Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19

his attention IN the pages OF treatise or
history than in the flash Of bright eyes,
or the airy step of those who find more
skill In their heels than their heads. and
will show you n man who will yet master
languages and sway a very scepter over
his fellows. Many an education which is
now considered complete is made up Of a
smattering Of newspapers and the last
page Of a fashion magazine.
The parlor and the drawing room cannot
educate us. They may give us outward
adornments Of manner, but getting valu-
able knowledge is like sweltering at n
forge. bellows in one hand and hammer in
the other-like digging in mines with
crowbars, prying under the ledge and the
constant bang of blasted rocks. Espe-
cially is it true that no growth in grace is
possible unless, like Daniel, we are willing
to take up the cross, however heavyit may
be and rough with nails. Moses chose af-
Fiction with the people Of God rather than
the pleasures Of sin, and If we would be
anything like him we must be willing
sometimes to choose the hard bread of self
denial rather than the imperial clusters
from royal vineyards.
To get strength and depth enough in
rivers for turning mill wheels and manu-
factories, dams are built across them. and
then through the mill race the quick floods
leap on the water wheel to turn it with
tremendous power. So natures that would
otherwise have been powerless and INSULT
cient by self restraint have been damned
back and deepened, until with consecrated
power they rush into the world, turning its
ponderous machinery of important inter
Il,
good in them, but it is so scattered that
you see no positive effects. Electricity in
the air does not strike but gathered in the
cloud with it's bare red arm it cleaves the
mountain.
Passions harnessed and yoked make ex-
cellent beasts of burden. However at
tractive may be the sinful offers of the
world, though rich and luxurious as the
provision of the kings table, we must be
willing to refuse them if nothing be left us
but plain pulse. Oh, how we want the
| faith and courage of Daniel and Paul,
but how we dread the hot atmosphere of
trial, in which their graces ripened. The
richest fruits of religion grow in the sultry
tropics of trial. If you want pearls, you
must dive for them. If you want gold.
you must dig for it. The richest parts of
California and Australia are under ground.
Depend upon it, if no pruning, no fruit; no
climbing, no elevation; no battle, no vic
tory; no cross, no crown. Had there been
no NebuchadneZzar, there would have
been no Daniel. Even so it has been in all
ages. The flames that have flashed up
from the stake have been so many illumina-
tions of Christian triumph.
Wbop Cod Nu0I1I1 T,onlya n orraat 1iOht M
truth and holiness in the world, he often
takes great prosecutions and with them
strikes fire. The DEVILS hate is Gods
glory. Had it not been for the persecu
tions of Emperor Valerian, the world would
not have known of the courage of Cy
prian, and if the tyranny of Diocletian hat
never been known, the triumphant grace
would not have been seen which made
Macmillan, when sentenced to death, eX
claim, God be praisedW Had not TIL
bandits of Piedmont pursued the Wal
denses through the valley of the Alps, ant
the infuriate decree put to massacre tn,
Albigenses of France, the world would
have had fewer illustrations of Christian
heroism. Be Joseph before Pharaoh. b
Paul before Felix. Be Daniel befor
Darius.
BE PURE ALWAYS.
Again let the story of Daniel teach u
the beauty of that youthful characte
which remains umblemished and uprigh
when away from home. Had Daniel, o.
arriving in Babylon, plunged into ever
excess, his friends in Jerusalem woul,
never have heard of it. His dissipation
and remuneration of religion would no
} have cast one sorrow on the family heart
where he had lived or the old family Bibl
which he used to read. But, though ia
away from home, he knew that Gods ey
watched him and that was enough. 1t i
not every young man who maintains tn
same character when absent that wa
maintained at home.
Frederick watching his fathers shee
among the hills or thrashing rye in th
barn is far different from Frederick on tn
Stock exchange. How often does the kline
retiring spirit become bold effrontery, an
E the accommodating, self sacrificing di.
position once exhibited among brother
l and sisters becomes cold and unrespoI
l sive selfishness, and economy, wastefu
e ness and open handed charity, tight fiste
stinginess, and the keeping of good houl
e is changed to midnight revelry.
probably address young men now, di
q tant from their fathers house, and Other
who, still under the parental roof, loo
i forward to time when they will depal
e alone to conflict with the world and anon
d stra ngers be called to build up character
), for themselves. Happy for you, oh, youn
u man, if you shall, like Joseph, be the san
e when living with wicked Pharaoh as wit
r pious Jacob, or Daniel as pure in Babylc
: as in Jerusalem. There is no passage in
). mans life of more thrilling interest ths
p the day in which he leaves home and go
a off to seek his fortune. The novelty ar
3. romance connected with the departu
e may keep the young man from any poi
z nant sorrow, but parents, who have SEE
the destruction among strangers of tho
'e who were considered promising youth
3, cannot help feeling that this step is full
& momentous Importance. Before the you
IS left home all his conduct was under 6
d fectionate guardianship.
r. Outbursts of folly, carelessness and il
N propriety of manner and looseness ofspee'
n were kindly reproved, and although t
a. restraint seemed sometimes too severe, J
10 hours of sober reflection have convinc
y him that it was salutary and righteor
'e But behold how the scene changes. L
~ father, through the interceding of met
y politan friends, has secured the son pla
:. in some bank or store or office. Scho
~ mates, on the night before his departu
come to take their farewell of the you
~ adventurer.
~ That morning he takes last ws
~ around the old place, and going past Sol
L. loved spot sly tear may start, but no {
=. sees it, The trunk is on the carriage, a
u u after warm goodby away they speed o.
~ the hills. Set down amid excitements a
among companions not overscrupulous
ed to their words or deeds, temptations trt
he around the stranger. The morning com
sir but no family altar, and the Sabbath,
or no real quiet, and perhaps at the sanctu'
at the faces are all strange and no one ca