought them
with you from your country home.
Have a Bibleo on the stand. Ii YOU can
afford it and you can play on one,
have an instrument of music-harp or
flute, or cornet, or melodeon, or violin,
or piano. Every morning before you
leave that room, pray. Every night
after you come home in that room,
pray. Make that oom your Gibral-
tar, your SebaStopol, your Mount
Zion. Let no bad book or newspaper
come into that room, any than
you would allow a cobra 10 coil on
your table.
Take care of yourself. Nobody else
will take carr of you. Your help will
not come up two or three or four
flights OF stairs; your help will come
through TIE roof. down from heaven.
from that God who in the six thousand
years of the worlds history never be-
trayed a young man who tried TO be
good and a Christian. Let me say in
regard 70 your adverse worldly circum-
stances, in passing, that you are on a
level now with those who are finally
10 succeed. Mark my words, young
man. and think Of it thirty years from
now. You will find that those who
thirty years from now are the million
aires of this country, who are the ora
tors of the country. who are the poets
Of the country, who are the strong
merchants Of the country, who are the
great philauthropists of the country
mightiest in church and state-are this
morning on a level with you, not an
inch above, and you in straitened cir
Cumstances now.
LIVERY MAN HAS A NATURAL EQUIPMENT.
Herschel earned his living by play
ing a violin at parties, and in the in
terstices OF the play lie would 90 out
and look up at the midnight heavens,
The fields OF his immortal conquests.
George Stephenson rose from being the
foreman in a colliery TO be the most
renowned Of the worlds engineers. No
Quilt, no capital TO start with Young
man, 60 down TO the Mercantile Ii.
brary and get some books and read Of
what wonderful mechanism God gave
you in your hand, in your foot, in
your eye, in your car, and then ask
some doctor TO take you into the dis.