Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-11-11

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Eit u Il HILL WHO ueS4ItS llDtIdlNsi
from the enthrallment of evil and
shows how he may be set free; text,
Proverbs xiii, 30: "Uhen shall L
awakeg y will seek it yet again"
With an insight into human nature
such as no other man ever had. Solo
mon In these words is sketching the
mental processes of 4 man who has
STEPPED aside from the path Of recti-
tude and would like to return Wish
ing for something better be says:
when shall l wake2 When shall /
get over this horrible nightmare of in
iQuity?" But seized upon by uneradf
Gated appetite and pushed down hill
by his passions he cries ont: Il will
geek it yet again. l VIII Try it once
more"
About n mile from Princeton, y. j.,
there Is n skating pond. One winter
day. when the ice was very thin, a
farIs II living near by warned the
yo.ng men of the danger of skating at
tat time. They all took Hhe warning
Except one young man. He. in the
spirit Of bravadO. said. Boys. zone
round more" He struck out on his
skates. the ice broke. and his lifeless
body was brought up. And in all mat
tiers of temUtatiOn and .aUuremeHt II is
Lot Il p~rolongation that is proposed,
but on4y Just one more indulgence. just
one more sin Then comes the fatality.
Alas for the one round more. Il will
seek ii yet again"
Our libraries are adorned with ,ele-
CANT literature addressed to young
men, pointing out to them all the dan
gers and perils of life. Complete maps
of the voyage of life-the shoals, the
rocks. the qujcksands. But suppose a
young man is already shipwrecked.
suppose be is already off the track.
suppose he hAs already gone astray-
hoW can he get back? That is a ques-
ton that remains unanswered. and
amid all the books of the libraries |
find not one word on that subject. To
that class OF persons | this day Address
myself.
You compare what you are now with
what you were three or four years ago.
and you are greatly diSheartened. You
are ready with every passion Of your
soul to listen to Il discussion like this.
Be of good cheer! Your best days are
vet to come. ! offer you the hand of
welcome and rescue. l put the silver
trumpe of the gospel to my lips and
blow one long. loud blast. saying.
~Whosoever VIII. let him come. and
let him come now" The church Of
God is ready to spread n banquet upon
your return, and all the hierarchs ,6f
heaven fall into line of hammered pro-
ceSSion over your redemption.
Moral G~raNhntion OvencOme.
Years ago. and while vet Albert
Barnes was living. l preached in his
pulpit one night 10 the young men of
Philadelphia. In the opening of my
discourse l said. 70 Lord, give me one
soul tonight" AT h close OF the serv-
ice AIr. Barnes introduced Il young
man. saying. This is the Young man
you prayed for" But see now it
was Il TOO limited prayer. | offer no
such prayer today. 1t must take in q
wider sweep. Lord. give US m these
souls today for happiness and heaven"
So far as God may help me l propose
TO show what are the obstacles i our
return and then how you are To- SUI
mount those obstacles. The first diff
Guilty in the way of your return il the
force of moral gravitatiOn. Just as
NAcle - 4 III INV winch zig
down to earth anything you throw into
the air. so there is Il corresponding
moral grayf1ation. never shall forget
n prayer l heard Il yOuag man make I'D
the Young Mems Christian association
of New York. With trembling voice
and streaming eyes he said: 20 God
thou knowest how easy 1t is for me to
do wrong and how hard it is for me to
- -.-ANF 90 IAI- D,oeS That r,Or
knows not his own heart who has new
er felt the power of moral gravitation.
In your bOyhoCd you ha6 good asso-
ciates and bad associates. Which most
impressed you? During the last few
years you have heard pure anecdotes
and Impure anecdotes. Which the cas-
lest stuck to your memory? You have
had good habits and bad habits. To
which did your soul more easily yield?
But that moral gravitation may he re-
sisted. Just as you may pick up any
thing from the earth and hold 1t liz
your hand toward heaven. just 80. by
the power ot Gods grace. a fallen soul
may be lifted toward peace. toward
pardon. toward salvation. The force
OF moral gravitation is in every one Of
as, but also power in Gods grace 70
overcome that force.
The next thing in the way of your
return is the power of evil habit. l
know there are those who say it is
very easy for them to give up evil hab-
It's. l cannot believe them. Here is a
man given TO i~ntOXication, who knows
&C Is disgracing his family, destroying
his property and running him body,
miRd and soul II hat a being an
Intelligent man and loving his family.
rouId easily give I'm that habit wouId