The Monitor-register., 1896-11-27

of the dying storm. You need not print
the title on the frame The dullest will
catch the design at a glance and say,
''That is the road to heaven :" All, mel
On this sea of life what innumerable
ships, heavily laden and we'll rugged,
yet seem bound for no port! Swept ev-
cry whittier of wind and wave, they go
up by the mountains, they 60 down by
the valleys and are at their wits end.
They sail by no chart, they watch no
star, they long for no harbor. beg ev-
cry young man today to draw out
sketch of what, by the grace of God, he
means to be. Think no excellence so
high that you cannot reach it. He who
starts out in life with high ideal of
character and faith in its attainment
will find himself incased from thou
sand temptations. There are magnifi-
cent possibilities before each of you
young men of the stout heart, and the
buoyant step, and the bounding spirit
would marshal you for grand achieve
ment. God now provides for you the
field, and the armor, and the fortifica-
lions. Who is on the Lord g side? A
captain in ancient times, to encourage
his men against the immense odds on
the side of their enemies, said: "Come,
my men, look these fellows in the face
They are 5000; you are 800. Surely
the match is even" That speech gave
them the victory. Be not, my hearers
dismayed at any time by what seems an
immense odds against you. Is fortune,
is want of education, are men, are dew
lis, against you, though the multitudes
OF earth and hell confront you, stand up
to the charge. With 1000, 900 against
you the match is just even. Nay, you
have decided advantagel If God be for
us, who can be against us? Thus pro.
tected, you need not spend much time
In answering your assailants.
Many years ago word came to me that
two lmpostors, as temperance lecturers
had been speaking in Ohio in various
places and giving their experience, and
they told their audience that they had
long been intimate with me and had
become drunkards by dining at my Ia
BILE, where always had liquors of all
sorts. Indignant to the last degree, I
went down to Patrick Campbell, chief
OF Brooklyn police, saying that was
gong to start that night for Ohio to
| nave those villains arrested, and want
ed him to tell me how to make the ar
rest. He smiled and said: "Do not
waste your time by chasing these men.
'Io home and do your work, and they
can do you no HARM" took his coun-
sci, and all was well. Long ago made
up my mind that if one will put his
trust in God and be faithful to duty he
need not fear any evil. Have God on
your side, young man, and all the COM
bined forces of earth and hell can do
you no damage. s.4
Religious Principle. ksss
And this leads me to say that the
mightiest defense for young man is
the possession of religious principle.
| Nothing can take the place of it. He
may have manners that would put to
shame the gracefulness and courtesy of
Lord Chesterfield. Foreign. Languages
may drop from his tongue. He maJGG12
able to discuss literature and laws and
foreign customs He may WELD a pen
of unequaled polisha and power His
quickness and tact may qualify him for
the highest salary Of hecounting house
He may hesas sharp as Herod and 7easy
strong as SansonS an line looks as
| those which bang Absalom, still he is
not safe from contamination. The more
elegant his manner and the more fasei35e
ating his dress the more peril Satan does
not care for the allegiance of coward
| ly and illiterate being. He cannot bring
him into efficient service. But. he 11zass
eosstorm that castle Of character which
hassin it the most spoils and treasures.
Igwas not some crazy oraftssaxeepi
alonE sthe coast with valueless cafgS
that the pirate attacked, but theek1eirGl
full winged and Gagged, plying between
| great ports carry Its millions of spe-
| Gle. Tbempre your natural and acquired
aecomp lisflNents the moss need OF the
,kreligion fassus. That does not cut in
Upon or haq up any smoothness of dis
| positions or Behavior. It gives symme.
try.asK - arrests that in. the soul which
odgiit 10 Be arrested anu propelss that
jIaBizsch~ought to be propelfs6s Il sfillsAp
the gulleys. It elevates and transforms.
To beauty it gives more beauty, to tact
more tact, to enthusiasm Of nature more
Ehen the Holy Spirit inn
presses the imaee of E1d on the heart,
/ he does not spoil the Canvas If in all
stae ief6des of young men upoa
VIII religion has acted you could fiji
one nature that had been the leas3
LACED, would yield this propesitien,-xs
Yods may now have enough strength
QetsE rctax to repel the various tempta-
tiohs TO gross wickedness which assail
yeu but / do not know in what strait
| yen may be thrust at some future time.
I Nothing shert of the grace of the cross
may fleM be able to deliver you from
the lions. You are not meeker than
Moses, nor holaT than David, nor more
| patient than JobS and you ought not to
| consider yourself invulnerable. You may
have some weak point of character that
you have never, discovered, and in some
- "a you are unsuspecting, thu
Phi5l hes will be snponthee Samson.
Trust NOT III your good habits. or your
early tfaining, or your pride Of charac-
ter. Nahing short of the szIn ~ HI,
.pight< 8aWill be sufficient to uphold
| YOU 5o0k forward TO the world
sonzsf chilling despondency.
u ff$ eA. you how you may
.l| i 81 & Sack first the king
1hdzhis righteousness, and
thipgs shall ba4saded unto
49, KNOW you do not want to be
mea In this matter. Give God the
kness Of your life. You will not
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