The morning times., 1896-11-23
HIS WEAPONS OF WARFARE
How the Young Men of the Country
Must Fight Life's Battle.
DIR. TALMAGE GIVES ADVICE
One of the Greatest Is n Good Home.
Another Is industrious Habits.
Toll Must Come TO All-The sab
bath Must BE Respected-Relig-
ious Principle the Greatest.

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage preached yes
terday morning at the First Presbyterian
Church on The safety of young men.
lie took fer his text kirss vi:1T-'.And
the Lord opened the eyes of the young
man" In part DR.. Talmage said:
''une morning in Dothan young theo-
logical student was scared by finding him
self and Elisha the prophet, upon whom he
waited, surrounded by Il whole army of
enemies. But venerable Elisha was not
scared AT al, because he saw thcmountairs
full of defense for him, in Chariots made
oil fire, drawn by horses OF fire-a super
natural appearance that could not be seen
with the natural eye. SO the old minister
prayed that the Young minister might ste
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
AdirUndacks or the Al!crhanieS iii autInunal
resplendcncc.
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 10 your safety, your opportunity
and your destiny
a GOOD HOME.
"a mighty defense FOR young man is 4
gOou home. some uf my hearers look back
with tender satisfaction to their early
home. Ii may have been rude and rustic,
hidden among the hills, ana architect or
upholstcrcr never planned or adorned IT.
But all the fresco on princcly walls never
looked So entCing to you as those rough
Won think nf mark
or aripur of trees planted on fashionable
country seat So attractive as the plan
brock that ran in front OF the old farm
house and sang under the weeping VIII
lows. No barred gateway adorned with
etatUc Of bronze and swung open ny OBJ
sequicus porter in full dress, mas hair lhc
glory of the old swing gate. Many of you
nave Il second dwelling place, your adopt
ed home. that is also sacred forever. There
you built the first family altar. There
Your children We're born. All those trees
you planted. That room is solemn, be
cause once in it, over the hot pillow.
fIapped the wing Of death Under that
ruof You expect, when your work Is DONE
10 lie down and die. You try with many
words to tel! the cXccl!cncy of the place,
but You fail. There is only one word IN
the lanpuag &c that can describe your mean
ing. Ii is home.
Another defense for 4 young man is in
duS1riuus habits Many young men, III
starting upon life in this age, expect Ia
make their way through tn" world by the
use Of thciT wits rather than the toll Of
brain or hand. ! hoy now goes 10 the city
and fails twice before hc is as old as lis
father was when hc first saw the spires Of
The great town. Sitting in some office,
rented at a thousand dollars = year, he Is
waiting for the bank 10 declare its Ciyi-
GeId. or goes into the market cNpoCtin.
before night To- bc made rich hy the rush
ing up Of tie stocks But lucl; seemed
Perhaps for NEEDY the purpose Of i'm
proving his peumanShlp. he makes Il copy
plate OF a merchants signature. Never
mind: Ill is right i'm trade.
In some dark night there may come
in his dreams u vision of the p"nitcntiary
but IL soon N;IliislcS In a short time he
will bc read 10 let ire rom the busy world
:tnd amid his ilockS aud herds cultivate ti,.
domestic virtues Then those young m,u
who once NycT, lis SChoGliGatcS and knew
lo setter thar Ia engage in honest work,
will cone with their OK teams To draw
linn logs. and with their hard hands To
help hCaTc up lis castle. This is no fancy
picture. 1t is every day life. / siI"tld
Ict wonder II ther" were somr rDItt
leans in that beautiful palace. should
MCu wonder if dire sickness should Smi.c
Ihrcuf'h the ruan or If God should pDuT
into his cup of life a iraught that would
Thrill him with uuhearahlc agony; if his
children should become To lin Il IiNiul,
curse, king his bone . pest and u 'iis-
grace. | should not womdcr ii hr ;.u-s
10 = miserable grave. and beyond it into
the grt;tSliEg OF tc"ih. The way Of the
Iugodly shal! perish.
MEN MUST Toll.
NJ Young friends. there is I.o way to
genuine success except through toll, either
oT head or hand. AT tie hattie of Crccy.
liz 1896. tire Prince cf Wales, finding him
self heavily pressed hy the enemy. sent
word Ia his father for help. The father
watching the battle fron i windmill and
seeing his scu was not wounded and could
gain the day il he would. sent word, M,
/ will not come. Let the bog win his
kPurS. for. if God will, desire that this
dag he his with MI its honorS.' Young
man. fight yuur OWL battle. all through.
and YOU shall have the victory Oh, IL is
battle worth lighting! Two moulrcls
OF old fought Il duel, Charles V. ind
Francis. and the stakes were kingdoms,
Milan and Burgundy. You fight with sin
and the stake is heaven or he'll.
DO not demand tnat your Toll always be
Elegant ana cieanly, and refined There
il Il certain amount nf tirndgcry through
which we must all pass. whatever BE- our
occupation. You know how men are sem
fenced Il certain number of years tu prison,
and alter they have suffered and worked
nut the time, then they are allowed to GO
free. So II Is With all of us God passed
pn US the sentence: BY the sweat Of thy
brow shalt tEoI ert bread We mist en-
:iure our tine of drudgcry. and then, after
awhile, We VIII be allowed 10 go into COM
parative liberty. We must bc willing Ia
endure the sentence. We all know what
tirudgery is connected with the beginning
of any trade ur profession: but this does
not continue all our lives. If il be the stud
ents or the merchants, or the mechanic :
life / Know you have at the beginning
many hard time, but after awhile those
things will become easy. You will be your
own master Gods sentence Will be sat
fsfIed. You will BE- discharged from prison
Respect for the Sabbath will bc to the
young man another preservativc against
evil. God has thrust into the toll and
fatigue OF life a reorcativc day, when the
soul is especially TO be fed. II is no new
tangled notion of a wild Drained rcformcr
but an institution established at the be-
r7nning. God has made natural and moral