Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-02-25
Young Men and Younc women. ),


Rev. J. s. Williamson addressed a largo
congregation at the Congregational
cnurch, Sunday, taking as q subject for
his lecture, Young Men and Young
Women, and in part said:
Ii were to choose a text for the five
addresses which / propose to deliver dur.
ing the coming Sabbaths, it would he the
words OF our Lord II came that they may
nave life, and may have it abundantly )
There comes to me, with the passing wears.
With increasing power, the truth of these
words:
Ihat seli-conscious, personal life. can
pc Iuil, Joyous and blessed only rs it is
christian, that the principles of Christian
ity, are simply the right adjustment of all
social relations on the high plane of the
purpose OF God; that these PRINCIPLES
touch our lives atall points their presence
cFeates the life OF our life, their absence
the darkness Of our night My highest
wish for You young men and Young
women. is that you may strive in the
Gains. the storms and the darkness of life
to fulfill the purpose for which the all wise
ana ail-iovlng God created you. SIN ord. r
to do this,
|. Yod must believe with all
your hearts in the fatherhood of God and
the divinity of mankind through Christ.
H. You must face the question: What
is the law of life, to serve God and your
ieilow-men, or to serve yourself? We live
THIS life but once, and the conditions are
never twice the same-if we neglect today
the word or deed which might have in
fuenced another, we cannot retrieve it
next month-it is "a thing of the past
III. What is your relation to social life:
Is it a stage on which to exhibit our
selves as puppets, or an altar on which To
offer a sacrifice of service to others?
Society is school for the study of human
nature, Of refinement and adaptability, of
ease in conversation, of grace of move
mcnt, but onlyas means to an end-that
through these we may introduce the
Christian spirit which is the salt of the
earth and the light of men, LIES true
sacrament is to live truly. nohly and purely
~. What is the relation of one sex to
the other? Here we meet the most deli
cate and most important phase of modern
life. Here 1t is wei. to remem Der that the
highest joy comes into human life just as
1t is retained in the heart of God, by right
e)us law, more powerful because more
concentrated in the love Of man for woman
and woman for man, than of n created
I'VE for the Creator. Once defiled by
unholy impulse, we are driven afresh from
the Eden of pure love, and no place for
repentance is found, though we seek it
with tears.
The moment man has decided on the
occupation to which his taste leads. he
should summon his will to engage in it.
and his heart to choose a wife to enjoy the
fruits of it. If she Is unwilling to share
his hardships she is unworthy his success.
In discovering such person, certain
principles should govern the young man S
conduct He should treat all women with
respect, and endeavor to protect them from
wrong and degradation. He should IN
deavor to silence all indecent language
and coarse iests. He should consider the
law of purity as equally binding on men
and women. He should shun ilirt as
he would contact with the devil.
On the other hand, young woman. in
trying to be an angel should not be less
than woman. She should never marry
man of evil habits. No man at the age
of 20, addicted to evil habits, can be re-
formed by wife, they are too strong. She
should no more marry an extremely selfish
man, entirely immersed in business, with
room in his life for nothing else. She
should no more marry for wealth than
man should-in the one case it is theft,
in the other prostitution. She should
choose man of principle, even though
poor-a man who is a fortune in himself.
one who is frank, open, genial, who can be
to the finer instincts of her nature what
the harbor is in time of storm. who will
give her strength, as she gives him tender
ness. Two-t thirds of the sorrows of
humanity come from the neglect by young
people of these truths.
Mrs. Il. j. Roberts has gone to Boston,
TO attend the Grand Lodge of the Degree
of Honor.