The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-05-22
WORDS TO YOUNG MEN.
REV. Or. TALMAGE TALKS TO THE
BEGINNERS IN LlFE's BATTLES.

The Soul, the Body. the Intellect. the ;s-
piration. the Goal and IL Glance Ahead.
An Inspiring ant: Forceful Sermon TO the
Young.
New YORK, May 12.-In his audi
ences at the Academy Of Music Dr.
Ialmage meets many hundreds Of
young men from different parts Of
the Union and representing almost
every calling and profession in life
To them he specially addressed his dis
course this afternoon, the subject be-
ing Words With Young Men. But
few people who have passed 50 years
ofage sre capable Of giving advice 10
young men. Too many begin their
counsel by forgetting they ever We're
young men themselves. November
SHOWS do not understand May time
| blossom week. The east wind never
did understand the south wind. Au-
tumnal goldenrod makes poor tis:
at lecturing about early violets Gen
orally after man has rheumatism IN
| his right foot he is not competent to
| discuss juvenile elasticity. Not one
man out of hundred can enlist and
| keep the attention of the young after
there is bald spot on the Uranium.
| attended large meeting in Phil
adelphia, assembled to discuss how the
Young Mems Christian association Of
that city might be made more attrac-
tive for young people. when man
arose and made some suggestions With
such lugubrious tone of voice a man
ner that seemed to deplore that every
thing was going toruin, when an Old
friend of mine, at Is years as young in
feeling as any one at 20, arose and said
That good brother who has just ad-
dressed you will excuse me for saying
that a young man would no sooner go
and spend an evening among such
funeral tones of voice and funeral
ideas Of religion which that brother
seems to have adopted than he would
60 and spend the evening in Laurel
Hill cemetery" And yet these young
men of Ohio, and all young men,
have a right to ask those who have
had many opportunities of studying
this world and the next world to give
helpful suggestion 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
house. 1t is the parlor Of your entire
nature. Put the best pictures on its
walls. Put the best music under its
arches. It is important to have the
kitchen right, and the dining room
right. and all the other rooms of your
nature right; but, oh, the parlor the of
soul. Be particular 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 would like to come into It, while
there are assassins who would like to
come out from behind its curtains, and
| with silent foot attempt the desperate
and nlurderous. Let the King come
| in. He is now at the door. Let tine be
usher to announce his arrival and in
troduce his arrival and introduce the
King of this world, the King OF all
worlds, the King eternal, immortal
invisible. Make room. Stand back.
Clear the way Bow, kneel, worship
the King. Have him once for your
guest, and it does not make much diff
ference who comes or goes. Would
you have a warranty against moral
disaster and surety of noble career3
Read at least one chapter of the Bible
on your knees every day of your Life.
Have your body right. How are
YOU" often say when | meet friend
of mine in Brooklyn. He is over 20,
and alert and vigorous, and very
prominent in the law. His answer is,
II am living on the capital OF well
spent youth" On the contrary, there
are hundreds of thousands OF good
people who are suffering the results of
early sins. The grace Of Coo gives
one new heart, but not new body.
david, the Psalmist, had to cry out,
Remember not the sins of my youth. "
Let a young man make his body a VINE
closet, or a rum jug, or a whlskey
cask, or beer barrel, and smoke poi
soned cigarettes until his hand trem-
bles, and he is black under the eyes,
and his cheeks fall in, and then at
some church seek and find religion.
Yet all the praying he can do will not
hinder the physical consequences OF
natural law fractured. You six young
men of Ohio and all the young men
take care Of your eyes, those windows
of the soul. Take care of your ears
and listen to nothing that depraves
Take care of your lips and see that
they utter no profanities. Take care
of your nerves by enough sleep and
avoiding unhealthy eXceitments, and
i by taking outdoor exercise, whether
by ball or horseback, lawn tennis or
exhilarating bicycle, if you sit upright
and do not join that throng of sever
al hundred thousands who by the
wheel are cultivating crooked backs,
and crampled chests, and deformed
bodies, rapidly coming down toward
all fours and the attitude of the beasts
| lnaL perish. ANY lllllS Gii"I poi ion.
Anything that bends body. mind or
soul to the earth is unhealthy. On, 1t
is grand thing to be well, but do not
depend on pharmacy and the doctors
to make YOU we'll. Stay well. Read
John Todd's Manual and Combs Ply
siology and everything you can lay
your hands on about mastication and
digestion and assimilation. Where
YOU find one healthy man or woman
YOU find 50 half dead. From my own
experience I can testify that, being a
disciple of the gymnasium, many
time Just before going to the parallel
bars and punching bags and pullles
and weights / thought satan was
about taking possession of society and
the chnrch and the world, but after
one hour of climbing and lifting and
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