The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-22
PROP I H| ! & ] /, OF
YOUTH | i / ! /.

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pr. Robertson II Address At Y. II. c.
A. Impresses Upon Young Men the
Importance Of Selecting the Cody
Life.
The usual large and attentive audi
ence greeted DR.. Robertson at the
Y. NJ. G.. "A. yesterday afternoon and
the talk given by the speaker was one
OF the best Of the very interesting
series he has delivered this season. b
The Prophecy !of Youth" was the
subject selected and from the 18th
chapter of Ecclesiastics, referring to
youth and his responsibilities to his
Maker in the spring time of life,
drew lessons OF the Importance Of the
right selection Of the life to lead at
I the beginning.
According to DIR. Robertson,
young man selects his future path
way 80 far as the spiritual life is con.
9cerned, before he has arrived at the
age of is or at latest 20 years. He
practically enters into q contract with
God, and II he selects sinful career,
1t may be difficult at the start, but we
grow in sin with rapidly and ease
and the transgressions Of tomorrow
are made easier by those Of today.
The blush of shame over an act of
minor magnitude today is lost in the
performance Of a greater one tOmOr-
row. Just SO with q righteous life.
The selection of the better life In
youth makes the road easier. as one
progresses and in maturer years he
who has lived as near God as is pos
sible for man finds a satisfaction in
1t and an ease which the unfortunate
who has discovered the error Of his
ways late in life and attempts to cor
rect can never experience. Character
is moulded in early life. The book of
life is ones self and youth is the
prophecy, of future life. A child fol-
lows the teachings of the parent with
out knowing the why's or wherefores
at first, but later begins to UNDER
stand for itself, and If it has not been
tricked or fooled, moves on the road
mapped out for 1t with ease and UNI
derstanding.
z Gods warnings to man are not
threats. The red light put in the way
of a damaged road is for the purpose
of guiding the traveller, not for the
good of the one who places 1t there
God wants man to make the right
contract with him, and having made
1t fulfill his part of the agreement.
Many people say, relative to the
young, "Oh, let them alone, they will
come to their senses later on, give
them time" This is a wrong idea.
Those people. who have been in bond
age suffering under the smarts and
stings Of the tyrant, once free become
despotic and unreasonable themselves.
He cited the case of Russia as an in
stance. The Russian people have long
been under the heel Of tyranny. Now
free. they exercise that freedom lin
killing one another and will come to
themselves only when dead The ne
gro, once slave but now free, is
self-important in the exercise Of a
new found liberty or rights and be-
comes obnoxious in his arrogance.
The time for modelling life is in the
younger years. Young men should
appreciate this and having selected
the correct life to lead, follow out
their contract with God to the letter.
The Lincoln Quartette, which was
to have sung, was unable to reach the
city because of the blockade on the
railroads, but will be present for the
entertainment this evening.