The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-10-08
Pastor Of Baptist Church breaches
to Young People.

Sunday evening Rev. a. M. Duboc,
Of the Baptist church, preached to
boys. The audience completely filed
the house and nearly half Of them
were boys The two clubs OF the O.
A. b. attended in body. This is a
non-secret society whose aim is to
cultivate manliness in boys and to
develop them along social, intellectual
and moral lines. Girls did the usher.
ing and also took up the collection.
In addition to a beautiful anthem by
the choir there was also a very appro-
pirate musical selection rendered by
four young ladies, entitled, Building
for Eternity There was the best OF
behavior throughout and the service
was very interesting and impressive
one.
Rev. A. M. Duboc said in part;
Gal. 6:7: Be not deceived; God is
not Knocked: for whatsoever a man
yoweth, that shall he also reap.
Boys sometimes imagine they can
impose upon their teachers or parents.
One will sometimes sneak up to the
teachers desk and in the teachers
absence look at the examination
questions and think he will get the
same credit as IL he had passed his
examination by dint Of good, hard
work. Sometimes they will prac-
tice vices in secret but strive to look
innocent and gentlemanly in the pres
ence of others and fiatter themselves
that no one will know the difference.
But there is One Who is never i'm
posed upon. No credits can be got
from Him by fraud. What you sow,
that and nothing elst you will reap.
He that sows the seed of we'll be-
haved and pure boyhood will reap a
noble and respected manhood. He
that in his boyhood sows the seed of
vicious habits, vile reading and de.
ceit, will reap as his reward de-
graded manhood, ending, perhaps, in
the penitentiary or on the gallows.
Tton man sows seeds he not only
eErGots to get back the same kind
that he sowed, but fifty or a hundred
fold more than he sowed So the
evil cherished in boyhood not only
clings to him in manhood, but it null
tiplies and reproduces itself many
times. Two boys were accustomed
to keep cash account. In the ac-
count of one is this entry: Foreign
Missions. 10 cts In the other the
first entry was Stole from my moth
err one penny These were two seeds
that bore harvest The first of
these boys has since given millions
and made the largest offering ever
made at one time to missions. The
other while yet boy was convicted
and sent to Jail as thief.
Because your conduct now is the
seed out of which your character as
men is developed you cannot keep too
strict aguard over your deeds and
words and thoughts. An eastern mon,
arch passing through the streets OF
his capitol heard fakir crying out:
''Give me hundred dollars and
will tell you great secret" The
king ordered the 500 to be given to
him and this was his secret: Never
do anything until you have considered
allits consequences in their remotesv
bearings" The king declared it was
well worth the money and caused the
motto to be enlarged on the walls OF
his palace and on all his plate. Some
time after his physician entered into
conspiracy to kill him. AS he was
mixing the poison in his cup his eye
fell upon the motto and he declared
he could not do the deed and revealed
the plot to the king. How many a
life would be saved from death OF
from wretchedness and degradation
if boys would form the habit of indul
ging in nothing of which the conse
quences are sure to be bad.