The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-12-24
FOR THE YOUNG MEN.
Words Of Counsel Offered by Dr..
Talmage for Them
The Dangers which Await Uawars
Feet-Wsrns AgsiAst Drink
tnE, Gambling and Tn
thrifty Habits.

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This srousing and practical sermon
By OE. Ialmage will reach many hearts
and be an especial inspiration to those
who are now starting in lie. HIS text
10 ZeehaHah Il, Z; Run, speak to this
young man"
There was 10 snow on the beard Of
the prophet Of my text and no croN !
feet had left their mark near his eysA
Zecharish was a young man, and In .
day dream he szw and heard two angels
talking sbsut the rebuilding Of the city
OF jerusalem One Of these angel. &c.
stres that young zeehAriAh should be
well informed about the rebuilding Of
that city. its circumference and the
height Of its walls. and be ssys TO the
angel; Run. speak TO this young man"
De not walk, but run, for the message
IL urgent and imminent. So every
young man needs 10 have immediate sd-
vice shout the dimensions, the height
and the eircumference of thA. which
under God he IL 10 bnild-nanely, his
OWE character and destiny. No slow or
lAggard pace viii do. A little farther
n and counsel will be Of 10 advantage.
Swift, footed must be the practical and
important suggestions, or they might
a. well never be made At all. Run At the
pace Of i've miles the hour and speal
prrzf young mzr. Run, before fhii
year Of 1888 Is ended. Run, before this
century IL closed. Run, before his
character Is i~nexorably decided for two
worlds, this world and the next How
many Of Us have found out by long
and bitter experience things that We
ought TO have been told before we were
q years Of agel Now I propose to tel
you sODs things which Il you will seri-
ously and Przyerfully observe WI
make you master Of every situation IN
which you ever viii be placed.
Vow, II you would Be master Of the
situation do not expend money before
you get ii. How many young men If
r~etrievsbly mortgage their future be.
cause Of resources that are quite sure
to be theirs. Have the money either
in your hand or in safety deposit or in
q bank or in a United states bond be-
fore you make purchases or 20 into ex.
PeDsiEe enterprises or hitsh 9 spank.
ing team to = g~littsring turnout or con.
tract for the building Of 9 mAnhon on
the Poiomas or the hudson. Do no,
depend OF AZ inhsritance from your IA.
Their or uncle. The old man may live
on a good deal longer than you expect,
and the day Of your enforced psymsn;
may come before the day Of his de.
cease. You eAnnot depend upon rhsu-
matism or heart failure or senItty 70
do its work. Longevity Il 50 wonder.
fully improved that you cannot depend
upon people dying When you think
they ought TO. They live TO be ssp-
tuagenariars or octogsnAriAns or mona
%genarlGns or even eentsnarians, and
meanwhile their hsirs 90 into bank.
ruPtey, or, tempted to forgery or mis-
appropriation Of trust funds or water.
Ing OF railroad or mining stock, gointo
the p~enitentiary. Neither had you bet
ter spread yourIeli out because Of the
IS or 20 per cent. you expect from an
Investment. Most Of the Is or 20 per
cent. investments are apt to pay moth.
ing save the privilege Of being assessed
20 meet the obligations Of the company
IN the Affairs Of which you ge~tinsolved
Better get three and one-half per cent,
from a government bond than be prom.
ised IS per cent. from q dividend which
will never be declared or paid only once
or twice, 90 as to tempt you deeper Ia
before the grand smash up and you re-
ceive, instead Of 8 payment Of diu-
bends, a letter from the president and
secretary Of the company saying they
are very sorry.
II you have TO wait Q year or FIVE
years or ten years or most Of your life
time. then you had better wait rather
than spend money you expect to get.
Then after you get II do not spend II
all. Never spend . dollar until you
have 90 cents that you do not spend.
In the government service In this city
how many splendid women who are the
daughters Of men who spen. ali they
got and then sneaked out Of Hfe to
leave their daughters pennilsss, TO be
looked after by some kind senator or
other friend who might solicit for them
e position on small salary, but enough
10 keep them from starvation and the
poorhouSei Such men do not die; they
RbscoDd. ] cannot understand how
such spendthrift and reckless and i'm
provident men dare at their decesse
appear at the door Of Heaven seeking
admission when they have left their
families in the Tophet o. want and
m~endicancy. Such men DO not deserve
q throne and q harp and a mansion, but
an everlasting poorhouse. From no dis
appointed or disgruntled state Of mind
do ! give this counsel, for life has been
10 me q glad surprise, as II has been
10 most people a disappointment /
expected nothing Of advantage or op-
po~rtunity, and 70 everything has been
10 me q matter Of pleased smazement
but ! have seen 30 mnny men ruined for
time and eternity by going into ex.
penditurs, with nothing 70 depend upon
except anticipation, that u had power
10 put all warnings into one clap Of
thunder l would with that ~,tArtlina
yebsmsDee say 70 all young msn what
John Randolph AaI& IN yeadsr senate