St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-12-26
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nst. T. Dewitt Taluags delivered
The following sermon On the sab3sets
"Yosss Mem Challenged TO Nobility"
bstsss his Warrington eongresstions
taking for his texts
And ehe Lord epeoed Ne eyes q ths ysun0
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One morning. in Dothan . Young
student WAS scared by
Anding himself and Elisha the prophet
upon whom he matted, surrounded BY
. whole army of enemies. But vener-
cable Elisha 1ss not scared 1t al,
because he saw tire m0untsans full OF
defense for him, In ehariots made OF
Ore, drawn by horses Of fire. super
natural appearance that could not b
sesn with the natural eye. So the old
minister praysd that the young minis
tor might see them also. and the
prayer was answered. and the Lord
opened the eyes Of the young man,
and he also saw the Aery procession.
looking somewhat, / suppose. like the
Adirondack or the Alleghanies in au'
tnmnal tesplendenes.
Many young men, standing among
the most tremendous realities. have
their eyes half shut or entirely closed.
May God grant that my sermon may
open wide your etes to your safety.
your opportunity, and your destiayi
A mighty defense for young man
10 . good home. Some Of my hearers
look back with tender satisfaction to
their early home 1t may have been
rude and rustic, hidden among the
hills, and architect or upholsterer
never planned or adorned it. But all
the fresco ON princely walls never
looked 20 enticipg to you n those
rough.hswn raftsra Iou can
think Of no park or ar
bor Of trees planted on fashion
able country sat 90 attrctive as the
plain brook that ran in front OF the
old farm house and sang under the
weeping willowA No barred gate
wsy. adorned with statue Of bronze,
and swung open BY obsequious porter
In full dress, has half the glory of the
old swing gats. Many Of you have .
eecond dwelling place. your adopted
home, that also 10 sacred forever.
There your built the first family altar
There your children were born. All
shoss tSess you planted. That room Il
solemn, because once In it. over the
hot pillow. tapped the wing Of death.
Under that roof you expect, when
your work II done, TO lie down and
die. You try with many words to tell
the excsllency Of the place. but you
fail. There Il only ono word in the
language that can describe your mean.
ing. 1t 10 home.
Now, Ideclare II, that young man u
comparatively safe who goes ont into
the world with . charm like this upon
him. Tho memory Of parental solicit
tuds, watching, planning and praying.
will bs to him Q shield and . shelter.
never knew . man faithful both to
his early and adopted home, who IT
the same time was given over to any
gross form Of dissipation or wicked
ness. He who seeks his enjoyment
chiefly from outside association,
rather than from the more quiet
and unpresuming pleasures OF which
have spoken, may be suspected ia
be on the broad road to ruin. Absa-
lom despised his fathers house. and
YOU know his history of sin and his
death of shame. II you seem unneces.
ssrily isolated from your kindred and
former associates, il there not some
room that yoa can call your own? In
to IL gather books and pictures- Have
. portrait over the mantel. Make un'
Rodly mirth stand back from the
threshold. Consecrate some spot with
tho knee Of prayer. by the memory
of other days, . fathers counsel, and
mothers love, and . sisters confidence,
call It home.
Another defense for . young man Il
industrious habits. Many young men,
in starting upon life in this ago. ex'
pect to make their way through the
world BY the use Of their wits rather
than the toll of their hands. A boy
now goes to the city and fails twice
before he II ~ old a. his father wal
when he first saw the spires Of thu
great town. Sitting In some o6ice
rented at d, eco . year. he il waiting
for the bank TO declare it, dividend
or goes into the market expecting
before night to b made rich by thu
rushing mp Of the stocks But lucl
seemed 50 dull he resolved OF
some other tack. Perhaps he Dor
rowed from his employers none,
drawer, and forgot to put it back, or
for merely the purpose Of improving
his penmanship. makes . copy plate o
. merchants signature. Never mind
all 10 right in trade. In some darl
night there may come in his dreams
vision Of the penitentiary; but 1t sool
vanishes. In . short time he will b
ready TO retire from the busy world
and amid his docks and herds cult
veto the domestic virtues. Then thos'
young men who were his schoolmatea
and knew NO better than to engage IL
honest work, will come with their o:
teams 70 draw him logs, and witt
their hard hands to help heave mp hi
castle. This is NO fancy picture. 1t l
everyday life. I should not wonde
II there were some rotten beams i
that beautiful palace. should no
wonder II dire sickness should smit
through the young man. or II Go
should pour into his cup of life
draught that would thrill him wit
unbesrsble agony; il his childre
should become 70 him . living cursa
making his home . pest and dil
grace. ! should not wonder II he goe
10 . miserable grave, and beyond
into the gashing Of teeth. The va
Of the ungodly shall perish.
Ny young friends, there ID NO Va
to genuine success except throug
toll, either Of head or hand. At th
battle Of Crecy, in 1916, the prince .
Wales, ADdipg himself heavily presse
by the enemy, sent word to hls fathe
for help The father. watching th
battle from . wind mill, and seein