The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-04-10

DO detained Tor lack OF postage stamps
through the forgetfulness Of the seuders,
and that 1t Is possible TO tell just how many
people win fall In the streets by slipping on
an orange peel In other words, there are
no accidents. The most Insignificant event
you ever heard OF Is the link between two
eternities-the eternity OF the past and the
eternity OF the future. Head the right way,
young man and you will come out at tbe
right goal.
Bring me young man and tell me what
his ply sical health Is and what his mental
caliber, and what his habits, and will tell
you what will be his destiny for this world,
and his de tiny for the world to come, and
l will not make Ave inaccurate prophecies
solictous in regard to young men, and !
want 10 make them nervous In nregard 10 the
contra tion Of unpayable debts. give you
paragraph from my own experience.
My first settlement as pastor was In q
village. My salary was $500 and parson-
age. The amount seemed enormous TO me.
said TO myself, "Whatl all this for one
yearl" was afraid Of getting worldly
under so much prosperityl resolved to In
vite oil the congregation to my house In
groups Of twenty-five each. We began, and
US they were tue pest congregation IN al
.ne worid, ana we feit nothing was 700 good
for them, we piled all the Injuries on the
table. never completed the Undertaking.
At the end Of six months was In financial
despair. found what every young man
iearns In ume 10 save himselr, or 100 iate,
snsc you must measure tne SIZE OF mans
pody oefore you begin 70 cut the ciotn Tor
hiS coat
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ps'ns, pam eeS near' ulsease. se's con'uisi'o
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se .eo "ue..e. % 'ueIo - any use'ess hsnoio on
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nesrse Is cosuy or cneap 70 see wnetner tne
nowers sens 70 Tue casket nave oeen pouRnt
oy tne Iam,ly or donateo, 70 see IN whose
nano -. .ue ueeu 70 .ne grave - maze vu1
lneh 'ney ransaok tne ooroit nousenolo, sne
.w yooss sne p'oIures .ae carpe's' 'ne cnaiIs'
the SOFA tho piano, the mattresses, the Pill
low on which hedIes. Cursed be debit For
the sake OF your own happiness, for the sake
OF your good morals Tor the sake OF your
immortal soul, Tor God's sake. young man,
a. far as possible, keep out OF IL. u
Second-But think more young men are
slaughtered tnrougn frreligion. "Ike away
young mans religion and You make him
the prey OF evil. We all know that the Bible
is the only pcrfect system OF morals. Now
1r you want 70 destroy tho young mans
morals take THIS Bible away. How VIII you
40 tnatI Wen, you VIII caricature his rev
erence 1or the scriptures, you viii take
those incidents OF the Bible which can be
made mirth of-Jonah's whale, Samson's
roxes. Adams riD-then Won VIII caricature
eccentric Christians or Inconsistent Chris
tians' then you VIII pass on as your own all
those hackneyed arguments against Chris.
tanify which arc as old as Tom Paine, as
Old as Voitaire, as old as sin. Now you have
captured nis bioie' ana you nave taken his
strongest fortress; the way is comparatively
clear, ana all the gates OF MS soul are set
open 10 invitation 70 tne sins OF earth and
the SORROWS OF DEAN, that they may come
IN ana drive tne stake for their encamp-
"on'.
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anu nu,s ,eakng my galions tne nour, is
oe.Sr oh 'uan younR man wnen you nave
'ovoou n'm ., nls pioie. nave you ever
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nun 70 come crlpple ana steal MS
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poor man ano vurn nis nouse oown' ats
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