The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-20
SUNDAY %ADMoNITIoNS.
Practical Hints for Young Men-The
Heart she Seat of the Will-Imbued
With the New Life-Unotion and
Knowledge the Portion Of
Christians.
CHURCH.

APT CHURCH.
Unusually large congregations greeted
Mr.. Blackman both morning and even
ing. At the latter service he spoke OF
"The young man, his peril and promise
Taking for his text. lis the young man
safe" he briefly outlined the life and sad
death OF Absalom. He was not safe. Is
the young man of Madison safe? Some
pertinent statistics were given. Atten-
sion was called to the open saloon, gam
bling dens. houses of shame, private
card parties. balls, public and private,
and theatricals as pitfalls OF peril TO the
young man. Then attention was direct
ed to the following safeguards and ele-
ments OF promise in the young nan |,
respect for and obedience to parents and
the restraints OF home; 2, good compan-
ions; 3, respect and regard for the Lords
day; 4, total abstinence; 5, industrious
habits; 6, economy and ~frugality; 7, the
restraints OF religion. The close atten-
ton given to the discourse would indi-
cate that impressions were being made
for good. liz the same standard OF excel.
lence shall be maintained In the balance
of the series, which characterized this
discourse, it will well repay every one
interested in, or who expects to partici-
| pate in domestic life to hear them.
GRACE CHURCH,
The Christians safe rule for action,
Let each man do according as he hath
purposed in his heart; not grudingly, or
Of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful
giver," ii Cor. ix;7 Or. W.. The text re.
fers particularly to contributions OF
money for the cause Of Christ, but ap.
plies equally as a rule for practical
guidance in all religious conduct. Our
Heavenly Father is not pleased with
what is done in His cause grudgingly, OF
| by compulsion, but loveth him who, on,
OF . loving heart, renders to Him Q
cheerful, glad service; and that simply
because He 10, not by any fiction OF
jugglery with words, but in fact and
reality, our Father. Let us separate the
three departments Of our being sug
gested here. It is q true division, and
we should act with reference to it in all
things. We place the animal depart.
ment on the left, the intellectual on the
right and in the middle, the "heart', OF
central department Of our being. The
first is the seat Of our appetites, and the
highest voice it a raise is. II desire
The second is the seat OF our reason,
and its highest voice is, II must" The
heart is the seat OF the man himself, and
from it he has power to act either in
compliance with or in opposition to
both the others, and to declare, II will
Now, the true man must consult all oil
these divisions, but, as regards the ODE
dience and service OF God, at least
| which OF them should have the deciding
voice? IL he consult the body, it car
only tell OF what it desires for its pres.
emit comfort, and when service to q
higher cause is proposed there comes
an answering growl as OF an nntamed
beast disturbed. The flesh, has, by ma.
ture, no affinity with spiritual things
and these are contrary u to the other
Amy service it renders is done .sgrudg.
ingly," or, as the original means, stoi
sorrow" It is a painful, unwilling ser.
vice. Knowing this, we are, in so far,
made wise as to how the body must be
dealt with. We turn now to the intel.
lect. 1t says II cannot help you to
form purposes for my actions are al
ways of necessity / can roam about
from one subject to another, but when ii
comes TO drawing conclusions / draw
them because / must, / have no free.
dom there. l am always driven to q
conclusion between two premises. IL ]
am sound and the premises are all
right, the conclusion is apt to be safe,
but because / was told that the earth
was stationary and the heavenly bodies
moved round it, I once concluded that
the earth was the center of the uni
verse. As for the data OF the kingdom
Of God they have only been partially re.
vealed to me, but from what / know Of
them / conclude that he would not be
pleased with your serving Him simply
because you saw, OF thought you saw
that you must
Only in the heart, the seat OF the
will, is nan truly free to do as he pur,
pose,h for himself. How terrible ID
that freedom when moved by no higher
love than that OF self The drunkard
has it. In spite OF his poor body, crying
out like Balaam's dumb ass upon which
he rode, from abuse and pain, in spite oil
reason calling loudly to halt, he cries
back to both, II WILL" and goes or
down to death. "Son, give me thine
heart" says the Father, 'and then
though in coming home TO me you mus
walk by faith and not by sight, youl
freedom to defy all and to declare !
| will, eti1l intact. / shall love y0u moa,