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DIR. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS olscouRSs 81 THs NOTED
DIVINE
suhiect. A. Exile From Howe = rrriis
That Reset the Young Wan Seeking
FORTUNE Dangers ami Temptations
THAT surround Him.
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WASHINGTON. n. c. Dr. Talmage
s'aid in london ~ Occupy tho famous
Wesley pulpit N the CITY Road chapel,
where he prrached several times before,
a'ways receiving heerty welcome Thence
. ne won't 10 ireland preaching in Relia
/ a0A Dublin. The discourse he has sent
/ this week describes tho behavior II a
Young man away from houe and suggests
/ practical lessons for nconlc ot every age
and class The text IS Daniel /, 8. Aud
/ the kline appointed them \ daily provision
Of the ling's meat and ~ the wine which
/ he drank 50 pour'shinr them three years,
I that az the end thereof thcl might stand
ho'Nrc the king"
J Nv text onens the door Of n college in
Bahvlon and INTRODUCES YOU 10 Young
student seventeen wears of ace. Daniel bv
name. Be not surprised II IN tho college
YOU find many hiarities. Pat a hundred
| Young men '0rethcr a0d they are sure 30
/ have a VoNA time. ThcrH il no harm in
I that. God does not write ont the trees
/ and the qrass and tho blossoms. in duh
prose The old robin docs not st moplnr
in tho nest because Of the ch,rnirgs and
/ the lively adventures ~ tho tedgclncs
that have iust begun 10 fv no not come
into eo orchard looking for winter apples
/ on q Nav wNrninr
nut Daniel Of our tNxt is Ear from hcinc
/ oay What oppressive thoughts must
/ have come over him as he remembered
that he was 4 captive IN = strange land'
The music that came into bis study win
dow was rot d., s'"g ot Ito0 but the
/ sound of flute. s,,Nhut and dulcimor in
the wor.hir Of tho heathcu god More
over he had no hope of ever getting boc.
home orr'- and meeting those who had
. missed him long and missed him hitier'v.
wondering n he were still alive and ind
inr many a luxury tastelcss because they
did not know but Daniel might be lacking
bread
When Won and were il school o. col.
lerc and the vacation approached. we
were full Of bright ant,cipation, and We
could not study the last night The lcNi.
con and the philosophical apparatus were
trans, aren't So we could SEQ right throuoh
them into the meadows and tho o~"hords
Not 50 with moor Daniel He did not
know that he should ever escape from cap
tivity. or escaping, he did not know but
when he got home the loved ones would
be dead and he would 20 wandcrlr~ and
weeping among the scpuChers Of his "a
thers Besides that the king tried 80
make hln forget his home and forget his
country and for that purpose actually
changed his pamc. The king wanted him
10 he q prodigy ip personal appearance,
and 50 he ordered meat and wine sent
from hs own table 90 Daniel, hut Daniel
refuses all this and puts himself upou the
humhlest diet the poorest of all herbs.
called pulse and plain water HIS attend
ants Cry ont AGAINST this and tell him lac
will perish under such a dict NO he
saws; ''vou try us for ten days, md II AZ
the end of that time we are not full
checked and robust "a any II will be sur.
prising" Ten davs pass along, and the
students come up for examination. and all
declare that none are so ruddy and robust
az DAM ! md his fellow captvcs. The
davs Of industrious nupilage and the years
pass bv, and the day of graduation has
come, and Daniel gets his diploma, signed
bv the king and reading rs follows. In
| all matters OF wisdom and understanding
that tho king incurred Of them he found
them ten times better than all the ma
gicians and asirologcrs that were IA all his
realm" And 50 Daniel took the first
honor, and here the story ends, for Daniel,
the student. hereafter viii be Daniel, the
prime minister.
this subject is that Young men may be
carried INTO captivity hv their enemies
, There IL n captivity more calling than the
one in which Daniel was TRANSPORTED. II
is the captivity of evil habit. Men do not
go into that Willingly. Slylv and imper.
ccptlbly are Che chains forged upon them
| and one dav they wake up TO find them.
selves away down in Babylon Cyrus after
ward consented that some OF his captivos
should return and 30 900 Of them accepted
/ the opportunity. But tell me what evil
habit ever consented 10 let a man 60, Ten
plaques made Pharaoh consent 90 the dc
parture OF Gods people, but tell me what
Pharaoh e evil habit ever chcerlully con
scntcd 60 Jet any ol its victims 90. Men
talk OF evil habits "a though they were
light and trivial. but they are scorpion
whips that tear the flesh. they are spikes
more bloody than the path Of a Brahuan
thcv are the sepulchors IN which millions
arc burned alive. The young are ia NOR"
peril because they are unsuspectinQ. The
lions are asleep IN their soul, and their
power is not suspected. The time when
n ships company makes mutiny is when
the watchman is Of his guard When q
spider meets Hv. II does not say. "Go
down with me 10 tho place where ] murder
insects" No; II saws, Come and take a
bright morning walk with me on this sus.
pension bridge of glittcring gossamcr.
Oh. there - difference between the
sparkle of a serpent eye and the crush Of
It's slimv folds There Is q difference b"
tween the bears paw toying with kid
and the cracking Of 'hc bones IN the ter
riblc hug. Pixies peak looks beautiful IN
the distance. but ask the starved travellers
by the roadside what they think Of Pike q
peak Are there those around whom sus.
picious companions are gathering; Do
their tests and their entertainments make
the hours 90 blithply by when you are
with them; Have YOU taken \ sip from
their cup of sin or gone with them IN one
path of unrightcousnessy Turn back
From Babylon they came and 20 Baby.
ION they would carry YOU. " 80 many
plague stricken men would like TO enter
vour conpanionship before any one is Al.
lowed N pass into the intimacy Of your
heart put on them sevcrc-t quarantine
Nv subject also imprcFs's me with the
f1ct that carly impressions ar" almost in.
rGaceablc. Daniel had religious bring
ing M From the good meaning Ot hls
name | know he had pious plreutage But
Hs soon ~ be- comes into the possession Ot
the king his name b. changed. al his eur.
rouudngs are changed and now. Won say
Will begin The demOrallation Oi his char
actfr. Before his name was Daniel. whicn
means God my judge now his name D.
70 be B"lteshaZZar. which means the
treasurer of the god BrI' Nov YOU er
ucrt g. see him overthrow amid all these
changed circumstancrs. on. no DAME
started rvht. and he keeps on right When
/ find what Daniel - Iu Jerusalem ] am
not surprised TO lind what be IS N Baby
lon.
wish 7 could write mon sll parents
near|s the fact that early ImrressiOns are
fro.' %. .gh incnaeeab'c When ] see .l0.
Hrp1. q piors lad IN ihc house Of hs "a.
ther. Jacob. ! an not surprised 10 see him
acting ~ n0Dly down m Egypt.
When I find samuel "a piOrs lad. in the
house Of hs mother Hannah. I arm not
surprised that be- gives a terrible shifting
z 30 idOiIlry as soon o. be comes % man.
hood David planned ihe temple 40 Jeru
salem and gathered the materials for its
building. bat Sol Jm0n. the son, came and
put up the structure and that goes on In
aIl ages. The father plans The character oi
| the child and Ifs destiny for time and
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