The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-18


aow pr6wdes i0r y0u lhe Cola and lhe /
arm0F nnd the fertilization VINO "a on
tho Lords niO1 A captain in ancient
tines % encourage hs men against the
immense odds on the side 90 their enemies.
ui1. "Come. mY men, look these fellow
ln the face. They are 11ll. you are 3ll.
Surely the match H oven That speech case
them The victory. Do not. my hearln, di-
mayed at any tins by what seems 40 im-
monso odd against you. ia i0Huoe, e want
OF education, are men. Hre devils against yon.
though the multIiudes OF earth and bell con-
front you. stand up CD The charge. With
1000 COO against you. she match ls Just even
may, yoa have O decided Rdvnniaso II
God be Tor a. who can be- against usf Thus
protected, you need not spend much tlmeiu
answering your assailants,
Many years ago word came 90 me that two
lmpOstofs, az temperance lecturers, had been
| speaking IN Ohio in various places and giy-
| Ing thgir experience, aud They told their
audience that tAoY had long n1on Intimate
With mo and had become druukar3s by dln-
/ ing nt my table. where alWays bad liquors
OF all sorta Indignant % the last Geges. J
/ went down % Patrick Campbell chief of
| Brooklyn police, slying thar I was going %
| slhri that night Tor Ohio 20 have those vil.
/ lains arrested, aud / wantsl him 20 tell me
/ bow 90 make the arrest he smiled and snid
/ men. Go homo and no vour work and fhav
/ can do You no harm" / took hts counsoi,
/ and all was we'll Long ago / made up my
4 mind that N one will put HE trust 10 God
| and be faithful 20 duty no need not fear any
evil Have God on your side, Young mani
and OH the combined forces Of earth and bell
can do you no damage.
And this leads me 10 say that the might
lest defense for young man ls the posses
sion Of religious principle Nothing can take
the place OF H. He may have manners that
would put % shame the graceiulness and
| courtesy Of O Lord Chesterfield. Foreign
| languages may drop from his tongue. He
may be- able 10 disuss literature and laws and
foreign customs. Ho may WELD O pen Of
unequaled polish and power His qulokness
and tact may qualify him for the highest
salary Of the counting house. He may DO as
sharp a. Herod and as strong as samson,
with as ilno locks rs those which hung ABB
salon, still he Is not safe from contamination.
The more elegant his manner, and the more
fascinating his dress, the more peril. Satan
does not care for the allegiance OF q coward
ly and illterate being. He cannot bring him
into efficient service. But he loves 70 storm
that castle Of character which has IN Il the
most spoils and treasures. II was not some
crazy craft creeping along the coast with q
valueless cargo that the pirate attacked, but
the ship, full winged and tagged, plying be-
tween great ports, carrying rs millions OF
specie. The more your natural and acquired
accomplishments, the more need Of the relig-
ion Of Jesus. That does not cut IN upon OF
back up any smoothness of disposition OF
behavior. II gives symmetry. Il arrests
thatinthe soul which oughtto be arrested and
propels that which ought TO be propelled II
Nils up the gulleys II elevates ana trans
forms. To beauty II gives more beauty, TO
tact more TACT 10 enthusiasm Of nature more
enthusiasm. When the Holy Spirit impresses
: the image OF God on the heart, He does not
spoil the canvas. II 10 all the multitudes OF
! young men upon whom religion has acted
J you could find one nature that had been the
8 least damaged, would yield this PROPOSE
= lion.
9 You may now have enough strength o.
character TO repel the various temptations tc
Q gross wickedness which assail you, but ] dc
j not know In what strait you may be thrust
AZ some future time. Nothing short Of thu
g grace of the cross may then be able to do
liver you from the lions You are no
I meeker than Moses. nor holier than David
= nor more patient than Job, and you ough
3 not to consider yourself invulnerable. YoJ
0 may have some weak point Of character tina
p you have never discovered andin some hou
Z when you are unsuspecting the PhiHstine
Q will be upon thee, Samson Trust no
h In your good habits, or your early train
i ing, or your pride Of characte
n nothing short OF the arm Of Almighty CO.
q will be sufficient to uphold you. You loot
4 forward to the world sometimes with a chill
o ing dependency. Cheer up. / will tell yol
3. how VOC may make a fortune. "Seek frs
. the kingdom OF God and His righteousness
It and ell other things shall be added unit
a you." / know you do not want to be mea
e in this matter Give Col the freshness @
N your life. You will not have the heart t
It drink down the trimming Gun of life an
l. then pour the dregs on Gods altar. I
Saviour so infinitely generous 70
of have not the heart TO act like that. Th0
10 Is not brave. mat is not honorable
ID That is not manly. Your greatest want
& all the world is q new heart. In Gods nam
= / tell you that And the Blessed Spir
le presses through the solemnites and priv
( leges of this holy hour. Put the cup OF III
z eternal 10 your thirsty lips. Thrust it nt
is back. Mercy offers it--bleeding mercy, Ion
suffering mercy. Reject oil other frient
n ships, be- ungratefu for all other kindness
" prove recreant to all other bargains, but
N despise Gods love for your immortal soul
1. do not do that.
Of would like to see some Of you this hot
d press out Of the ranks OF the world and la
y your conquered spirit at the feet OF Jesu
"a This hour is no wandering vagabond sta
Is gering over the earth; II is q winged me
a senger Of the skies whispering mercy to IL
10 soul. Life Is smooth now, but after awhi
Is it may be rough, wild and precipitat
I'd There comes crisis in the history Of evel
3 man. We seldom understand That turnir
OF point until it Is far past The road OF life
ne forked, and 1 read on two signboards: 9TH
e. Is the way to happiness" and 9TH
G. Is The way to ruin How apt we a
a. to pass the FORK Of the road without thinkiI
a. whether it comes out at the door of bliss
N the gates OF darkness.
70 Many years ago ! stood on the annive
81 sary platform with a minister OF Chr
III who made this remarkable stateme1
az "Thirty years ago two young men start,
I'd our IN the evening TO attend the Pa
&C. Theater, New York, where q play was
ou be acted in which the cause OF religion "
at to be placed in a ridiculous AMI hypocr
be zeal light. They came to the steps u
r. coasclences OF both smote them. o.
he started to 70 home, but returned again
the door, and yet hal not courage 70 entt
ND and finally departed. But the other YOU
or man entered the pit of the theater.
a. WINS the turning point in the history OF the
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