Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-23
A RESOUNDING CALL.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE ON "YOUNG MEN
CHALLENGED TO NOBILITY"

He breaches an Inspiring Sermon to Open
Their Eyes to Their Safety, Opportunity
and Destiny-strcng Defcnses to Safety.
The Turning Point.
WASHINGTON, Nov. %. "A resounding
call goes outs-in this sermon of DR.. Tai
mage. If Needed. it would be revolu-
tionary for good. His subject is
"Yourg Men Challenged 70 Nobility"
and the text II Kings vi, II, ''And the
Lord opened the eyes of the young man.
One morning, in Dothan, young
theological student was scared by find
ing himself and Elisha the prophet,
upon whom he waited, surrounded by
whole army CT enemies. But venerable
Elisha was not scared at all, because he
saw the mountains full of defense for
him in chariots made Of fire, drawn by
horses of fire-a supernatural appearance
that could not be seen with tie 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, suppose, like the
tumnal resplendence.
Many young men standing among the
most trem endOus realities have their
eyes half shut or entirely closed May
God grant that my sermon may open
wide your eges to your safety, your OPP
pOrtunity and your destiny
= Good Home.
A mighty defense for a young man is
d good home. Some of my hearers look
back with tender satisfaction to their
early home. It nay have been rude and
rustic, hidden among the hills, and
architect CT upholsterer never planned
or adorned it. But all the fresco on
princely walls never looked SO entioirg
to you as those rough hewn rafters. You
can think Of 10 park Or arbor Of trees
planted On fashionable country seat SO
attractive as the plain brook that ran in
front Of the old farmhouse and sang I'M
der the weeping willows. No barred
gateway adorned with statue of bronze
and swung open by obsequious porter in
full dress has half the glory of the old
swing gate Many CT you have a second
dwelling place, your adopted home, that
also is sacred forever. There you built
bu6 HISG LASLS OOI CliI1-
dren were born. All those trees you
planted. That room is solemn because
once in it, over thaS OF pillow, tapped
the wing Of death. Under that roof you
expect, when yCur work is done, to lie
down and die. Ycu try with many
words to tell the czcellency Of the place,
but you fail. There is only one word in
the language that can describe your
meaning. It is home.
Now, declare it, that young man is
comparatively safe who goes out into
the world with Z charm like this upon
him. The memory Of parental solicitude,
watching, planning and praying will
be to him shield ard shelter. I never
knew man faithful both to his early
and adopted homes who ct the same time
was given over to any gross form Of dis
sipation or Wicl1edness. He who seeks
his enjoyment chiefly from outside asso-
citation, rather than from the more quiet
and Unpresuming pleasures Of which
have spoken, nay be suspected to be On
the bread read to ruin. AbsalOm de-
spised his fathers house, and you know
his history Of sin and his death Of
shame Il You seem unnecessarily isO-
lated from your kindred and former as
sociates, 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 memory OF other days,
fathers counsel, and q mothers love.
and sisters confidence, call it home.
Industrious Habits.
Another defense fer young man is
industrious habits. Many young men,
in 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. 4 boy l:Cw gees to the
city and fails twice before he is as old
as his father vas whom he first saw the
spires CT the great town. Sitting in
some Office, rented st 81, 900 year, he
is waiting for the bank TO declare its
dividend, Or gees into the market ex
pecting Before night TO be made rich by
the rushing up Of he stocks But luck
seemed SO dull he resolved Cn some 9TH
er tack. Perhaps lie borrowed from his
employers money drawer and forgets to
put it back. or fer merely the purpose
of improving lis penmanship makes a
copy plate CT q merchants signature.
Never mind: all is right in trade. In
some dark night there may come in his
dreams vision Of the penitentiary, but
it soon vanishes. In q short time be
will be ready to retire from the busy
world, and, amid his foclIs and herds,
cultivate tho domestic virtues. Then
those young men who once were his
schoolmates and knew NJ better than to
engage in honest work viii come with
their OK teams to draw him legs, and,
with their hard hands, to help heave up
his castle. This is no fancy picture. 1t
ic cr-n,.--cl - Lie sInn11ld not wonder If