The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-12-03

encourage ms men against the inn
mense odds on the side of their enc
mics, said: Come my men. look these
fellows in tile face. They re six
thousand, you are three hundred.
Surely the match is even.''' That
speech gave them the victory. Be not.
my n 50 hearers, dismayed at any time by
what seems an Immense odds against
syoll is fortune, is want of education,I
afe S. are devils against YOU Is
though the multitudes Of earth and
hell confront YOU stand up to the
/ 8 c el1ia With q million against YOU
the Y ge- match q is Just even. Nay, YOU have
s. decided advantage. Ifs God be for
/ l Us can be against us 2 Thus pro
l !'esd You need not sspen6 much time
: IN answering your assailants.
Many Years ago word came to me
. .lial lWo sllmposters, as temperance lee
turers, had been speaking in Ohio, in
VARIOUS places and giving their expert
enPce, and they told their audience that
tney nad long been intimate with me,
and had become drl1nkards BY dining
at my table, where ALWAYS had
liquors Of all sorts. Indignant to the
last degree. / went down to the chief
OF Brooklyn police, saying that Sd was.
going to start that night for Ohio to
have those villains arrested. and I
wanted him to tell ME how to make
the arrest He smiled and said: "Do
not waste your time by chasing these
men 20 home and do your work. and
they can do you no harm.'' / took his
counsel, and all was well. Long ago
q made up my mind that if one will
put MS trust in God and be faithful to
duty he need not fear any evil. Have
COO on your side, young man, and all
the combined forces of earth and hell
can do you no damage. b
And this leads me to say that Tho
mightiest defense for a Young man is
the possession of religious Drincinle.
Nothing can take the place of it. He
may have manners that would pl1t 10
shame the gracefulness and courtesy
OF q Lord Chesterfield. Foreign Ian
guages may drop from his tongue. He
may be able to discuss literature. and
laws, and foreign customs. He NAV
Weld a pen of unequaled polish and
power. His quickness and tact nav
qualify him for the highest salary Of
the counting house. He may. be as
sharp as Herod and as strong as Sam
son, with as fine locks as those which
hung AbSal Om, 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 a cowardly
and illiterate being. He cannot bring
him into efficient service. But he loves
TO storm that castle Of charact which
mas init the most spoils and treasures.
II was not some crazy craft creeping
along the coast with a Valueless cargo
That the pirate attacked, but the ship.
fuilll-Winged and tagged, plying be-
tween gReat ports, carrying it's mill
lions OF specie. The more your natural
and acquired accomplishments the
more need of the religion of Jesus.
That does not cut in upon or hack III,
any smoothness of disposition or be-
shavior. It gives symmetry. 1t arrests
that in the soul which ought to be ar
rested and propels that which ought
to be propelled. 1t fills up. the gulleys.
2 " eleyates and transforms To beauty
1t gives more beauty, to tact more tact.
to enthusiasm of nature more enthu-.
siasm. When the Holy Spirit i'm
presses the image of God on the heart
he does not spoil the canvas. If in all
the multitudes of young men upon
whom religion has acted you could find
one nature that had been the least
damaged, would yield this PROPOSE
ton. sN
You may now have enough strength
OF character to repel the various temp
tatlons to gross wickedness which as.
sail you, but | do not know in what
strait you may be, thrust at some fu.
ture time. Nothing short Of the grace
OF the cross may then be able to de-
liver you from the lions You are not
meeker than Moses, nor holier than
David, nor more patient than Job, and
you ought not to consider yourself in
Vulnerable. You may have some weak
point of character that you have never
discovered. and in some hour when
You are tnsuspecting the Philistines
will be upon thee, Samson. Trust not
in your good habits or your early train
Ing OF your pride of character; moth
ing short Of the arm of Almighty God
Will be sufficient to uphold you. You
look forward to the world sometimes
with chilling desponde Cheer
up; will tell you how you may make
a fortune "Seek first the kingdom of
God and his righteousness and all.
other things shall be added unto YOU
! know you do not want to be mean in.
this matter. Give God the freshness
of your life. You will not have the
heart to drink down the trimming cup
of life and then pour the dregs on
Gods altar. To a Savior so infinitely
generous you have not the heart to
act like that. That is not brave, that
is not honorable, that is not manly
Your greatest want in all the world is.
new heart. In Gods name / tell
you. And the blessed spirit presses
through the solemnities and privileges:
of this holy hour. Put the cup Of life
eternal to your thirsty lips. Thrust it,
not back. Mercy offers IL: bleeding
mercy, long suffering mercy. Reject
all other friendships, be ungrateful for
all other Kindness, prove recreant to
all other bargains, butte despise Gods;
love for your immortal soul do not do
that 81 4s
/ would like to see some Of YOU this
hour press out of the ranks Of the
world and lay your conquered spirit at
the feet of Jesus. This hour is no
wandering vagabond staggering over
the earth; it is a winged messenger OF
the skies whispering mercy to thy soul.
Life is smooth now, but after awhile
it may be rough, wild and precipitate.j
There comes a crisis in the history 8 f.
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