The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-02-01
PRACTICAL LEcSC,.9.
Dr.. Talmage breaches a Sermon fer
Young Men.
The Temptations of College Life
suggestions for Those Who Are
required to Leave Their
Homes-EarIy Training.
Copyright, 1900. by Louis Klopsch.I

3 Or. Ialmage staid in London to occr
is Ply the famous Wesley pulpit in tn
r. City Road chapel, where he ha
preached several times before, alway
IS receiving a hearty welcome. Thence
D., ne went to Ireland, preaching in Bel
# last and Dublin. The discourse he ha
a sent this week describes the behavior
I Oh young man away from home anC
e suggests practical lessons for peopl,
b OF every age and class. The text /.
Daniel l, ): And the king appointed
them a daily provision of the kings
meat and of the wine which he drank;
so nourishing them three years, that
a at the end thereof they might stand
- before the king"
7, My text opens the door of a college
in Babylon and introduces you to a
young student II years of age, Daniel
py name. BE not surprised if in the
college you find many hilarities. Put
hundred young men together and
they are sure TO have good time. There
is no harm in that. God does not write
out the trees and the grass and the
blossoms in dull prose. The old robin
does not sit moping in the nest because
OF the chirpings and the lively adven-
lures Of the fledglings that have just
begun to fly. Do not come into an
orchard looking for winter apples on a
May morning.
But Daniel of the text is far from be-
ing gay. What oppressive thoughts
must have come over him as he re-
membered that he was captive in a
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 and /
meeting those who had missed him
long and bitterly wondering il he
were still alive and finding many a
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, and
we could not study the last day, and
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 Door
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 I
among the sepulchers of his fathers
Besides that the king tried to make
nm forget his home and forget his {
country; for that purpose actually f
hanged his name. The king wanted
him to be a prodigy in personal ap- a
'earance, and so he ordered meat and c
vine sent from his own table to Daniel. v
'ut Daniel refuses all this and puts a
imsef upon the humblest diet. the II
poorest of all herbs, called pulse, and n
lain water. His attendants cry out ci
gainst this and tell him he will per in
h under such a diet NO" he saws. c,
you try us for ten days, and If at the st
nd of that time you are not full be
leeked and robust as any, IL will be NJ
uprising" Ten days pass along. and l
.udents come up for examination. and w
u declare that none are so ruddv and CT
'bust as Daniel and his fellow can re
yes. The days Of industrious pupil tn
ye and the years pass by, and the no
ny of graduation has come, and Dan fol
gets his diploma, signed by the
ng, and reading as follows: I'm all dis
alters of wisdom and understanding tel
at the king inquired Of them he ito
und them ten times better than all lin
magicians and astrologers that to
IRE in all his realm" And so Dan yo1
took the first honor, and here the wi,
Try ends, for Daniel the student here at
er will be Daniel the prime minis sou
=. spe
The first thought suggested to me ma
this subject is that young men the
y be carried into captivity by their cup
'mies. There is a captivity more has
ling than the one in which Daniel rec
5 transported; IL is the captivity of up
habit. Men do NOT oo int H.. hell
tingly. Slyly and imperceptibly q
the chains forged upon them. and wer
day they wake up 70 find them afte
'es away down in Babylon. Cyrus his
srward consented that some of his and
tives should return, and $4,000 OF app'
m accepted the opportunity, but have
me what evil habit ever consented dept
ct man go. Ten plaques made out
raoh consent to the departure of the
5 people, but tell me what Phar- to "
of evil habit ever cheerfully con- is d'
ed to let any of its victims 90. his
talk of evil habits as though newl
were light and trivial, but they look
scorpion whips that tear the to
D.; they are spikes more bloody 1t is
the path Of a Brahman; they Ing
e the poisonous robe of Nessus; and
are the sepulchers in which mil ton
are buried alive. yet
e young are in more peril be- - ".
e they are unsuspecting. The s1F
are asleep in their SOUL and 80.
power is not suspected. The ,.Ia ,iTIS'
when a ships company makes ~
ny.is when the watchman is off -. ~.
yuard. N/ien a spider meets a ;n O.
t does not sayi go down with ~,
0 the place where | murder In 49,
D." No; il says: Come and take ,.;,h
Oht morning walk with mn on