Democratic messenger., 1889-04-13

come from that deficit. Invited on all
hands 10 drink. aud their exhausted
nervous system seeming TO demand
stimulus Their religion caricaturcd
by tho most Of the clerks in the store
and most Of the operatives in the fac
tory. The rapids of temptation and
death rushing against that young man
forty miles the hour. and lie in fi7lil
boat headed up stream, with nothing
but a broken oar To work with. Unless
Almighty God hcl them they will go
under
All! when told you 10 take caro- Of
yourself you misunderstood me If you
thought ! meant you are to depend
upon human resolution, which may
be dissolved in the foam of the wine
cup. or may bc blown out with the
first gust of temptation. Here is the
helmet. the sword Of Lord God A..
mighty. Clothc yourself in that pan.
oply and you shall not be put TO con-
fusion. Sin pays well neither in this
world nor the next. but right thinking
and right believing and right acting
will take you in safety through this
life and in transport through the next.
never shall forget n prayer heard
young man make some fifteen years
ago. II was very short prayer, but
il was a tremendous prayer: "Oh Lord,
help u.s. We find il 81 very easy TO do
wrong aud so hard tn do right. Lord.
help u.s." That prayer. | warrant you,
reached the ear Of God. and reached
his heart. And there are in this house
n hundred men who have found out
thousand young men. perhaps. who
have found out that very thing. II is
SO very easy TO do wrong. and so hard
10 do right.
got letter, only one paragraph Of
which | shall read: Having moved
around somewhat have run across
many young men of intelligence,
ardent strivcrs after that will-o'-the-
wiSp fortune, and OF one Of these
would speak. lie was young Eng
lishman of twcntytlrcc or four years,
who came to New York. where he had
acquaintanccs. with barely sufficient
10 keep him Il couple Of weeks. He
had been tcndcrly reared; perhaps l
should say too tcndcrly, and was not
used 10 earning his living. and found
il extremely difficult to get any posi-
ton that he was capable Of filling.
After many vain efforts in this dirc-
ton he found himself on Sunday even
ing in Brooklyn, near your church,
with about three dollars left Of his
small capital. Providence seemed 10
lead him Ia your door, and he de-
tcrnincd To- go in and hear You.
'llc told me his going 10 hear you
that night was undoubtedly the turn
ing point in his life. for when he
went into your church he felt dcs-
pcE,tc. but while listening Ia your
discourse his better nature got the
mastery. | truly believe from what
this young man told me that your
sounding the depths Of his heart that
night alone brought him back 10 his
Cod whom, he WIS 50 near leaving"
TAKE THE RIGHT ROAD AND KEEP To 1T.
The echo. that is, of muliiiudcs in
the house. | ann not preaching an
abStrl 'tion. but u great reality. Oh!
lricndlcsS young man, Oh! prodigal
young man. Oh, broken hearted
young man. discouraged young man,
wounded young man, commend YOU
Ia Christ this day. the best friend u
man ever had. lie meet, you this
morning. You have come here for
this blessing. DcSplsc not that emo
ton rising III Your soul; il is divincly
lifted. Look into the face of Christ.
Lift one PRAYER la your fathers God,
To your mothers God. and yet the par
doning blessing. Now, while speak.
you are III the forks of the road, and
this is the right road and that is the
wrong road. and see you start on
the right road.
One Sabbath morning. nj the close
Of my service. SAW gold watch cf
the world renowned aud deeply ~
mcntcd violiniSt Ole Bull Nou -
member he died in his island home oil
the coast Of Norway. That gold watch
he had wound up,lay af,crday through
his illness, and then lc said 10 his
companion. Now | want Ia wind this
watch Us long as can. and then when
ann gone want you 10 keep II wound
up until il gets 10 my friend DIR. Dore.
mus, in New York, and then he will
keep il wound up until his life is done,
aud then | want the watch To 70 10
his young son, my especial favorite.
The great musician. who more than
any other artist had made the violin
speak and sing and weep and laugh
aud triumph for il seemed when he
drew the bow across the strings as il
all earth and heaven trcmblcd in de-
lighted sympathy the great musician,
in a room looking oil upon the sea,
and surrounded by his favoritc instru-
mcnts Of music, closed his eyes in
death. While all the world was mourn
ing at his departure. sixteen crowded
steamers fell into limo of funeral pro-
ccS>ion To carry his body To the main
land. There were fifty thousand Of
his counirymcn gathered in an amphi-
theatre of the hills waiting To hear the
culogium, and il was said when the
great orator Of the day with stcntorian
voice began To speak, the fifty thou
sand people on the hillsiJes burst into
tears
Oh! that was the close of u life that
had done so much TO make the world
happy. But have TO tell you, young
man. il you live right and die right,
that was "A tame scene compared with
that which will greet you when from
the galleries Of heaven the ono hun
drcd and forty and four thousand
shall accord with Christ in crying,
We'll done. thou good and faithful
servant.
And the influences that on earth you
put in motion will go down from gen
Grafton 10 generation. the influences
you wound up handed To your chill
drcn. aud their influences wound up
and handed TO their children until
watch aud clock ARE no moro needed
To mark the progress, because time it.
self shall bc no longer.
The largest ruby in the world is said
To bc "a stone weighing twen,y-four
carltS aud measuring an inch IN length
/ and dihrc-quartcrs OF an inch in width.
[ II is owned IN London.
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