Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-12-02

taisehood and wrongdoinr be added as
coloring 10 the pictures Let bloody
deeds red stripe the picture. and the
clouds of n wrathful God hang down
heavily over the canvas, ready l., break
out in a clamorous tempest. Let the
waters 6e chafed aud froth-tanrled.
and green with immeasurab le depths
Then take n torch OF burning pitch and
scorch into the frame the right nam,
for 1.-THE souls suicide.
III one entering upon sinful direc.
tons would only. in his mind or on pa.
per, draw out in awful reality this
dreadful future he would recoil from
1T and say: Am / Dante. that by
my own life 1 should write another
1uferno?'' But IL you are resolved to
live life such as God and good men
VIII approve, do not let il be n vague
dream, an indefinite determination,
but, IN your mind or on paper, sketch
II IN all its minutiae. You can not
know the changes 60 which you may be
subject. but you may know what al
ways Will be right and always will be
wrong. Let gentleness and charity and
veracity and faith stand in the heart
of the sketch. On some still brooks
bank make lamb and lion lie down
together. Draw two or three of the
trees OF life, not frost-striclxen, nor ice
glazed, nor wind-stripped, but with
thick verdure waving like the palms of
Heaven. On the darkest cloud place
the rainbow, that pillow of the dying
storm. You need not print the title
on the frame. The dullest will catch
the design at n glance and say. THAT
= the rpnH ~ H,,x-ar A
this sea OF life. what innumerable
ships heavily laden and well rugged
yet seem bound for no porti Swept
every whittier Of wind and wave,
they GO up by the mountains
they go down by the valleys, and
arc ut their wits end. They sail
by no chart, they watch no star, they
long Tor no harbor. i beg every young
man to-day TO draw ont sketch of
what, by the grace OF God. he means
10 be. Think no excellence so high
that YOU can not reach it. lie who
starts out in life with high ideal of
character. and faith in It's attainment,
will find himself incased from thou
sand temptations. There are magnifi.
cent possibilities before each of YOU
young men of the stout heart. and the
buoyant step, and the bounding spirit.
l would marshal you for grand achiev.
ment. God now provides for you the
field and the armor and the fortified.
tions. Who is on the Lords
side? A captain in ancient
times. to encourage his men against
the immense odds on the side
of their enemiess said: Come, nv
men, look these fellows in the face
They are 200, You are 500. Surely the
match is even" That speech gave
them the victory. BE not, my hearers,
dismayed at any time by what seems
an immense odds against you. Is fdf.
tune, Is want of education, are men,
are devils against you, though the
multitudes of earth aud hell confront
you, stand up TO the charge. With a
million against you the match is Just
even. Nay, you have n decided advan-
tage. II God be for us. who can be
against as? Thus protected. you need
not spend much time in answering
your assailants.
Many years ago word came to me
that two imposters. as Temperance lee
turers. had been speaking in Ohio. in
various places, and giving their eXper-
ience, and they told their audience that
they had long been intimate with me,
aud had become drunsards by dining
at my table, where / always had
liquors of all sorts. Indignant To
the last degree, went down TO PATRICK
Campbell, chief of Brooklyn police, say
ing that / was going 10 start that
night for Ohio to have those villains
arrested, and / wanted him TO tell me
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and said: ''Do not waste your time by
chasing these men. Go home and do
your work and they can do you nc
harm took his counsel AID all was
we'll Long ago / made up my mind
that IL one will put his trust in God and
be faithful TO duty. ne need not fear
any evil Have God on your side,
young man, and all the combined
forces of earth and hell can do you no
damage.
And this leads me TO say that the
mightiest defense for young man is
the possession o; religious principle.
Nothing can take the place o. it. He
may have manners that would put to
shame the gracefulness and courtesy OF
Lord Chesterfield. Foreign languages
may drop from his tongue. lie may
be able to discuss literature. aud laws.
and foreign customs He may WELD
pen OF unequaled polish and power.
His quickness and tact may qualify
him for the highest salary of the
counting house. He may be as sharp
as Herod and ms strong as Samson,
with as fine locks as those which hung
Absalom. still ne is not sac from con-
tamination. The more elegant his
manner. and the more fascinating his
dress the more peril. Satan does not
care for the allegiance o. cowardly
and iiiiterate being. He can not bring
him into efficient servic. But he
loves 90 storm the castle Of character
which has in it the most spoils
and treasures. IL was not some
cray craft creeping along
the coast with valnelsss cargo
that the pirate attacked. but the ship,
fuli-winged and tagged. plying be-
tween great ports carrying its millions
o. specie. The more your natural and
acquired accomplishments. the more
need % the religion ofJcsus That does
not cut ia upon OF hack up any smooth
ness % disposition or behavior IL
gives symmetry. IL arrests that in the
soul which ought % be arrested pro.
pels that which ought 20 be propelled.
IL elevates and transforms 10 beauty