The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-18
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
ruE EMINENT DIvINEs SUNDAY
DISCOURSE
subiec'i An Exile From Howe = Peril.
IN" besci the Young Man Seeking
Fortune Dangers and Tenptatiops
That Surround Him.

-. W,AsHINGTov, d. c.. DR.. Talmasc
staid in London TO occupy the famons
wesley pulpit in the Citv Road chanel
where he preached several times before
Always receiving hearty welcome. Thence
ne went TO Ireland, preaching in Belfa. I
ana Dublin. The discourse he has sopt
TINS week describes the behavior of n
young man away from home aud suggests
practical lessons for people OF every ogo
and class. The text is Daniel / b =" ND Sp
the King appointed them n daily provision
pl the KING 3 meat and Of the wine which
ne drank. so nourshnp them three vears
mat at the end thereof they might stand
before the king"
- MY text opens the door of college in
Babylon and introduces YOU TO youn,
student seventeen years of AGO Daniel LS
name be not surprised il in the college
you ind, many hilaritics. Put a hundred
Young men itoPether and they are sure &c
nave a good time. There is no harm IN
Vhat' Tod docs not write out the trees
ana the grass and the blossoms. in duh
prose The old robin does not sit mopinp
/ ~ the nest because OF the chirninps and
the lively adventures of the nedgelings
that have lust begun 10 ny. Do not come
INTO an orchard looking for winter apples
on Nav morning.
But Jlanicl OF our text is far from bcinp
| ray. What oppressive thoughts must
nave come over HIM as he remembered
mat nc was captive in q strange laudl
he music that came into his study win.
uoW was not the song OF Zion. but the
! sound OF tlute. sackhut and ducimer in
| the Worshlp Of the hcathnn god More.
, over, he had no hope oi over getting bacl,
| nome ,age'0 and meeting those who had
missed him long and missed him bitterly
! wondering ii he We're still alive and find.
ing many 1 luxury tastclcss because thcv
did not know but Daniel might be lacking
| bread
When ,you and were in school or col.
| lege and the vacation approached we
We're full OF bright anticinaton. and we
could not study the last night The lexi.
| con and the philosophical apparatus we're
| transparent. so we could see right through
| them into the meadows and the orchards
| Not so with poor Daniel. He did not
| know that he should ever escape from cap
tivity, or. escaping, hc did not know but
| When he got home the loved ones would
| he dead and he would 90 wandering and
| weeping. among the sepuchers of his ia
| thers. Besides that. the king tried TO
| make him forget his home and forget his
! country and for that purpose actually
! changed his name. The king wanted him
to be prodigy in personal appearance,
and so he ordered meat and wine sent
| from his own table to Daniel, hut Daniel
| humhlest diet the poorest OF all herbs,
| called pulse, and plain water His attend
! ants cry out against this and tell him he
| will perish under such a dict mo" he
| says; you try us for ten days. and if at
| the end OF that time we are not full
| checked and robust as any it will be sur.
| prlsing." Ten days pass along, and the
| students come up Tor examination. and all
| declare that none are so ruddy and robust
| as Daninl and his fellow captives. Tho
| days OF industrious pupilage and the years
| pass by, and the day of graduation has
| come, and Daniel gets his diploma, signed
| 10y the king and reading as follows: "In
| all matters of wisdom and understanding
| that the king inquired of them he found
| them ten times better than all the ma
| gicians and astrologers that were in all his
realm" And so Daniel took the first
| honor, and here the story ends, for Daniel,
! the student, hereafter will be Daniel the
| prime minister
The next thought suggested to me by
this subject is that young men may hc
carried into captivity by their enemies,
| There is captivity more CALLING than the
| one in which Daniel was transported. 1t
| is the captivity of evil habit. Men do not
| so into that Willingly. Slyly and mper-
| ceptib,y are the chains forged upon them,
| and one day they wake up to find them
| selves away down in Babylon. Cyrus after.
ward consented that some of his captvos
Siiloulu return, ana 2U'VoV 9I IHeln HeteputH
InS opportunity PuU Ioll me WhaI TNh
haolJ ever c9h9Snted 10 lel man go; zen
plogueS Eade W marion consent ~ TO tne ue'
uT'tuIt pi oI NoH , PIGp'r, uuy ,eIl u,G "nao .
| seuted to let any of its victims go. Men
| talk of evil habits as though they were
| light and trivial but they are scorpion
| whips that tear the flesh; they are spikes
! L a 4 Il g
more plooIy Vhan We PAW ol ''aliI5iln
theY are Ine ,sePuiG1mnerS III Whlcn in'lllohs
are burned awe me Young arg III ln4,t iT,
perm because theE are uuSuspfeIung' nc
mons are asleep III lhGir rl' soul anu tIelI
| power Is not suspected me Vlhie "hen
Il, snip company makes lhutlhy Is, Is Wheh
the Waterman - Oh ms guaru, w hvn .l
! Spldet meets ny II uoes hut 1"y, 10
down WIN me 10 the pace Where ! lnuruer
insects NO. 1t says, Eolle @ ana t'Ne
prlgnI morning walk Mlth me on Vhls ,, sus
| pension bridge OF glitterIng gossamer'
On, there Is difference between inc
| sparkle oil Serpemt eye ana tne crush oil
lts SHINY lolds! lhere Is u ullletehce oe
tween the bear paw toying Wlth kld
and the cracking ol the bones IN tne yer,
T,Ole mug iiNe peaH loohs py'utlui III
the distance, but ask the starved trayelers
by the roadside what they thlhk OF flNe
| peak Are there those around Whoih sus-
plcious eompanlons are gatherlng' 70
their Jests and Their entertainmehts make
the hours go bhthely 10y wheh you are
IsWith them! Have you taken SIP from
Their cup OF SIN or gone win them IN one
path OF unrlghteoushess! lurh packi
FROM Babylon they came, ana 10 paoy,
lon they would carry you, II so many
| plague stricken men would hke To ehter
| your compromising 1eloie any one Is az