The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-12-20
Bishop Carter breaches
at u. B. Church.
FREE LECTURE THIS EVENING
Christmas Program Rem
dered at Epworth.
Choral Union Renders Most Excel
lent Program of Music-Sunday
was Busy Day I'm Marion's Tenn
pies of Worship.
u, B, Church,

". H. NshuENh.
Bishop r. C. Carters sermon at the |
u. B. church last night was an able
one and highly appreciated by large
audience which heard him. He chose
for his text, End Samuel, 1892, "Is
the Young Man Absalom Safer"
He first gave a very striking and
interesting account of the handsome
but rebelllous Absalom, He pictured
the battle and the sad news and the
sore grief of his father, David. He
then turned to the more general APP
plication of the question, us the
Young Man Safe?" He spoke of the
interest of parents n their sons and
the sympathy and prayers that fol-
lows them to the city or anywhere
that they may go in forging out
their life work.
He then spoke of the interest
the church has in the young men. He
said that the young men of this day
are laboring under most striking
error in the impression that the
church is not interested in them.
The church Is interested in the young
men and the church needs the young
men and there are numerous calls
coming from the church for efficient
young men.
The Bishop then asked three
questions concerning the young man.
SIS the young man safe. intellect
ually?"
He said some one ha dsaid, study
no matter what you study" You
| ,t..l, oil
what you eat, or drink, no matter
what you drink. 1t does
make some difference what you eat
1t does make some difference what
you drink II likewise makes some
difference what you read. 1t is i'm.
portant that young men do not
poison their minds with the trash
that comes from the press of this
day. 1t Is u lamentable fact thai
many of our educational centers ar,
becoming tinged by skepticism ant
higher criticism which is destroying
faith in the grand old book. II,
here made strong appeal to stant
by the word Of God and said as III
referred to the Bible, "Where thol
goest let me go, whore thoh dwell
est, let me dwell in that lond, le
me be buried and from that lant
let me go home to glory.
"Is the young man safe sooially?"
Here he pointed out the dangers I,
young men and said Is il any wonde
that fathers and mothers are anxiou
rs to who their sons companions ar
or ask where do they go? In wha
kind of society do they move? w
should be alarmed for while we hav
two million young men in tn
christian churches of our land, ther
are five millions, six hundred thou
sand who never go into n house O
prayer. 1t is alarming when W
face the fact that fifteen hundre
boys under the age of fifteen year
are in state prisons in the Unite
j States.
His appeal to the young men I
live pure lives and move in pur
society was most earnest. He told c
two rivers, the ST. Lawrence, a clea
beautiful stream, and the Ottawa,
muddy stream, and described ho'
the waters of the one spoiled tn
beauty and pureness of the other. S
with life, a pure life and an impur
one can not long run side by sid
until both are alike. He spoke
the evils of strong drink and sal
that the saloon is going and 4
downfall is written upon 1t.
He closed by giving a.. account {
his conversion together with his twi
brother when they were quite your
boys. He drew a beautiful wor
picture of the old country churc
the chestnut tree in front, the cor
gregation and the preacher and Il
town boys finding their Savior. +
appealed to young men to give the
hearts to God, thus to praise the
Creator and honor themselves.
Bishop Carter will this evenir
give q free lecture at the U.
church, entitled Matrimonial Blu
ders." He is a most able speak
and treat is in store for all who a
tend