The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-17
Rev. Dr.. Rollins Delivers an In
structive Lecture for the Ben
eft Of Young Men.
Dr.. Quinn Points tho Way to
Heaven in an Interesting
Discourse
70 Get There II Il Only Necessary to Live
According to Biblical
Law.

1O0UG M00. 1u0 YEAS U0VUOAA WeAO AAo0 =
II. chap. eth and 18th verses. Mr.. Rollins
said in part: There IL no person who has
passed out of youth into the more staid and
earnest part Of life and who has preserved
his character from serious deterioration
who does not feel the keenest solicitude fer
those who are still going through this
eventful part Of life. He knows the strug-
giles he has passed through, he knows the
failures he has made, he knows the self
loathing he was the subject of when he
erred, he knows the hours Of dependency
he experienced whom he felt like
yielding to tho strong currents against him
and 60 down to the grave q wreck. Paul
knew the evils lying in the young mans
pathway, for he had the young mans ma
ture; hence his profound interest in young
men.
He is now leaving Titus young man Of
ardent spirits on tho island Of Crete, In tho
Mediterranean sea, to do the work Of .
missionary. This island is very fertile and
has a balmy, soothing climate. This. to-
gsther with the fact that arduous toll was
not necessary to secure q livelihood had an
enervatinR influence upon the people, 90
that very low type Of character was
the outcome. poet Of their own thus de-
scribes them: The Cretans are always liars,
evil beasts, lazy gluttons. Not very prom
Using field surely for missionary toll. But
into that field he must enter and begin his
labors, and while he was to endeavor to
help all he must be especially solici tous
about young mon, Teach young men that
they be sober-minded. This means good
deal more than sobriety a. peculiarly nm
derstood. II means bringing the passions,
appetites and desires under the control of
conscience and Judgment. The man who
does this 10 the only safe man in the COM
munity. The man who cannot control HIM
self ia q wild beast in society and often for
the safety Of society he has to be shot
down. hanged BY the neck until dead or in
prisons but institutions of the government
for the control Of men who have lost the
power to control themselves?
The duties enj0ined in the text look in
three directions self-ward, man-ward,
God-ward. Self control is our great duty
control your passions and appetites. This
Is very easily said, but not very easily &C
complished. Il is not the same conflict for
all. In some these passions and appetites
are immeasurably stronger than in others.
# i an awful battle with some of You. but
holy desires DRY out for the impure. Con-
science and Judgment say yield, and your
manhood is gone. Yield and Won 90 through
life with tainted soul; yield and You are
ioat. =, n your agony you CRY What i 70 b.
IN DANGER there xss Of
escape. When Noah was in danger God
made way for escape. When Lot was in
danger God said flee to the mountain, and
God says to You fee flee from that vile
young man whose conversation IL lewd, al
ways sensuous. Flee from that vile book
and picture which add fuel TO the already
hot fires Of your nature. Flee from the
company of that young woman from whose
cheek the blush Of modesty has flown. Her
looks are shafts of hell, her touch is hot
Goals Of Juniper. Flee for your life: Look
the company of the good. Flea to
ennoblinR books. Then you are saved.
Control your appetites. Lazy gluttons was
. CHARACTERISTIC of the Cretans. They grew
sluRRish in their natures, and gross In their
appetites. They lived to eat. I do not APP
along this line, but there is great danger, il
not on the line of your eating, on the line
Of your drinking. You may mot think 90
now, neither did the poor drnnkard
Of our streets few years ago: Every drink
weakens your will power and adds another
to the demijohn, until you are an outcast.
Property gone, health gone, manhood gone, |
heaven gone. You are more than thirsty
TO- night than you were five years ago, and
you will be still more thirsty tomorrow.
You say you can stop; then stop while You
when YOU cannot stop ' Wha su. oS3e ss is
more pitiable than man who sees his |
property going his health going. his repu-
tatlon going, his prospects for heaven GO |
Ing, and yet has no power to stay himself
in his course to death.
var. ~. NEXT , dHsy enoned gs oc
righteously toward him. This 10 q very
broad requirement.. and includes righteous |
ness In everything that effects the interests |
OF our brother. We must DO right toward |
ms property, his person, his reputation, his |
G ,n,'a We should give him dollar for |
DOLLAR. We should not contract debts with
ont good prospect Of meeting them. Your
tailor has to pay for his cloth, your shoe- |
maker for his shoes, and you have no right |
to purchase them unless you can pay Tor |
them. Don't live in finer houses nor eat
richer meals nor wear better garments than
you can pay for. Hold the reputation Of
your brother sacred. Insinuation, Islander,
are rife. Soma men think the
only way they can rise in life is by blackino
the reputation of their fellow man. They
seem to think the world is made for them:
10 only big enough for them; they have
patent right to it and any man who puts
forth claim must be denounced by the sharp
tongue Of calumny. Shun the man who
has nothing good to say Of his competitor
in business.
His character. When You touch this you
touch the man. This is the most sacred
thing on earth. Il is an awful thing to lay
a fire for a mans feet and thus do him bod
lily injury; it is an awful thing to SANDER an
innocent man; but it is the basest act Of
all to blight his soul. This is done every
day by obscene language, by skeptical
bv impure literature nv a1lnpA |