The Red Cloud chief., 1895-02-15
what to Enjoy, ana what To
Read.
delivered at Amboy At a Sunday
School Convention

iOE buCu "U iuscIitkcut ouNicuSo v "
this, but when We take into account
how much the happiness Of our lives
and those around US depend on "what
to enjoy and what to read" you will
kindly throw over and around us the
mantle Of charity, and for a few mo.
ments bear with US in following out a
few thoughts We have arranged for
your entertainment this evening.
Youth mnst have its recreation. En-
joyment must mingle largely in the
life of every healthy young person.
enjoyment liberal, yet temperate.
The active sports Of childhood may
be, and as far as possible, should be
carried into early manhood. Athletic
games, Or whatever game carries the
young man into the open air, braces
the muscles and strengthens his
health, and procures the merry.hearted
companionship of his fellows, should
be INDUCED in without stint, so far as
his opportunities will permit and the
proper claims of business or Of study
justify.
Shooting and fishing are amuse.
ments to which the young may freely
betake themselves az they have oppor-
tunity. In addition TO out of.door
amusements, there are various forms
OF indoor amusements which claim
some notice. 1t is more difficult to
iod indoor amusements for the youny.
for the simple reason that happy and
healthy exercise il the idea which is
chiefly associated with and chiefly
legitimate recrea,ions on their part.
Aud the open air is the natural place
for such exercise. Yet indoor amuse.
ments must also be found. Music is
one of the chief Of these amusements
and certainly one of the most limo.
cent and elevating. OF all delights
to those who have the gift or taste for
it, music is the most exquisite. To
afix the term amusement to it is per.
haps scarcely fair. 1t is always more
than this when duly appreciated.
There IL no other recreation, If this
be the proper name for it, at all which
is 80 purely intellectual. Other
amusements, many games may exer-
else the intellect, aud even largely
draw Torch its powers Of f%orethought,
Of decision and readiness, but music
appeals to the soul in these deeper
springs which be close to spiritual
and moral feelings. 1t lifts it out Of
the present and visible into the future
and the invisible. Even in its gayer
and lighter strains, it often does this
as we'll as in Its more solemn and sa.
cred chants. The simple lit OF a song
which We have heard in youth, or
which r,minds US Of home and coun.
try. some fragment of melody, Sigh,
in meaning, set oquisitely touching
in sweet or pathetic mildness, viii
carry the soul into a higher region
and makes US feel kindred with the
immortal. A jay so precious as this,
and which may minister to such high
ends, is one which we are bound e
cultivate ia every manner, and fol
which We arc warranted in seeking
the fullest Indulgence. The concert
tho opera are oil, from this poins o.
view, to be recommended.
The love Of play Of any kind, il
the shape of billiards or cards, o.
anything else, is q haz ardous, and ma
prove before you are we'll aware Of it
a fatal passion. Whenever it begin
to develop YOU have passed the bound
Of amusem snt, and 10 indulge in On.
game but for amusement is at once al
infatuation and temptation Of tn
worst kind. The drama Is, II its ide'
noble and exalting, mt Of the mos
natural and therefore most effectiv,
expressions Of literary art. VIII
may not be made wiser and better b.
the study of Shakespeare's wonderful
creations? In what human compost
tons, rather than in his PLAYS, woul
young nan seek for the stimulus @
high thoughts and the excitement @
lofty aud heroic, or gentle and grac,
tul virtues. The stage, in its tru
conception, is a school Of morals /.
we'll as of manners, in which I'll