Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-04-06

land your thoughts and aspiTa
lions 90 cat TO bless these
around You. Perhaps yea ell
shIes this j. > there fgr Es ed
~ ober- bat allow me To- ftH yor,
M dcGF youag friends. fi.1t tits
4 theme peeu. .lrly iapteG 10
your consideration more than 10
any other class IA society unless
It be the mothers I0revCry orc
0f y0u. whatever your position
Ia society. X lrateveryOHT talents
or opportunities. must. whether
y8a choose Il OF not. exert that
potential thing We eall iuhIeuee
In these 20 dsa years of yoatb.
from every word 81 ycur bps,
from every at Of your life.
there goes forth an invisible
power which produces an effect
upon the mInes around you
We cal Is iBfG sBce and il = a
gift Of Heaven - every human
being Every possessOr Of tkIs
sabtse power - to determine
whether IL shall he ex~rteI for
good or evil 10 this gives ven
ycnr re-P0asIaI.-tv, What shall
BE tae record It eaca one of
y0Gt i the question Of 0uF
Learts VII u use tEs paw
er to bring f3Esh lie aud beatty
in other livez CT vii Yen,
thFauza-It- scatter misery strife
sad lesslaii0a lt IS your prjvL
ieSe 20 ehcas whether your
81 dEeace sbaI ae "a good -
aims to y9ur BROTHER OF fri-aI
- tbis hour oF temptation. CT
utheTwi se- Nsy fae Savior
guide y0Er young hearts 81 that
hereafter Ihs u gaory OF the "
81 Oxford mIy De . RESTRAIN
IaZ aad purifying Influence
- each arFTsia.snee as ne goes
eGt % battle vi the werIt anil
1eets its temgttE olS Same
years a-O . Young and reE1es!
yaUta was seated Nitaauum5er
of wiii AMI and reckless rla-a
ssrs aroal a SsaIiBE table Il
saT GE C@lIsaTulG Sus!eniy -
ke&Ti from somewhere the
verbs ola familiar hymn that
ae Used - h-ar at home around
the family altar T. was 50 IA
suited tohs p-esese1t Surround
MS taat his t&arghfs carried
ana EGr away. ansi back 20 the
sweet iEnleuees II Lis bOyh9od
tie could no IgngrT enter Iara'
tie game EEeCsiug himself
he l-ft that scene wisl ressIa
tIous never 10 return But To
c0RseeFate his powers ~ a set
ter IIse. SHeis i the eject Of.
Early good IE4veaces Duriael
the war n tHy officers and 81
dieFs gathered rem time to
tine around Ely Preside One
evening a SAT- recital filed me
With sadness and pain y Young
and lovely yeah was In the
regiment winning the affections
OF bis cCEara lrs but lie became
the most I.veter1se gambler.
and pr0EIEs soldier ia hts con
pahy- When spoken ts about
A. he said h. did not knew one
card from another when he left
5us one evening = young
ads ~here he vas visiting. per-
sG1iet him ga learn how. to
play With her aad her friends
tie yielded 10 the temper and
ir5m tina. time play I'll at first
tor fun as she called II. then fa1
gold. and became that fearful
charaeter-s gambler, Would
any of you be wiling to bear
such a responsibility SO that
yOaEg lady, Eany youth has
been led to a draaksrTs grave
by a glass offered by a young
whom be wished 20 please
Let me ask all the young adys
before me, never, nevertG allow
any youth to say of yOa that
yeu love eard>2Iayiug. or the
Tie salvation, or the less of
soul may rest upon you Some
years ago in our capital city. ar
wedding entertainment given
at the Residence of an Ex Cabl
net officer were e~O pleasant
ae4uaI1tanees-y0uug nlan aad
maiden vho were eui0viag
with their friends. the pleasures
OF The evening. Amid the CAV
scenes. vine vas offered to him
InstiHetivelV he sought the eve
OF the friend be had aeeempa
MED thitber. who was talking
the opposite side Of the ia
ele- UnnGtIeed. she slightly
shook her head-resistIng an
fashionable DEGREES IN her deep
sense of her responsibility to
him and TO her Walker He pui
down the glass with a polite
apology and was kept from
yielding to a temptation which
might have proved fatal to hTs
interests for time and eternity
for he loved il and she hal n
cause 10 regre; using her InEH-
enee TO strengthen bis EIII. A.
she a!terward saw him rise te
DOsit 0ns of honor and trust
always keeping. through the
years. his heart filled with trust
and ~sOberEess. "a he TREND al
50 TO lead those who came IN
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