The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-23
CHALLENGED TO NOBILITY.
TALMAGE breaches A SERMON TO
YOUNG MEN.

Another Defense-NO way 10 Ueh-
uine Success Except Through Toll.
Respect For the Sabbath Preser-
vative Against Evil.
WASHINGTON, Nov. PA resounding call
goes out in this sermon Of DIT. Talmage.
If needed, 1t would be revolutionary for
good. His subject is, young Men Chal-
lenged to Nobility" and the text; II
Kings 6, Il: "And the Lord opened the
eyes of the young man.
one morning, IN Dothan, young theo-
logical student was scared by finding him
self and Elisha, the prophet, upon wnom
he waited, surrounded by a whole army
of enemies. But venerable Elisha was not
scared at all, because he saw the noun
tains full Of defence for him, in chariots
made of fire, drawn by horses of fire-a
supernatural appearance that could not be
seen with the natural eye. So the old
minister prayed that the young minister
might see them also, and the prayer was
answered and the Lord opened the eyes
of the young man, and he also saw the
fiery procession, looking somewhat, sup
pose, Like the Adirondacks or the Allie
ghanies in autumnal resplendence.
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
eyes to your safety your opportunity, and
your destiny!
Almighty defense for young man is
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
uphoIsterer never planned or adorned it.
but all the fresco on princely walls never
looked so enticing to you as those rough
hewn rafters. You can think of no park
or arbor of trees planted on fashionable
country-seat so attractive as the plain
brook that ran in front of the old farm
house and sang under the weeping will
lows. No barred gateway, adorned with
statue of bronze, and swung open by OBJ
eequious porter in full dress, has half the
glory of the old swing gate. Many of you
have second dwelling place, your adopt
ed home that also is sacred forever. There
YOU built the first family altar. There your
children were born. All those trees you
planted. That room is solemn, because
once in 1t, over the hot pillow, tapped the
wing of death. Under that roof you ex-
pect, when your work is done, to lie down
and die. You try with many words to
tell the excellency of the place, but you
fail There is only one word in the Ian
guage that can describe your meaning. 1t
is home.
Now, I declare it, that young man is
comparatively safe who goes out into the
world with a charm like this upon him.
The memory of parental solicitude, watch
ing, planning, and praying, will be to him
a shield and a shelter l never knew a man
faithful both to his early and adopted
home, who at the same time was given
over to any gross form of dissipation or
wickedness He who seeks his enjoyment
chiefly from outside association, rather
than from the more quiet and unpresuming
pleasures of which l have spoken, may be
suspected to be on the broad road to ruin.
Absalom despised his fathers house. and
YOU know his history of sin and his death
of shame If you seem unnecessarily isolat-
ed from your kindred and former asso-
ciates is there not some room that you
can call your own? Into it gather books
and pictures, and harp. Have a portrait
over the mantel. Make ungodly mirth stand
back from the threshold. Consecrate some
spot with the knee of prayer BY the mem
DRY of other days, fathers counsel, and
a mothers love, and sisters confidence,
call it home.
Another defense for a young man Is in
dustrious habits. Many young men, ia
starting upon life in this age, expect 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 is as old as his
father was when he first saw the spires of
the great town Sitting in some office,
rented at thousand dollars year he is
waiting for the bank to declare it's divi-
dend. or goes into the market expecting
before night to be made rich by the rush
ing up of the stocks. But luck seemed so
dull he resolved on some other tack. Per-
haps he borrowed from his employers
money drawer and forgets to put 1t back,
or for merely the purpose of improving his
pehmanship, makes a copy-plate of mer-
chants signature. Never mind; all is right
in trade In some dark night there may
come in his dreams a vision of the peni-
Tertiary; but it soon vanishes. In short
time he will be ready to retire from the
busy world, and amid his flocks and herds
cultivate the domestic virtues. Then those
young men who once were his schoolmates,
and knew no better than to engage in hon
est work will come with their ox-teams to
draw him logs, and with their hard hands
to help heave up his castle. This Is no
fancy picture 1t is everyday life. l should
not wonder If there were some rotten
beams in that beautiful palace. l should
not wonder If dire sickness should smite
through the young man, or If God should
pour into his cup of life "A draught that
would thrill him with unbearable agony; II
his children should become to him liv-
ing curse, making his home pest and a
disgrace. should not wonder If he goes to
a miserable grave, and beyond 1t into the
crashing of teeth. The way of the ungodly
shall perish.
My young friends, there is no way to
genuine success, except through toll
either of head or hand. At the battle OF
Crecy. in 1916, the Prince of Wales, find
ing himself heavily pressed by the enemy
sent word to his father for help The
father, watching the battle from a wind
mill, and seeing his son was not wounded
and could gain the day II he would, sem
word. mo, l will not come. Let the boy
win his spurs, for if God will, l desire
that this day be his with all its honors!'
Young man, fight your own battle, al
through and you shall have the victory
oh, it is a battle worth fighting! Tive
monarchs Of old fought a duel, Charles
v. and Francis, and the stakes were king
doms, Milan and burgundy. You figh
with sin and the stake is heaven or hell