Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-12-25

do 1t, the man said. They parted. The
| Lord looked after him-grandly looked after
him. be is worth today a hundred fold
more than his employer ever was or ever
VIII be, and he saved his soul. Young men,
II Is safe TO do right There are young men
In this house to-day who, under this storm
of temptation, are striking deeper and deep
! er ther roots and spreading out broader
| their branches. They are Daniels in Bao~-
| lou, they are Josephs in the Egyptian court,
they are Pauis amid the wild beasts OF
| Eohesus. preach to encourage them. Lay
| hold of God and be faithful.
There Is mistake We make about young
men. We put them in two classes; the one
class is moral, the other dissoiuJe. The
moral are safe. The dssoluts cannot be re
claimed. l deny both propositions. The
moral are not safe unless they have laid hold
of God, and the dissoluts may oe reclaimed.
| suppose there are self righteous men in
this house VINO feel no need OF Gol, and will
not seek alter Him, an they will go out in
toe world. aud they will De temptei, and they
will be flung down by misfortune,
and they will go down, down,
down, until some night you will see them
going home hootlng, raving, shouting bias
phemy-gony home to their m )tner, gong
home TO their sister, going no ne to ths
young companion 70 wnOn, only little
while AGO, in the presence OF a brilliant
assemblage, flashing lights and orange
blossoms, and censers swinging In the air,
tney promlsel Fl lelity aud purity, and
Kindness perpetual. As that man reaches
the door she will open it, not with
an outcry, but sac will stagger back
from the door as he comes in, and IN
her look there will be the propnecy of
woes that are coming. want tlat will
shlver IN need Of fire, hu ,ger tnat will cry
in vain for bread, cruelties taaU will
not leave the heart when they have
crushed IT. but pinch it again and stao 10
again, until some night s 10 will open the
door of the place where her companion was
ruined, AMI she Will fling out her arm from
uuder her ragged shawl and say, with al
most omnipotent eloluence: "Glve me mack
my husband! Give me back my protectorI
Give me back my all Him OF the kind
heart and gentle words and the manly brow,
give him back to mem And then the
wretches, onese and filthy, will pusn back
their matted locks and they will say: "Put
her out, Put her outm Oh! self-righteous
man. without God you are in peril. Seek
after Him today. Amid the ten iousanis
temptations Of life there is no safety for a
man without God.
But may be addressing some who have
gone aStray and 50 | assault that otner
proposition that the disSoiute cannot be re-
claimed. Perhaps you have only gone a
little astray. While | speak are you
troubled? Is there voice within YOU say.
ing: "What did you 10 that for? Why did
you go there? What did you mean by thaty"
Is there a memory in your soul that makes
you tremble? God only knows all our
hearts. Yea, il you have gone so far as to
commit inlquitieS and have gone through the
whole catalogue, | invite you back this
hour. The Lord waits for you. "Rejoicel
y young man in thy youth, and let thy heart
cheer thee in the DAYS OF thy youth; but
know thou that tor all these things God will
bring thee into judgment"
Come home, young man, to your fathers
God. Come home, young man, to your
mothers God. Obi | wish that all the Dat
terles of the Gospel could to-day be unlim-
bered against all those influences which are
taking down so many OF our young men. |
would like to blow trumpet OF warning.
aud recruit until this whole audience would
march out on a crusade against the evils OF
society. But let none of us be dsheartened.
Ga, Christian workers, my heart Is high
with hope. The dark horizon is blooming
into the morning of which prophets spoke,
and of which poets have dreamed, and or
winch painters have sketched. The worlds
bridal hour advances. The mountains will
kiss the morning radiant aud effulgent, and
ali the waves of the sea will become the
crystal keys OF great organ, on which the
tin gers of everlasting JOY shall play the grand
marca of a world redeemed. Instead of the
thorn there shall come up the fr tree, end
instead of the briar there shall com up the
myrtle tree, and the mountains and the hills
shall break forth into singing, and all the
trees of the wood shall cap their handa