Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-11-07
SERMON TO YOUNG MEN

'lSERtIOn 1O YOUnG MEh
p silvessd By Esv. j. NOD. hssvsy-
| voejen Dlsousssd Last Night
/ bY Or. George n. HIN.
| At the personal and general invita-
ti0n Of the Rev. j. Med. Hervey /
good-sized audience, composed lArgs u
lof young men, listened to . specia
sermon last night on the subject
The Hand of the Young Man on the
Helm Of Human Destiny" The fol-
lowing is an outline of some of the
principal points In the able discourse:
Whether in seasons of peace or in
times of war, the young man has
played an important part in shaping the
destiny of the millions. In the king
dom of the Hebrews, the first to oc-
cupy the throne was Saul, a choice
young mau.1 David was but q
youth" when he championed The Lord .
cause and went out successfully against
the Phillistines of Gath, and at thirty
one assembled the throne of Israel
Solomon was declared king of Israel
Rome and Greece is written simply
with change of name and date. The
young men were first in their national
affairs. They were the athletics in
their games and the gladiators in their
armies. 1t was their brain and Drawn
that made these nations glorious in the
days of splendor. Alexander the Great
sat on the throne cf Macedon at
twenty years of age and as mere youth
won his victories and f. me. Julius
Caesar was recognized orator at %,
and at 27 was chosen military tribune.
The Christian dispensation was led
by young men. Its Herald was 30,
its apostles, as far as we know, were
all young men. Its founder ut 33
said 1T is finished
In all of the great aggressive move
ments until now, the young men have
the race. When General
Grant was in Hamburg enjoying al
banquet given in his honor, in reply to
an insinuation that he was the savior
of the American nation, he said "Wha, |
saved the union was the coming for
wsrd of the young men, In the
Hispano-American war, the blow
IN the interest of real
congress of the nations and al
brotherhood of men was
struck by young men. Where shall |
We look for our young men in days to |
comet In the centers of the intellec- |
tuaA social, political and ecclestical |
forces of the world. The eight mil |
lion sons on the American soil today |
are to be the husbands of our sisters |
and daughters, and the fathers of |
twenty five million Of children yet to |
ee born, Their opinions and character |
are to give color and shapliness and |
lite to our greater America, whose |
hand in the last order of events over
shadows the earth. In view of the |
events of human kind and the provi- !
dences of the Divine One, the finding |
Of q more important subject than how
to ut the young mausto meet the emer-
gencies of life, would truly involve a |
different search.
A man may stand six feet and wear
- 111 nes n10e shaen h2f xRsn Yon
need long line. You see in him only
the fleet of former causes. all com
plex in their operation. Not all the
apples in the orchard are brought to
and il you would climb the
family tree you will find much defec-
tive fruit. As matter of preparatory
work and in the last analysis of this
question of the text we have, How
can man save himself from himselff"
and at once the warning of Christ
the future would command the yoAng
men and enlist them every one in q
grand crusade of personal righteous
ness on earth Christ chose twelve
men. Why not six women and six
meni He wanted strength, brain
and Drawn. He knew that
through men women could be
led. Where the noble husband is, tn 9
pure wife is found. Purity in woman
seeks nobility in man. The open sea
stretches beyond the possible reach of
the eye. The great ships are launched
with their millions in commerce and
multitudes of people. Upon each of
these vessels is an apparatus which de-
termines the course of the vessel. Spe
cifically, the bar attaching the rudder
is called the helm. The steersman
with his hand upon the helm, in obe-
dience or disobediencs to the pilot who
! is above him, officially and legally,
drives the ship into or out of port and
upon the q liet or billow-tos ed waters,
in safety or to death. We may
apply this metephor. Standing as he
dpes in the center of tha
industrial, social, political and &C.
| eleisastical force S, under God the young
man m " drive the great ship upon
| which humanity has embarked, wide
of every wrecker. and beach them or
the shore line of Emanuel's land.
For the fulfillment of lies purpose find
the way Of sacrifice and follow it tc
its glorious issue.
Rev. Med Hervey closed the dis
course with a beautiful illustration of {
ship wreck and q plea to the young
man to make sacrifice for his fellow
man, for in so doing he ent ertains thu
spirit of Christ.
I DR. HILL ON VOTING.
DIR. G. 81. Hill delivered q splendit
discourse last night at Grace 81. E
ichurch on the subject of voting, and i
was q sermon of the day, such as cal
not help but have an j Il fence TO
good to all those who heard it, es
pecially the voting members of hi
audience. He took for his text: -
gave my vote against them.' or as tn
rovsSod varsion has it s.I Onve m,