The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-26

lent beasts Of burden. However attractive
nav be the sinful offers Of the world, though
5.ch aid luxurious as the provision Ct me
kings sable, we must BE- willing to reflss
tlsn If nothing be left Us but plain pulse.
on. how We want the faith and courage OF
Daniel and 4 Paul nut how We dread the
hot atmosphere Of trial, II whlcn tnsH
eracss ripen9d The richest fruits OF Re,
llrion grow n the 81 try troolcs OF TrlaL II
you want pearls You must dive for them 1t
Won want gold. you must dig for II Inc
richest parts Of California ana Austraila are
77-6er ground. Dspsad upon II II no prun'
Ing. no fruit: no climbing. No eleTatlon; no
battle. no victory, no cross. no crown. Ha1
there been no NebuchsdnsZzar, there Woul1
have been 10 Daniel. Even 50 1t has been IN
all ages. The flames thst have nlsnea up
from the stake have been 50 many lAurnlns'
tons Of Christia y triumph
When God would msl1s great hS5t OF
truth and holiness IN the word, ne oiUsa
takes great prosecutions and WIZ tAeIi
strikes fire. The devils hate IS t5ods si9Is-
Had il not been for the prosecutions OF ho-
r,7ror Valeriau the world would not nave
known OF the courage Of q Cyprian, ana IL
The tyranny OF Diaclstiaa had never been
known the triumphant grace would not nave
b4sn seen which made Macmillan, wnen
sentenced 10 death eEclaim; ZOO DC
r7-sisa5.1 Had not the bandits of Piedmont
ir,1-s15aj the Waldenses through the valley
Of the Alps. and the infpriate decree put 70
7ssss ere the Albigensas Of France the word
1v711ld have had fewer Illustrations OF CHRIS
nan heroisn1 Be Joseph before Pharaoh
Be Paul before Felix. Be Daniel before
Darius -,,
rsar-v OF that vouthfu character which re-
mains t1nbleuaishsd and upright when away
from home. Had Danlel. on arriving II
Babylon, plunged into every excess, ms
friends in Jerusalem would never nave heard
Of it. His dissipation and Remuneration o.
religion would not have cast one sorrow on
the family hearth where he had lived or the
Cd family Bible which he used TO read But,
though far way from home. he knew that
tzos's eve watched him and that was
enough. II Is not every young man who
maintains the same character when absent
that was uaIn-si1ed ar home
FREDERICK watching lis fathers sheep
among the hills CT thrashing rye in the barn
is far different from Frederick on the Stock
Exchange. How often does the kind, retir-
ing spirit become bold sfroDoery. and the
accommodating, self sacrificing disposition
once exhibited among brothers and sisters
becomes a cold and unresporsive selhshness,
and economy, wsstetuiness and open hsndea
charity, tight listed stiuginess, and the
keeping Of good hours is changed TO mid
night revelry.
probably address young men now. dis
tsut from their fathers house, and others
who. still under the parental roof, look for
ward 70 a time when they will depart alone
70 conflict with the world and among stran-
gers be called 70 build up characters for
themselves Happy for you, oh, young
man. if you shall, ike Joseph, be the same
when living with wicked Pharaoh as with
pious Jacob. or Daniel as pure IN Babylon as
in Jerusalem. There Is no passage in mans
lite Of more thrilling interest than the day
in which ne leaves hons and goes of TO seek
his fortune. The novelty and romance con-
nscted with the departure may keep the
young man from any poignant sorrow, but
parents, who have seen the destruction
among strangers Of those who were con
siderei promising youths cannot help feel
ing that this step is full Of momentous i'm
portance. Before the youth left home all his
conduct was under affectionate guardian
ship.
Out5ursts OF folly, careiessaess ara in
rropr;ecv Of manner and JooSeness OF speech
were kindly reproYs and although the re-
strsint seemed sometimes too severe, yet
hours of sobar reflection have convinced
him that il was sslutsry and righteous. But
behold how the scene changes. The father,
through the intsrcesiing OF metropolitan
friends has secured the son place IN some
bank or store or Office Schoolmatss, on the
NIGHT before his departure, come to take
their farewell Of the young adventurer.
That morning he takes a last walk around
the old Place, and going past some loved spot
a sly tear may start, but no one sees II. The
trunk is on the carriage, aud after a warm
poosbv away they speed over the hills. Set
down amid excitemeuts and among COM
panions not overscrupulous as TO their words
or deeds temptations troop around the
stranger. The morning comes, but no taml-
" altar. and the Sabbath, butno real quiet,
and perhaps at the sanctuary the faces are
all strange and no one cares whether he
goes TO church or whether he does not go.
Long winter evenings arrive, and how shall
they be spent? On mis- way homo from his
place of business he saw flaming plecards
announcing rare performances ana that THIS
was positively the last night
At the door Of his cneerless boarding
house no one grests MIN, and the evening
meal is insipid, for no one cares whether he
eats or does not eat. the room IN the third
story that evening seems doleful and repel-
ling. A book snatched up from the stand
proves 10 be dull, for no sister Is Ihere 10
iook over with him. In despair he rushes
out. reckless as TO where he goes, If only ne
can see something to make him stop thing
ing. That night may be the turning polntl IN
his history. Once within the fatal circle OF
sip. and the soul has no power TO repel It. On
that dark sea he is launched, where the
gleam of joy is only the fash OF the pit and
the roar of laughter IS only the creaklng OF
the gates of the lost.
In many a country churchyard Is now
the grave OF some youthful spirit that went
eway 1.-THE and bounding, but came home
diseased and crushed and blasted 10 disgrace
81 ss,,,,l IN a., Of his fathers Yet this exc