The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-11-09
LESSONS FROM 1HEPULP|T.
Day of Especial Prayer
for Young Men
APPROPRIATE SERMON BY DR.. DAY
Is the Young Man Absalom
Safe +?
Mr.. THOMSON'S SERMON
An Eloquent Discourse on Chris's Doc.
trine OF Money
Impressive Services at the Cathedral by Rev.
Father McAuIiffe
An Eloquent Discourse on Christ's Doc.
trine Of Money
Impressive Services at the Cathedral by Rev.
Father McAuiiffe
Rev. George Z. Dye on Christ, the Su
preme Acknowledgement Ser
mon by Rev. Mr.. Rice al the Uni
versalist Church-Others.

At the First Congre gational church
yesterday morning the theme chosen by
the pastor. Rev. DR.. Day, was appro-
pirate to the day set apart throughout
the world as one of especial prayer for
young men. 1.-THE Perils of Young Men,
found it's basis in the pathetic demand
of David, the royal father of proud
gifted, but hayward son: rs the young
man, Absalom, safe?" II Samuel xviii:32.
EVERY life," said the speaker, has its
besetments. No one Is able to say, I
have no occasion to be on guard But
the most critical period is that of youth;
the young man is in jeopardy from foes
on flank, front and rear. He Is in peril
from himself, from his own exuberance
and inexperience. Wide awake, quick
fearless as thoughtless, he is ready with
his opinion, money or alliance with any
thing which appeals to his love of fun,
his courage or chivalry Invaluable as
are these traits when held in poise and
wisely directed; left to himself his
grandest power puts him in peril.
THE young man is in peril from what
turks in his appetites; not evil in them
selves, but he is liable to let them run
away with him. With every fibre and
nerve tingling with intensity of delight,
the youth hastens to furnish fuel from
himself for his own conflagration. Not
all pleasures are vicious by any means
He who ponders his way need be at no
loss between the clean and the unclean
THE young man is not least of all in
danger from self-conceit, particularly
as to his supposed superiority to the eff
fects of wrong-doing; and as to his i'm
agined superiority to the Christian re-
ligion Of his father and the faith of his
mother, in peril of becoming the shuttle
cock of every speculation and irreligious
vagary.
THE young man is in peril from much
which lies outside Of himself. Corrupt
literature, the billboards of the average
theater, the fostering feast too often
spread in the columns of our great dali
les. the enticements of the saloon, cruel
with it's attractions of cut glass, music
and brilliant lights, with the gambling
hall in the rear or close by. These pre-
pare him for the gilded sepulchre, whose
doors, opened by soft but mildewed
hands, lead straight tosthe CHASTITY gates
of hell. And he is in peril from the popu-
lar materialistic doctrines of the times,
which declare there is no God and that
death is an eternal sleep. He is in peril
from the frequent protection of men of
open immortality, the corrupt admins
tration that lets the deliberate murderer
go or quickly pardons him out of prison.
And beset by multiplying temptations,
he is in peril of letting go his Christian
faith, Influenced by the attitude of many
prominent men toward the call which
the Master makes upon men.
Have you an Absalom? Is he safe?
Who are his companions? What books
does he read? What sentiments and
men does he admire? Where does he
spend his evenings? What use does he
make of his Sabbaths? Fathers, has he
slipped away from your confidence and
counsels? Mothers, do you know the
way to his heart, to his inner life? Is
the young man, your Absalom. safer"