The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-24
WORDS WITH YOUNG MEN
Rev. DIR. Talmage Talks to the Ris-
ing Generation.
N Sympssium of Practical Hints on Heath
ful Exercise and Careful Mental,
Moral and Physical Train
ing of Young Men.

The following discourse, or, rather
swords with Young Men," was deliv
cred by Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage at {
recent meeting in the Academy of mu
aic, New York city:
Those six young men. I suppose, rep
resent innumerable young men who
are about undertaking the battle Of
life, and who have more Interrogation
points in their minds than any print.
er's case ever contained, or printers
fingers set up. But few people who
have passed fifty years of age are capa-
BILE of giving advice to young men.
Too many begin their council by forget
ting they ever were young men them
selves. November blossoms do not un-
derstand May-time blossoms. The
east wind never did understand the
south wind. Autumnal golden rod
makes q poor fist at lecturing about
early viplets Generally, after man
has rheumatism in his right foot, he
is not competent to discuss juvenile
elasticity. Not one man out of hun.
dred can enlist and keep the attention
of the young after there is bald spot
on the Uranium. / attended a large
meeting in Philadelphia, assembled
TO discuss how the Young Mems
Christian association of that city
might be made more attractive for
young people, when man arose and
made some suggestions with such
Iugubrious tone of voice, and man
uer that seemed to deplore that every
thing was going to ruin, when an old
friend of mine, at seventy-five years as
young in feeling as any one at twenty,
arose and said: THAT good brother
who has just addressed you will excuse
me for saying that young man would
mo sooner go and spend an evening
among such funereal tones of voice
and funereal ideas of religion which
that brother seems to have adopted,
than he would go and spend the even
ing in Laurel Hill cemetery" And
yet these young men of Ohio, and all
young men, have right to ask those
who have had many opportunities of
studying this world and the next
world to give helpful suggestions as
to what theories of life one ought to
adopt, and what dangers he ought to
shun. Attention, young men!
First: Get your soul right. You see, !
that is the most valuable part OF you. |
It is the most important room in your |
slouse. 1t is the parlor of your entire !
nature. Put the best pictures on it's
walls. Put the best music under its |
arches. 1t is important to have the
kitchen right, and the dining room
right, and the cellar right, and all the
other rooms of your nature right; but,
OH the parlor of the soul! Be partic-
ular about the guests who enter it.
Shut its doors in the faces of those
who would despoil and pollute it.
There are princes and kings who
there are assassins who would like
to come out from behind his curtains,
and with silent foot attempt the des-
perate and murderous. Let the King
come in. He is now at the door. Let
me be usher to announce His arrival
and introduce the King of this
world, the King of all worlds,
the King eternal, immortal, in
visible. Make room. Stand back. Clear
|
King. Have Him once for your guest,
and it does not make much difference
who comes or goes Would you have
4 warrantee against moral disaster and
surety of noble career? Read at least
,ne chapter of the Bible on your knees
every day of your life.
Word the next; Have your body
right. How are your" often say
when l meet friend of mine in Brook
Lyn. He is over seventy, and alert and
vigorous, and very prominent in the
aw. His answer is: 81 am living on
the capital of well-spent youth" On
the contrary, there are hundreds of
thousands ofgood people who are suffer
np the results of early sins. The grace
Of God gives one a new heart, but not a
new body. David, the psalmist, had
10 cry out: Remember not the sins
Of my youth" Let a young man make
his body a wine closet. or a rum jug,
DR. a whisky cask, or a barrel, and
smoke poisoned cigarettes until his
land trembles, and he is black under
he eyes, and his cheeks fall in,
md then at some church seek and
ind religion; yet. all the praying he
AN do will not hinder the physical
of natural law fractured.
You six men of Ohio, and all the young
men, take care of your eyes, those
of the soul. Take care OF
rour ears, and listen to nothing that
iepraves. Take care of your lips, and
zee that they utter no profanities.
Take care of your nerves by enough
,Ieep and avoiding unhealthy excite
nents. and by taking outdoor exer-