The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-05-11

been seen which made Maximilian,
when sentenced to death, exclaim;
''God be praised' Had not the bandits
Of Piedmont pursued the Waldenses
through the valleys of the Alps, and the
infuriate decree put to massacre the AL
bigenses of France, the world would have
had fewer illustrations Of Christian hero
ism. BE Joseph before Pharaoh. BE
Paul before Felix. Be Daniel before
Darius
Again let the story of Daniel teach us
the beauty of that youthful character
which remains unblemished and up
right when away from home. Had
Daniel, on arriving in Babylon, plunged
into every excess, his friends in Jeru-
salem would never have heard of it.
His dissipation and remuneration of re-
hgion would not have cast one sorrow
on the family hearth where he had lived
or the old family Bible which he used
to read. But, though far away from
home, he knew that Gods eye watched
him and thatwas enough. tits not every
young man who maintains the same
character when absent that was main
tanned at home. Frederick watching
his fathers sheep among the hills or
threshing rye in the barn is far differ
ent from Frederick on the stock ex-
change. How often does the kind re-
tiring spirit become bold effrontery,
and the accom- modating self-sacrihcing
disposition once exhibited among /
brothers and sisters, become cold and !
unresponsive selfshness, and economy, !
wastefulness, and open-handed charity,
tight-fisted stinginess, and the keep !
ing Of good hours is changed into mid
night revelry. probably address young
men now, distant from their fathers
house, and others who, still under the
parental roof, look forward to time
when they will depart alone to conflict
with the world and among strangers be
called to build up characters for them
selves. Happy for you, oh, young man,
II you shall, like 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 life of more thrilling
interest than the day in which he
leaves home and goes off to seek
his fortune. The novelty and romance
connected 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 considered promis-
ing youths, cannot help feeling that
this step is full of momentous impor-
tance. Before the youth left home all
his conduct was under affectionate
guardianship. Outbursts of folly, care
iessness, and impropriety Of manner,
and looseness of speech, were kindly re-
proved and although the restraint
seemed sometimes too severe, yet hours
of sober reflection have convinced him
that It was salutary and righteous. But
behold, how the scene changes The
father, through the intcrccding OF
metropolitan friends, has secured the
son place in some bank or
store or office Schoolmates on the
night before his departure come 20
take their farewell of the young ndvcl'
turer. That morning he takes II last
walk around the old place, and going
past some loved spot, n sly tear iaay
start. but no one sees it. The trunk Is
! on the carriage, and after warm good
bye, away they sped over tn, hills 81
, down amid excitements and among
companions not over scrupulous as to
! their words or dee dis, temptations trooT
: around the stranger. The morning
comes, but no family altar, and the Sab
, bath. and no real quite, and perhaps a
the sanctuary the faces are all strang'
and no one cares whether he goes Il
: church or whether he does not go
, Long winter evenings arrive, and how
! shall they be spent? On his wa!
} home from his place OF business
, he saw flaming placards announc
. ing rare performances that thi
I was positively the last night. AT tn
I door Of his cheerless boarding house
no one greets him, and the evening
, meal Is insipid, for no one care
, whether he eats or does not eat. Tn
room in the third story that eveninl
= seems doleful and repelling. A booI
1 snntched up from the stand proves TO b
E d ull, for no sister is there to look owe
I with him. In despair he rushes out
1 reckless rs to where he goes II he ca
: see something that will make him sto
D thinking. T hat night may be the turn
$ ing point in his history. Once With
: the fatal circle of sin, and the soul ha
4 no power to repel it. On that dark Sc
k he Is launched, where the CLEAN Of 10
n Is only the flash of the pit and the roa
S of laughter is only the creaking OF tn
: gates Of the lost
S In many country churchyard Is no'
= the grave Of some youthful spirit tha
:, went away 1.-THE and bounding, bu
S came home diseased and crushed an
i blasted TO disgrace the sepulcher OF HI
c fathers Yet this exodus must be mad'
= AS from the distant hills, rivers I'm
T. their way through tunnels to greG
It cities, so from far distant points OF tn
e country il is necessary that stream c
= uncorrupted population shall pour int
J. our great thoroughfares TO kee
them pure and manage the trait
e of the world. Multitudes Of sue
e are constantly making their d
1t parture from home. To-morro
Nc morning all Of the thoroughfares lea'
e ing toward the great cities Of our lan'
Il on steamboat and rail-car there will
1t young adventurers for the first tin
IS speeding away from their homes