The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-29
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tept busy dressing the vines they would not
AVE been sauntering under the trees. hank
ring after fruit that ruined them and their
Josterityl Proof positive Of the fact that
when people do not attend to their business
hey get into mischief. go to the ant, thou
~luggard; consider her ways and be wise,
Witch. having no overseer or gutde, provfd-
nth her food in the summer and gathereth
Ter meat in the harvest" Satan Is q roaring
ion. and you can never destroy him by gun
" pistol or sword. The weapons with which
ron are to beat him back are pen and typs
md hammer and ADJ and saw and pickax
md vardstick andthe weapon of honest toll.
Work. work. or die.
Another safeguard that I want to present
n young men is a high ideal OF life. Some
imes soldiers going into battle shoot into
he ground instead OF into the hearts OF their
snemies. They are apt to take aim too low.
md it is very often TINT the ~captain. going
MO conflict with his men, will cry out,
Now. men, aim highI' The fact is that In
lie q great many men a no aim at all.
The artist plans out his entire thought before
ie puts it upon canvas. before he takes M
he crayon or the chisel. An architect thinks
,ut the entire building before the workmen
begin. Although everything may seem to be
~inoreanized, thai architect has in his mind
svery COrinthian column. every Gothic arch,
svery Byzantine apita A poet thinks out
he entire plot of his poem before he begins
% chime the cantos OF tinkling rhythms.
Ind vet there are a great manv men who
tart the important structure OF life without
Knowing whether 1t ia going to be a
rude Tartar's Int or q st. Marks ca
.hedral, and begin to write out the In
.ricate poem of their life without know
ing whether it is to be a Homer's "O1yssev"
or a rhymester's botch. Out OF 1900. 999
have no life plot. Booted and spurred and
..-.1.1 kha.Y lnoka. otnn1 and FTan
out and saw: "Hello, man! Whittier away?"
"Nowhere" they say. oh. young man.
make every days duty a filling up of the
great life plot. Alas, that there should be
on this sea OF life 50 many ships that seem
bound for no port! They are swept every
whittier by wind and wave. M by the
mountains and Town by the valleys. They
sail with no chart. They gaze on no star.
They long for no harbor. oh. Young man..
have a high ideal and press to it, and 1t will
be n mighty safeguard. There never were
grander opportunities opening before young
men than are opening now. Young mel OF
ihe strong arm and Of the stout heart and OF
the bounding step. I marshal you to-day for
n great achievement.
Another safeguard is a respect for the
Sabbath. Tell me how a young man spends
his Sabbath. and I will tell you what are his
prospects in business, and l will tell you
what are his prospects for the eternal world.
God has thrust into our busy life a sacred
LAY when we are to look after our souls. Is
It exorbitant, after giving six days to the
feeding and clothing of these ~perishable
bodies, that God should demand one day
Tor the feeling and clothing Of the immortal
soul?
There is another safeguard that I want to
present. / have saved 1t until the last be-
cause l want 1t to be the more emphatic.
The great safeguard for every young man Is
the Christian religion. Nothing can take
the place of 1t. You may have ~gracsfulness
enough to put TO blush Lord Chesterfield,
you may nave foreign languages dropping
from your tongue, you may discuss laws aud
literature. you may have a pen OF une-
qualed polish power, you may have so
much business tact that you can get the
largest salary in a banking house, you may
be as share as Herod and as strong as
Samson, and with as long locks as those
which hung Absalom, and yet you have no
safety against temptation. SOM OF you
look forward to life with great dependency.
[ know II. I see 1t in your faces from time
10 time. You say, "All the occupations n
professions are full. and there's 10 chance
Tor me-" oh. young man, cheer up!
will tell you how you can make your
fortune. Seek first the kingdom Of
God and His Righteousness. and all other
things will be added. I know you do not
want to be mean In this matter. You will
aot drink the trimming cup OF life and then
pour the dregs on Gods altar. To a gener-
BUS Saviour you will not act like that; you
have not the heart to act like that. That Ia
hot manly. That is not honorable. That Is
aot brave. Your great want is a new heart,
| md in the name OF the Lord Jesus Christ !
.ell you so to-day, and the blessed Spirit
| presses through the solemnities of this hour
| 10 put the cup Of life to your thirsty lips.
Oh, thrust 1t not back. Mercy presents it
,leeding mercy, long suffering mercy. De-
I,ise all other friendships, prove recreant to
vi other bargains. but despise Gods love
| or YOU dying soul-io not do that. There
.omes a crisis in a mans life, and the trouble
s he does not know 1t Is the crisis. 1 got a
etter in which a man avs to me:
| 81 start out now to preach the gospel OF
| righteousness and temperance to the people.
Do you remember mel / am the man who
| appeared at the close of the service when you
we're worshiping in the chapel after you
.ame from Philadelphia. Do you remember
1t the close Of the service u man coming up
| % you all a-tremble with conviction, and
'rying out for mercy, and telling you he had
very bad business. and he thought he
would change it2 That was the turning
point in my history. / gave up my bad bus
ness. I gave my heart to God, and the de.
lire to serve Hin has grown upon me all
hese years, until now woe is unto me IL ]
preach not the gospel"
That Sunday night was the turning point
" that u mans history. This very Sab
oath hour will be the turning point in the
history Of 100 young men ia this house.
}od help us! l once stood on an anniver
AIRY platform with a cler lyman who told
his marvellous story. He said:
Thirty years ago two young men started
)ut to attend Park Theatre, New York, to
lee a play watch made religion ridiculous
md hypoeritical. They hal been brought
Up in Christian families. They started for
he theatre TO see that vile play, and their
Early convictions came back upon then.
They felt it was not right to go, but still
hey went. They came to the door OF the
:heatre. One OF the young men stopped and
started for home, buI returned ana came up
% the door, hut he ia not the courage To
20 in. Hs again started for home n went
1ome. The other young man went In. He
vent from one degree of temptation 10
another. Caught in the whirl of frlvolity
AMI sin, he sank lower aud lower. He lost
Dis business position. He lost his morals
He lost his soul. He died a dreadful death,
aot one star of mercy shining on 1t. l stand
before you to-day" said that minister, ''td
hank God that for twenty years l have
been permitted to prea ii the gospel. Ian
the other young man"
oh, you sss that WAS tire turning point
the one went back, the other went on. The
great roaring world OF business life Will sooI
break in upon you, young men. VIII the
will wave dash out the impressions OF Thu
Jay as an ocean biilow dHsues letters out Of
he sand on the beach? You need something
better than this world can give you. L bea
IN your n art ami 1t sounds hollow. Yot
want something great and grand IND glor'
ous to fill il, and here is the religion that cai
10 it. God save you!
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