The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-10-19


beauty OF Christian sohrCty. The meat
aud the wine that were u come 10 Dam
iels table we're - Coac from the king
table Wei. Daniel had no right 90 take
/ that food. The king Was a heather and,
hike all the hCathcn, was accustomed to
ask blessing before he partook OF food,
and m that blessing they always dedl-
Gated the food to the gods. 80 that II
| Daniel had taken tins food he would have
| broken the law which forbade the taking
/ ot food dedicated 90 idols. lie chcgc
pulse 10 was miracle that he did not
| dwindle awav lherc - nothing IN pulse,
/ such a poor herb, 10 make man ruddy
/ and hcalthlul. Some people talk ~
! though that were kind ot diet which
/ would make a man swarthy and compc'
/ tent 10 do the duties of this life, That ia
not the lesson at all But for positive
/ miracle DANIEL would have dwlndled away,
and when God. for his self denial, puts
/ upon hlm this bcncdiction lie puts a bene.
| diction upon all Christian sobricty. |
would not have YOU class your preacher
among those who would put unnecessary
restraint upon lawful appchtcs. There
! are those m tins day who dispute the
/ grant which God gave 10 man for animal
| food. and they make a religion of their
1 hunger rs the Phausees expected heaven
/ for their fasting Daniel did not always
! live on pulse. lie was not q Grahamite,
/ he VAS not a vegetarian. lie went through
/ that self denial because the food offered
] hlm was idoatrous food When | see God
! hlhng the earth with all varieties Of food
| have not much confidence in the teach.
! ing of those who would put vs. on severe
! regimen. There are parents who, with a
/ wrong theory IN this respect, deny their
| children all harmless laNurics and without
| sufficient inquiry send them on. 60 board
\ ing schools where their intellects are cul
/ uucd tn the disadvantage of their starved
/ bodies. 81 that from many a boarding.
school \ class of % will graduate, 10 Of
! them ghosts. Now. when | see the three
! angcI, eating the calf which Abraham
! slew and when find Christ eating hroilcd
! fish even after Hs resurrection | come TO
| the conclusion that the theories of the veg
! ctarian are not, from "a religious stand
! point well founded.
was tod at Dcs Maincs Of train Of
| cars going through a very stormy night
over one of the western praircs, The
young man who ~. present told Ms the
story. In the night there was a little child
In the sleeping car fret(ul and worrying
| and cr,nr hour after hour \ man on the
opposite side Of the car lost his patience
! and saia. Either make that child shut
up or take il to its mother Then another
! man on the opposite side of the sleeping
car. a man with a broken heart. pushed
back the curtain and looked ont and said.
Young man. that chlid's mother u dead
iu the baggage car, and the little thing ~
! WaimQ Tor her Then the man who had
committed the iiIrnnt rose and offered hls
| services for the night and took care of the
child until the morning. and all the pas
| scnrCrs IN tnc car W,r' broken down with
| emotion.
Oh. il Ito crv Of one child could arouse
81 many symr ,thcs. what ought 10 be the
effect of the ten thousand voiced shrek
OF orphanage aud vidowhood from the inc.
hrlatc's grave, God save this country
from the ucrls OF strong drink
Ny subject aleo lmpressos me with the
beauty of youthful character remaining
lncorrupt away from home. II Daniel had
plunged into every wlckcdness of the city
! Of Babylon the old folks at home would
never have heard Of IT II ho had gone
! through all the rounds Of iniqulty. II would
have cast no shadow on hls early home.
! There were no tclCgraphs. there were no
railroads. But Daniel LncY that Gods
eye was on him.
That was enough There are young men
not 50 good away from home as at home.
| Frederick tending his fathers sheep among
| the hills OF thrashing rye IN the barn IA
different perhaps from Frederick on the
Stock Exchange Instead of the retiring
disposition there is bold efirontcry. In.
stead Of an obligng spirit there is perhaps
oppressive sclhshnpss.
Instead of open handed charity there is
! tight iistod stnglncss Instead Of reason
able hours there Is midnight rovrl ] speak
90 many Young men on this matter You
who may have left your fathers housc and
| others who, though still under the par
entail roof are looking forward 90 the
time when YOU viii go forth to conflict.
alone IN this world. with ts foundations
I A "A. III A
| up your own character. Oh, that the God
OF Daniel might bc with YOU in Babylon
! think the most thrilling passage Of n
Young mans life ls when he leaves home
10 make h- fortune. The novelty and the
/ romance Of the thing may keep him from
any keen sOrrow. but the old people who
| have seen the destruction Of 50 many who
nave started with high hope cannot help
bat be- anxious A. long ~ he was IA his
fathers house his waywardnrss was kindly
Guided and although sometimes hc thought
! the restraint rather bitter and rather so.
! we're M his calmer moments. he acklOwl-
edged u was solutary and righteous.
Through the influence Of metropolitan
| friends the father has obtained q situation
for hls son IN the city. The comrades of
| the young man come the nlqht before his
departure 10 bid farewell 90 the ndvcn.
| turcr The morning Of his going away he
| walks around the place 20 take a last look
! 40 things. perhaps comes upon some OBJ
! lect that starts n tear. some old familiar
! place but no one secs the tear. The
] trunk n nut upon the wagon. the young
man is of for the city Ne is set down
amid excitcmcnts and amid associates who
are not oyercareiul about their words and
| thoughts and aciIonA Morning comes.
! 80 family altar Sabbath comes No
| rural quiet The sanctuary comes, but all
the faces are strange. and no one cares
| whether he comes 10 church or does not
come On his way from the store he sees
| a pla"arl announcing q rare and n vicious
| amusement. He has no greeting At the
door of the boarding house. He has. no
! appetite for the food. No one cares
whether he eats or i Joa not eat Rather
Doe would not eat. II .s cheaper. After the
'ra he goes into the plr'or. takcs up a
hopH finds n dull. no SISTER 90 look over
! o. with him GOrs uus'aIrs 10 hls room
| n the third story. finds it cold and unin.
! vItlng and M despair he rushcs out, caring
for nothng hu' 90 get something 10 make
! him st1D thinking llp D. cauRht IN the
first uh.rl oi uu. H. haR started out on
| the dark sea where the CLEAN Of the JOY
's the flashing II the pit and the laughter
s the crc,k.ng Of the gate oi the lost.
Oh how many graves there are IN the
| country cburchyafd which. n they could
| speak. would tell ~ yO1ng men who went
/ III with high hOurs AMI come back blasted
and crushed 10 disgrace the sepulchcr Of
| their fafhcrs
And yet this exodus must 80 on. IA
from distant hills The riyert arc poured
/ down through tunnels - s,ake the thirst
0f our great cities. 20 from distant cOun.
/ try places the streams ~ inebrrupt pDpu.
'at,On muzt pour down 20 purity our great
/ cities Tomorrow morning on all the
thorough zhfarrs. iu every steamboat and In
every rail car ..l be young men going
/ forth 20 -eek tlerr fortunes m our great
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