Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-06

and yardstick and the weapon % honest toll.
Work. work. or die.
Another safeguard that want to present
% young men is q high ideal Of life. Some
times soldiers going into battle shoot into
the ground instead Of into the hearts Of their
enemies. They are apt 10 take aim too low.
and it is very often that the captain. going
Into conflict with his men. will cry our,
iSNoy. men. aim highr' The fact is that in
life a great MANY men take no aim at all.
The artist plans out his entire thought before
be puts II upon canvas, before he takes up
the crayon or the chisel. An architect thinks
out the entire building before the workmen
begin. Although everything may seem TO be
unorgauized. 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
to chime the eantos of tinkling rhythms.
And vet there are great manv men who
start the important structure OF life without
knowing whether II is going TO be
rude Tartar's hut or a st. Marks ca
thedral, and begin 10 write out the in-
tricate poem OF their life without know
ing whether it is to be a Homer's "Oivssev'
or a rhymester's bOtch. Out OF 1900. 500
have no life plot. Booted and spurret and
eaparisoned. they hasten along AMI run
out aud saw: "Hello mani Whittier away"
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make every days duty filling up OF the
great life plot. Alas. that there should be
on this sea OF life so many ships that seem
bound for no port! They are swept every
whittier by wind and wave. up by the
mountains and down by the valleys. They
sail with no chart. They gaze on no star.
They long for no harbor. Oh. young man.
have high ideal and press to it, aud it will
be mighty safeguard. There never were
grander opportunities opening before young
men than are opening now. Young men OF
the strong arm and Of the stout heart and OF
the bounding step. marshal you to-day for
q great achievement.
Another safeguard is a respect for the
Sabbath. Tell me how young man spends
his Sabbath, and l will tell you what are his
prospects in business and ] will tell YOU
what are his prospects for the eternal world.
God has thrust into our busy life sacred
day when we are to look after our souls. Is
II exorbitant. after giving six DAYS to the
feeding and clothing OF these perishable
bodies, that God should demand one day
! for the feeding and clothing OF the immortal
soul?
Our bodies are seven day clocks. and thew
/ need to be wound up. and il they are not
wound up they run down into the grave. No
, man can continuously break the Sabbath
and keep his physical and mental health.
Ask those aged men, and they will tell YOU
/ they never knew men who continuously
broke the Sabbath who did not fail in mind
body or moral principle. A manufacturer
gave this as his experience. He said; IL
owned factory on the Lehgh. Everything
pr0spered. / kept the Sabbath. and every.
thing went on well. But one Sabbath morn
ing bethouRht myself OF "a new shuttle, and
I thought I would invent that shuttle before
sunset. and l refused all food and drink un.
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| down had completed it. The next day
Monday. l showed to my wOrkmen anJ
friends this new shuttle. They all concratu
lated me on my great success. | uur tina
shuttle into play. l enlarged my business
but, sir, that Sundays work cos
me 100000. From that dav every
thing went wrong. failed il
business, and | lost my mill" Oh. my
friends, keep the Lords dav. You may
think it old fogy advice. hut ! give it TO you
now: "Remember the Sabbath day and keaI
it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do al
thy work. but the seventh is the Sabbath o
the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do an,
work" A man said that he would Prov
that all this was fal.any, and so he said
II shall raise a Sunday crop Aud h
plowed the field on the Sabbath. and ther
he put in the seed on the Sabbath, and h
cultured the ground on the sabbath WheI
Sabbath, and he carried it into the NOW Of
the Sabbath. and then he stood out defan
to his Christian neighbors, and said: There
that is my Sunday crop, and il is all gar
nered." After awhile storm came MP and
great darkness, and the lightnings OF HEAVIER
struck the barn. and away went his Sunda.
crop.
There is another safeguard that | want tc
present. | have saved il until the last be
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The great safeguard for every young man
the Christian religion. Nothing can tax
the place of il. You may have gracefulnes
enough to put to blush Lord Chesterfield
you may have foreign languages droppin
from your tongue, you may discuss laws an
literature. you may have pen Of une
qualed polish and power, you may have 8
much business tact that you can get tn
largest salary in banking house. you ma
be as sharp as Herod and as strong a
Samson. and with as long locks as thOs
which hung Absalom, and yet you have n
safety against temptation. Some OF yo
look forward to life with great dependency
/ know it. see it in your faces from tim
to time. You say. IAN the occupations an
professions are full and there's no chanc
for me-" Oh. young man. cheer III
I will tell you how you can make yor
, fortune. Seek first the kingdom {
God and His righteousness, and all othe
things will be added. / know you do no
want to be mean in this matter. You wi
not drink the trimming cup of life and the
pour the dregs on Gods altar. To gene
Gus Saviour you will not act like that yo
, have not the heart to act like that. That
not manly. That is not honorable. That
, not brave. Your great want is a new hear
l and in the name OF the Lord Jesus Christ
, tell you so to-day, and the blessed Spir
l presses through the solemnities of this hou
to put the cup OF life to YOUR thirsty lip.
, Oh, thrust it not back. Mercy presents it
bleeding mercy. long suffering mercy. De
sptse all other friendships, prove recreant
all other bargains. but despise Gods low
| for your dying soul-io not do that. Their
' comes a crisis in q man s life, and the troubl
/ is he does not know it is the crisis. got
letter in which man says to me:
a 81 start out now to preach the gospel {
, | Righteousness and temperance to the people
4 Do you remember me! l am the man WI
a appeared at the close of the service when yo
A were worshiping in the chapel after yo
/ came from Philadelphia. Do you rememb,
at the close ofthe service q man coming u
to you all a-tremble with conviction, ar
I crying out for mercy and telling you he hG
' IL very bad business. and he thought
Z would change it? That was the turntr
n point in my history. gave up my bad bu
a mess. l gave my heart to God, and the d
p sire to serve Him has grown upon me q
+ these years, until now woe is unto me if
+ preach not the gospel"
!. That Sunday night was the turning poll
n of that young mans history. This very Sa
q oath hour will be the turning point in Il
{, history of 100 young men 10 this hous
|. God help US! ! once stood on an annive
r sary platform with clergyman who to
q this marvellous story. He said:
a "Thirty years ago two young men startt
G out to attend Park Theatre, New York,
see II play which made religion ridiculou
: and hypoeritical. They had been brougl
r up in Christian families. They started 10
d the theatre to see that vile play, and the
4 early convictions came back upon then