The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-11-29

opening now. Young men OF the strong
arm and of the stout heart and Of the
bounding step, l marshal you today for
a great achievement.
Another safeguard is respect for the
Sabbath. Tell me how young man
spends his Sabbath, and I will tell YOU
what are his prospects in business, and
I will tell you what are his prospects
fof the eternal world. God has thrust
INTO our busy life a sacred day when we
are to look after our souls. Is it exorbi-
tant, after giving six days to the feed
ing and clothing of these pershable
bodies, that God should demand one day
for the feeding and clothing of the i'm
mortal soul?
Keep the Lords Day.
Our bodies are seven day clocks, and
they need to be wound up, and if they
are not wound up they run down into
the grave. No man can continuously
break the Sabbath and keep hisphysical
and mental health. Ask those aged men,
and they will tell you they never knew
men who continuously broke the Sab
bath who did not fail in mind. body or
moral principle. A manufacturer gave
this as his experience. He said Il
owned factory on the Lehigb Every
thing prospered. kept the Sabbath, aud
everything went on we'll. But one Sab
bath morning I bethought myself of a
uew shuttle, and I thought would in
vent that shuttle before sunset, and
refused all food and drink until had
completed that shuttle. By sundown l
had completed it. The next day, Mon
day, I showed to my workmen and
friends this new shuttle. They all con-
graduated me on my great success. I
put that shuttle into play. | enlarged
my business; but, sir, that Sundays
work cost me $500 From that day
everything went wrong. failed in
business, and lost my millY Oh, my
friends, keep the Lords day You may
think it old fogy advice, but I give it
to you now: Remember the Sabbath
day and keep it holy. Six days shalt
thou labor and do all thylwork, but
the seventh is the Sabbath Of the Lord
thy God in it thou shalt not do any
work A man said that he would
prove that all this was fallacy, and SO
he said, 81 shall raise Sunday crop"
And he plowed the field On the Sab
bath. and then he put in tAeiseed on the
Sabbath, and he cultured THE ground on
the Sabbath When the harvest was ripe,
he reaped it on the Sabbath, and he car
ried it into the NOW on the Sabbath,
and then he stood out defiant to his
Christian neighbors and said, "There,
that is my Sunday crop, and it is all
garnered" After awhile storm came
up and great darkness, and the light
nings of heaven struck the barn, and
away went his Sunday crop.
The Safeguard of Religion.
There is another safeguard that I
want to present. I have saved it until
the last because / want ii to be the more
emphatic. The great safeguard for every
young man is the Christian religion.
Nothing can take the place of it, You
may have gracefulness enough to put to
the blush Lord Chesterfield, you may
have foreign languages dropping from
your tongue, you may discuss laws and
literature, you may have pen OF un-
equaled polish and power, you may
have SO much business tact that you
can get the largest salary in banking
house, you may be as sharp as Herod
and as strong as Samson, and with as
long locks as those which hung Absa-
lom, and yet you have no safety against
Some of you look forward
to life with great dependency. i kno"
it. I see it in your faces from time 70
time. You say, "All the occupations
and professions are full, and tnere ho
chance for me. " Oh. young man. cneer
up! will tell you how you can make
your fortune. Seek first the Kingdom OF
God and his righteousness, and all oth-
Or things will be added. know you do
not want to be mean in this matter.
You will not drink the trimming cup
If life and then pour the dregs ON God g
altar. To generous Saviour you viii
lot act like that; you have not the heart
20 act like that. That is not manly.
That is not honorable. That is not
brave. Your great want is new heart,
and in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ tell you so today, and the bless
cd Spirit presses through the solemnities
Of this hour to put the cup of life to
your thirsty lips. Oh, thrust it not
back. Mercy presents it-bleeding mer-
cy, long suffering mercy. Despise all
other friendships, prove recreant to all
other bargains, but despise Gods love
for your dying soul-do not do that.
There comes a crisis in mans life,
and the trouble is he does not know it
is the crisis. got letter in which a
man says to me:
81 start out now to preach the Cos
pei of righteousness and temperance to
the people. Do you remember me? am
the man who appeared at the close OF the
service when you were worshiping in
the chapel after you came from Phila-
delphia. Do you remember at the close
of the SERVES a man coming up to you
all a-tremble with conviction, and cry
ing out for mercy, and telling you he
had very bad business, and he thought
he would change it? That was the turn
ing point in my history. gave up my
bad business. gave my heart to God,
and the desire to serve him has grown
upon me all these years, until now woe