The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-10-26
PRACTICAL LESSONS.
DR.. Tallnage breaches a Sermon TOR
Young Men.
The foundations of College Lire
suggestions for Those VINO Are
REQUIRED to Leave Theh
Homes-EarIy Training.
ICopyrlght, 1900. by Louis Klopsch'l
Washington,

nv the famous Wesley pulpit IN the
CITY Road chapel, where he hau
preached several times BEFORE always
receiving a hearty welcome !hence
he went to Ireland, preaching IN BEL
fast and Dublin. The discourse he has
sent this week describes the behavior
of a young man away from nome anu
suggests practical lessons Tor peopie
of every age and class. Inc 'eA' 10
Daniel /. 5: "And the king appointed
them daily provision of the KING
meat and of the wine which ne dranh'
so nourishing them three years. ina.
at the end thereof they might stano
before the king"
Ny text opens the door OF coliese
in Babylon and introduces you TO
young student II years of age, Danie'
by name. Be not surprised If IN the
college YOU find many hilarities. fut
a hundred young men together anu
theyare sure to have good time. lhere
is no harm in that. God does not write
out the trees and the grass ana tne
blossoms in dull prose. The old ropln
does not sit moping in the nest because
of the chirpings and the livery ao.en.
lures of the fedglings that nave just
begun to fly. Do not come INTO al
orchard looking for winter apples on
May morning.
But Daniel of the text is far from be-
ing gay. What oppressive though,s
must have come over him as ne re-
membered that he was captive IN
strange land! The music that came
into his study window was not the
song of Zion, but the sound of flute,
sackbut and dulcimer in the worship OF
the heather god. Moreover, he had no
hope of getting back home again ana
meeting those who had missed MIN
long and bitterly, wondering II ne
were still alive and finding many
luxury tasteless because they did not
know but Daniel might be lacking
bread.
When YOU and were in school or col
lege and the vacation approached we
were full of bright anticipation, ana
we could not study the last day, ana
we could not study the last night. The
lexicon and the philosophical appa-
ratus were 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 captivity, or escaping'
he did not know but when he got home
the loved ones would be dead, and he
would go wandering and weeping
among the sepulchers of his fathers
Besides that the king tried to make
him forget his home and forget MS
country; for that purpose actually
changed his name. The king wanted
him to be prodigy in personal ap'
pearance, and so he ordered meat ano
wine sent from his own table to Daniel
but Daniel refuses all this and puts
himself upon the humblest diet, the
poorest of all herbs, called pulse, ano
plain water. His attendants cry out
against this and tell him he will per
ish under such diet. NO" he says
"you try us for ten days, and if at the
end of that time you are not full
checked and robust as any, it will b'
surprising" Ten days pass along, anc
students come up for examination, ano
all declare that none are so rudy anC
robust as Daniel and his fellow cap
tives. The days of industrious pupil
age and the years pass by, and thu
day of graduation has come, and Dan
iel gets his diploma, signed by thu
king. and reading as follows: I'm al
matters of wisdom and understanding
that the king inquired of them h
found them ten times better than al
the magicians and astrologers tina
were in all his realm" And so Dan
iel took the first honor, and here tn
story ends, for Daniel the student here
after will be Daniel the prime minis
ter.
The first thought suggested to m
by this subject is that young me
may be carried into captivity by thei
enemies. There is a captivity NOR
CALLING than the one in which DAME
was transported; it is the captivity G
evil habit. Men do not go into tina
Willingly. Slyly and imperceptibl
are the chains forged upon them. an
one day they wake up to find then
selves away down in Babylon. Cyru
afterward consented that some of h
captives should return, and $4,000 {
them accepted the opportunity, br
tell me what evil habit ever consente
to let man go. Ten plaques mad
Pharaoh consent to the departure {
Gods people, but tell me what Pha
aoh of evil habit ever cheerfully col
scented to let any of its victims g
Men talk of evil habits as thong
they were light and trivial, but the