The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-11

slueeard: consider her ways and be wise,
which. having no oyerseer or guide, provid-
eth her food in the summer ana Ratneretn
her meat in the harvest" Satan is roaring
lion. and you can never destroy MIN oy gun
or pistol or sword. The weapons with Wnlcn
you are to beat him back are pen aud type
and hammer and ADJ and saw and pickaI1
and yardstick and the weapon OF honest toll.
Work. work, or die.
Another safeguard that want to present
to young men is a 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 to take aim too low.
and it is very often that the captain. going
into conflict with his men, will cry OUT,
tNow, men, aim high!' The fact is that In
life great many men take no aim at all.
The artist plans out his entire thought before
he puts it upon canvas, before ne taxes up
the crayon or the chisel. An architect thinks
out the entire building before the workmen
pecln. Although everything may seem to be
unorganized. that architect has In his mind
every Corinthiau column, every Gothic arch.
every Byzantine capital. A poet thinks out
the entire plot of his poem before he begins
TO chime the cantos OF tinkling rhythms
And vet there are great many men who
start the important structure OF life W1thout
knowing whether it Is going to be
rude Tartar's hut or st. MARKS ca
thedral, and begin to write out the In
tricate poem of their life without know.
ing whether it is to be Homer's odyssey.
or a rhymester's botch. Out OF 1900. 9Ss
have no life plot. Booted and spurrei and
caparisoned, they hasten along. and run
out and saw: "Hellc, man! Whittier away?"
"Nowhere."' they say. Oh. young man.
make every days duty filling up ottn
great life plot. Alas, that there should be
70 that
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 1t, and 1t 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 ano OF
the bounding step, I marshal you To-Day 1or
great achievement.
Another safeguard is a. respect for the
Sabbath. Tell me- how young man SPENDS
his Sabbath, and will tell you what are his
nrospects in business. and I 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. s
1t exorbitant, after giving six days to tae
feeding and clothing OF these pertshaole
DOd1eS, Cnat GOQ 6Qoulu ooulauu ono 10y
for the feeding and clothing or the Immortal
soul?
Our bodies are seven day clocks. and they
need to be wound up. and II they are NOT s
wound up they run down into the grave. NO
man can continuously break the Sabbatn
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 fall In mind.
body or moral principle. A manufacturer
gave this as his experience. He said: Il
owned factory on the Lehigb. Everything
prospered I kept the Sabbath. and every
thing went on well. But one Sabbath morn
ing bethought myself Of a new shuttle, ana
I thought would invent that shuttle before
sunset. and refused all food aud drink un-
til had completed that shuttle. By sun
down. had completed It. The next day:
Monday, I showed to my workmen and
friends this new shuttle. They all congratu..
lated me on my great success. put that
shuttle into play. enlarged my business
but, sir. that Sundays work cost
me $4,000. From that day, every
business, and I lost my mill" Oh, my
friends. keep the Lords day. You may
think it old fogy advice. but I give 1t to you
now: "Remember the Sabbath day and keep
1t holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all
thy work, but the seventh is the Sabbath OF
the Lord thy God; in 1t thou shalt not do any
work" A man said that he woul d prove
that all this was a fal.acy, and so ne said,
IT shall raise Sunday crop" Aud ne
plowed the field on the Sabbath, and then
he put in the seed on the Sabbath, and he
cultured the ground on the Sabbath. When
the harvest was ripe. he reaped 1t on the
Sabbath, and he carried 1t 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 1t Is all gar
nered" After awhile storm came up and
great darkness, aud the lightnings OF heaven
struck the barn. and away went his Sunday
crop.
There is another safeguard that want to
present. have saved 1t until the last be-
cause I want it to be the moro emphatic.
The great safeguard for every young man is
the place Of II. You may have gracefulness
enough to put to blush Lord Chesterfield,
YOU may have foreign languages dropping
from your tongue, you may discuss laws and
literature. you may have a pen OF une-
oualed polish and power, you may have so
much business tact that you can get the
largest salary in a banking house, you may
be as sharp rs Herod and as strong as
Samson, and with as long locks as those
which hung Absalom, and yet you have no
safety against temptation. Some OF you
look forward to life with great dependency.
know 1t. see it in your faces from time
to time. You say, can the occupations and
professions are full. and there's no chance
for me-" Oh, young man, cheer up!
I 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. know you do not
want to be mean in this matter. You will
not drink the brimming cup OF life and then
pour the dregs on Gods altar. To gener-
| Gus Saviour you will not act like that; you
have not the heart to act like that. That is
not manly. That Is not honorable. That 1s
not brave. Your great want is new heart.
and in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
| tell you 80 to-day, and the blessed Spirit
presses through the solemnities OF this hour
! to put the cup Of life to your thirsty lips.
Oh, thrust 1t not back. Mercy presents 1t
bleeding mercy, long suffering mercy. De-
spise all other friendships, prove recreant to
all other bargains, but despise Gods love
for your dying soul-do not do that. There
comes crisis in mans life. and the trouble
Is he does not know it Is the crisis got a
letter in which man says to me:
81 start out now to preach the gospel 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 Philadelphia. Do you remember
at the close OF the service a man coming uI
to you all a-tremble with conviction, anc
crying out for mercy, and telling you he hac
very bad business. and he thought III
would change it? That was the turning
point in my history. gave up my bad bus.
iness. I gave my heart to God, and the dc