The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-18
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
THn NOTED pIyiNgs SUNDAY
Discourse.
Subject ''youns Mon Challenged q
Mobility

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the young man. III Kings VI, H.
Ose morning ID Dolhna a young thoo- |
logical student was searedby 0niing himself |
una Elisha tho prophet, upon whom ho |
wasted. surrounded hg q whole army Of
enemlea but venerable Elisha was not
scared ai ai because be aaw the mountains
lluh Of defense i0F him in ehariots made Of
40, drawn b. houea % hre-a supernatural
appearance that could not % seen with tho
natural eye Sc che old minister prayed
That the young minisier might see thGm also,
aud the prayer was answered. and the Lord
opened tho eyes Of the young man. nnd be
uls0 saw the Gerry PROCESSION, looking soms
what, suppose Ike the Adirondacll8 on tho
Alloghanioa IN autumnnl resplendenoe.
Many young men, standing among tho
most tremendous realities. have their eyes
bali shut or entirely closed. May God grant
that my sermon may open wide your eyes 10
your safety your opportunity and your dos-
uuy
A mighty defense for a young man f.
good home. Some Of my hearers look back
with tonder satisfaction 20 their early home.
II may have been rude and rustic. hidden
among the hills, and architect or uphol stereF
never planned or adorned H.. But all the
rosco on princoY walls never looked 30 en-
ucing 10 you as those rough hewn raiters.
You can think OF no park or arbor Of trees
tplanted on fashionable country scat go at
Mrnctive as the plain brook that ran IN front
pi the old farmhouse and sang under the
weeping WillOWA No barred gateway
adorned With statue OF bronze and
swung open by obsequious porter IN
full dress has hall the glory Of tho old
swing gate. Many Of you have q second
dwelling place-yOur adopted 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 u solemn because once ia It, over tho
hot pillow, Tapped tho wing OF death Un-
der that roof you expect when your work Is
\ done to lie down and die. You try with
1 meny words 10 tell the excellehcy Of the
place, but you fail. There Is only one word
In the language that can describe your
meaning. II Is home.
Now, i declare II, that Young man is com
naratYely safe who goes out into the world
with charm like this upon him. The mem
ory OF parental solicitude, watching, plan
ming and praying will be TO him q shield and
J shelter. lnever knew q man faithful both
q TO his early and adopted home who at the
: same time was given over to any gross form
OF dissipation or wtckedness. He who seeks
his enjoyment chiefly from outside assooia-
ton rather than from the moro quiet
and unpresumlng pleasures OF which
have spoken may be suspected 70 be
on the broad road to ruin. Absa-
lon desplsed his fathers house. and you
know his history OF sin and his death OF
! shame. It you seem unnecessarily isolated
from your kindred and former associates Il
Y there not some room that You can call your
own2 Into II gather books and pictures and
harp. Have a portrait over the mantel
Make ungodly mirth stand back from tn,
threshold. Consecrate some spot with the
knee OF prayer. BY the memory Of othel
days, fathers counsel, and a mothers love
a SISTERS
Another defense for young man is indus
trious habits. Many young men In starting
upon life in this age expect to make theil
\ way through the world by the use Of Their
I wits rather than the toll Of their hands. A
boy now goes to the city and falls twice be
More he is as old as his father was when he frs
saw the spires OF the great town. Sitting il
some office rented at $1,000 q year, he /!
waiting for the bank to declare its dividend
or goes into the market expecting befor,
night to be made rich by the rushing up 0
the stocks. But luck seemed so dul he re
solved on some other tack. Perhaps b
borrowed from his employers money drawe
and forgets to put it back, or for merely tn
purpose OF improving his penmanship make
a copy plate Of a merchants signature
, Never mind. All is right in trade. In som
! dark night there may come in his dream
\ vision OF the penitentiary, but
soon vanishes. In q short time he will b.
ready to retire from the busy world, an
amid his focks and herds cultivate the do
mestic virtues. Then those young men VIII
once were his schoolmates and knew no BET
ter than to engage In honest work will com
with their OK teams to draw him logs an
with their hard hands to help heave up hi
castle. This is no fancy picture. It
everyday life. / should not wonder If ther
were some rotten beams in that beautiful
I palace. Ishould not wonder II dire sieknes
oh -,
God should pour into his cup of life
draft that would thrill him with unbearabl
agony; If his children should become to hiI
living curse making his home pest and
disgrace. should not wonder If he goes t
a miserable grave and beyond 1t into tn
crashing OF teeth. The way OF the ungodl
shall perish.
My young friends, there is no way I
genuine success except through toll eitht
of head or ham, At the battle Of Crecy i
1946 the Prince OF Wales finding himse
heavily pressed by the enemy, sent word I
his father for help The father, watchin
\ the battle from a windmill. and seeing hi
son was not wounded and could gain th
day II he would sent word: "No will NJ
come. Let the boy win his spurs. for, ifGo
will, desire that this day be his with all II
honors." Young man. fight your own battl
all through and you shall have the victory
Oh, It is a battle worth fighting! Tw
moDarchs OF old fought duel, Charles
and Francis, and the stakes were kingdom
Milan and Burgundy. You fight with 81
and the stake is heaven or hell.
Do not get the futal idea that you are
genius and that therefore, there is no nee
Of close application. 1t Is here where mu
attitudes TAIL The curse OF this age Is Il
Igeniuses-men with enormous self conce
and egotsm and nothing else. / ha
rather.be an OK than an eagle; plain an
Ia md nfa11 eAs hssnf,f
ing and good for nothing but to pick OF
the eyes OF carcasses. Extraordinary q
pacity without work is extraordinary fai
ure. There is no hope for that person WI
begins life resolved to live by his wits, f
the probability is that he has not any.
was not safe Tor Adam. even in his unfallt
state. TO have nothing TO do, and thereof
God commanded him to be farmer an
horticulturst He was TO dress the garde
and keep it, and had he and his wife obeyC
the divine injunction and teen at work the
would not have been sauntering under Il