The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-12-20

Ior MIN 90 retire t1 tuH country amid tht
| nn'ss aud the herbs, 90 eu.lurs tbs domestic
virtues.
Now tbo young men who we're DIS school.
mates in h0yhoo1 will e3me and with their
3z tennis draw him loTa. and with tHg.r BARI
hands will help 20 heive uD toe castle. That
is NO fancy skeich, it is everyday ne. j
should nos wonder ar thrFt were 20 rot'l
bram ln that palace. 4 should not wonder
20 God should Mite him with dire slesHs f'
and pour in.o his eupa bitter draft ihut Hi'
THRILL him W,,h UHletra1Io agony. 4 should
NOT wonder 81 taas mans children grew uf
10 Do 90 h,m disgrace and 20 maze n,s liic
ashame. should not wonder tina. man
died % dishonorahia death aud we're tumhled
into dishonoable grave and then went
into the CRASHING Ct teeth. The way OF the
ungoily shall perish.
Young man, you must have industry Of
head or hand on foot, or perish. DO NOT
have the idea that you can get along in the
world by genius. The curse OF this coun.
try today is geniuse7-men with large SELF
concaIt and nothing else. The man who
| PROPOSES 20 make his living by hig wits
/ probably has not any, ] should rather be
/ an OK. plain and plo lding and useful, than
/ 10 he an eagle high fying and good for
/ nothing but to pinl, out the eyes OF carcgsses.
| Even in the darien OF J len It was not safe
/ for Adam 10 be- idle so God made h,m q
/ horticulurist ana " the married pair had
/ kept busy dressing the vines They would not
/ have been s1unterng under the trees. hank
| eringaHpr Fruit that ruined them and their
| pnslerityl Proof positive Of the fact that
when people do not attend 20 their business
they get into mischief "G0 TO the ant thou
| sluggari: consider her WAYS and be wlse
| which. having no overseer or guide. nroyid-
| eth heriood en- the summer and glthereth
her meat In the harvest" Satan is a roaring
lion and You can never destroy him by gun
| or pistol or sword The weapons with which
you Rre 90 beat him back are pom and type
and hammer and adj and saw aud pickaE
and vardstiek and the weapon Of honest toll.
Work. work. or die.
Another safeguard that want 70 present
10 young men Is a high ideal OF liie Some
times soldiers going into battle shoot into
the ground instead OF into thehearts OF their
enemies. They are ant to take aim too low.
and 1t Is very often that the captain, going
Into conflict with his men, will cry out,
''Now, men. aim highw The fact Is that In
| life q great many men take no aim at all.
The artist plans out his entire thought before
he puts It upon canvas before he takes up
the crayon or thu chisel. An architect thinks
. out the entire building before the WOrimen
begin. Although everything may seem 10 be
. unorganizod. that architect has in HIS mind
every Corinthian column, every Gothic arch,
. every Byzantine capital. A poet thinks out
the entire plot OF his poem before he begins
10 chime the cantos OF tinkling rhythms.
I And vet there are great MANY men who
start the important structure Of life without
knowing whether It is going TO be n
rude Tartar's hut or n st. Marks ca
thedral, and begin to write out the in
tricate poem OF their life without know
ing whether it is to be a Homer's odyssey
I or a rhymester's botch. Out OF 1900. 800
have no life plot. Booted and spurred and
.aparisoned. they hasten along, and run
out and say; "Hello, mani Whittier away2'
/, "Nowhere" they say Oh, young man,
make every days duty a filling mp of the
great life plot. Alas. that there should be
on this sea OF life 50 many ships that seem
: bound for no portl They are swept every
whittier by wind and wave. up by the
2 mountains and down by the valleys. They
! sail with no chart. They gaze on no star.
$ They long for no harbor. Oh, young man,
y have high ideal and press to Ii, and Ii will
:; be a mighty safeguard. There never were
q grander opportunities opening before young
p men than are opening now. Young men oil
:, the strong arm and Of the stout heart and OIL
u the bounding step, marshal you to-day fol
i a great achievement.
J; Another safeguard is a respect for thu
d Sabbath. Tell mo how Young man spends
3 bis Sabbath, and will tell you what are hi
what are his prospects for the eternal world
God has thrust into our busy life a sacrei
2 day when we are to look after our souls. L
l 1t eyorbitant, after giving six days to the
g feeding and clothing OF these perishablt
L bodies, that God should demand one day
/, for the feeding and clothing Of the immortal
soul?
e There is another safeguard that want ia
. present. have saved it until the last be-
% oa11ga want ~ IN hn thn mora aponhnti0
Z The great safeguard for every young man 4
u the Christian religion. Nothing can takC
the place Of II. You may have gracsfulnes
y enough to put to blush Lord Chesterfield
y you may have foreign languages droppinl
q from your tongue, you may discuss laws and
Y literature, you may have a pen OF une
7 qualed polish and power, you may have 81
:, much business tact that you can get thu
| largest salary in banking house, you ma,
y be as sharp as Herod and as strong a
! Samson, and with as long locks as thos
4 which hung Absalom, and yet you have N
V SAFETY against temptation. Some OF yoJ
!, look forward to life with great dependency
' l know it, see 1t in your faces from tim
= to time. You say, can the occupations ant
!, professions are full, and there's no chanc
! for me. Oh young man, cheer up
i I will tell you how you can make you
e fortune. Seek first the kingdom 0
: God and His Righteousness, and all Othei
) things will be added. / know you do no
. want to be mean in this matter. You will
> not drink the trimming cup OF life and thei
e pour the dregs on Gods altar To gener
! Gus Saviour you will not act like that; yol
y have not the hear. to act like that. That
y not manly. That is not honorable. That /
! not brave. Your great want is a new heart
. and in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
: tell you so to-day, and the blessed Spri
" presses through the solemnities OF this hou
!, to put the cup OF life to your thirsty lips
y Oh, thrust it not back Mercy presents it.
bleeding mercy, long suffering mercy.S Do
u spise all other friendships, prove racreant t
y all other bargains, but desplse Gods low
y for your dying soul-do not do that. Their
comes a crisis in a mans life, and the troub
y is he does not know it is the CRISIS. | got