Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-05-16

ly addressed his discourse this after
noon, the subject being. words with
Young Men,"
"Fayette, o. Reverend Strive, the
undersigned, being earnest readers OF
your sermons, especially request that
you use as a subject for some one or
your future sermons, Advice to Young
Men, Yours respectfully, H. S. Millott,
F. o. Millott, J. l.. Sherwood, Charles
I. Rubert, M. e. Elder. S. ]. Altman.
Those six young men, I suppose, rep
resent innumerable young men who are
about undertaking the battles of life,
and who have more Interrogation points
in their mind than any printers case
= ever contained, or printers fingers ever
Y set up. But few people who have
passed fifty years of age are capable of
giving advice to young men. Too many
begin their counsel by forgetting they
ever were young men themselves. No
Vember SHOWS do not understand May
time blossom week. The East wind
never did understand the South wind.
Autumnal golden-rod makes a poor fist
at lecturing about early violets. Cen
orally, after man has rheumatism in
his right foot, he is not competent to
discuss Juvenile elasticity. Not one
out OIL Il can eullSl dIlu
keep the attention of the young after
there is bald spot on the Uranium. 1
attended a large meeting in Philadel
phia, assembled to discuss how the
Young Mems Christian association of
that city might be made more attrac-
tive for young people, when a man
arose and made some suggestions with
such lugubrious tone of voice, and a
manner that Gnpnoo6 6an10rn that
everything was going to ruin, when an
old friend of mine at seventy-five years
as young in feeling as anyone at twen-
ty, arose and said: THAT good brother
who has just addressed you will excuse
me for saying that young man would
no sooner go and spend an evening
among such funereal tones of voice and
funereal ideas Of religion which that
brother seems to have adopted, than he
would go and spend the evening in Lau-
rel Hill Cemetery" And yet these
young men of Ohio, and all young men,
have right to ask those who have had
many opportunities Of studying this
world and the next world, to give help
full suggestions as to what theories of
life one ought to adopt, and what dan
gers he ought to shun. Attention, young
men!
First: Get your soul right. You see,
that is the most valuable part of you.
1t is the most important room in your
house 1t is the parlor of your entire ma
ture. Put the best pictures on its walls.
Put the best music under it's arches.
1t is important to have the kitchen
right, and the dining room right, and
the cellar right, and all other rooms
of your nature right; but, Oh! the par
lor of the soul! Be particular about
the guests who enter it. Shut it's doors
in the faces of those who would de-
spoil and pollute it. There are princes
and kings who would like to come into
it, while there are assassins who would
like to come out from behind its cur
tains, and with silent foot attempt the
desperate and murderous. Let the
King come in. He is now at the door.
Let me be the usher to announce his ar
rival, and introduce the King of this
world; the King Of all worlds, the King
eternal, immortal, invisible Make
room. Stand back. Clear the way. Bow,
kneel, worship the King. Have him
once for your guest, and it does not
make much difference who comes or
goes Would you have a warrantee
against moral disaster and surety of a
noble career? Read at least one chap
ter of the Bible on your knees every day
of your life.
Word the next: Have your body
right How are your" often say when
meet a friend of mine in Brooklyn He
is over seventy, AMI alert and vigorous
and very prominent in the law. His
answer is, 'T am living on the capital of
a well-spent youth" On the contrary
there are hundreds of thousands of
good people who are suffering the re-
suits of early sins. The grace of God
gives one a new heart, but not a new
body. David, the Psalmist, had to cry
ont. Remember not the sins of my
YOUTH" Let a young man make his
body a wine-closet, or rum jug, or a
whisky cask or a beer barrel, and
smoke poisoned cigarettes until his
hand trembles, and he is black under
the eyes, and his cheeks fall in, and
then at some church seek and find re-
Iigion; yet, all the praying he can dc
will not hinder the physical conse-
ouences Of natural law fractured You
six young men of Ohio, and all the
Young men, take care of your eyes
those windows of the soul. Take care
of your ears, and listen to nothing that
depraves. Take care of your lips, and
see that they utter no profanltleS. Take
care of your nerves by enough sleep and
avoiding unhealthy excitements, and by
taking outdoor exercise, whether by
ball, or skate, or by horseback, lawn
tennis, or exhilarating bicycle, If you
sit upright and do not join that throne
of several hundred thousands who by
the, wheel are cultivating crooked
backs, and cramped chests, and deform-
ed bodies, rapidly coming down toward
all-fours, and the attitude of the beasts
that perish. Anything that bends body
mind or soul to the earth is unhealthy
oh, it is a grand thing to be well, but dc
not depend on pharmacy and the doc
tors to make you well. Stay well. Reat
John Todds Manual, and Coomb's
Physiology, and everything you can lay
your hands on about mastication, anc
digestion, and assimilation. Where
you find one healthy man or woman
you find fifty half dead. From my OWL
experience / can testify that, being g
disciple of the gymnasium, many q
time just before going to the parable
bars, and punching bags. and pulley'
and weights, thought Satan was about
taking possession of society and the
church and the world. but after one