The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-27

the impulse, and the ripening taste
and sensibilttiss respond more intellt-
gently to nature than before.
eff the play faculty IS rightly in
dulged in the boy and the girl It pro-
notes the long life and the future
bliss. No married life can be happy
to the man who has spent his early
life in sin. Even money VIII be bur
den To man whose conscience is but a
canker for misspent days in youth.
There are msn with signs Of age who
are far younger and more capable OF
thrills of pleasure and enjoyment OF
life than thousands Of boys today, be-
cause these old men lived wise lives.
Shakespeare makes one of his lusty
old men give as a reason for his hale
age that he never applied hot and re-
beIlious liquors to his stomach nor
'wooed the means of weakness and de-
bility.'
win YOU be surprised then II tell
Won that Christianity IL the finest
scheme for enjoying life and making
fun last? It is true. To be good is to
he happy. Some of the happiest young
neople / have ever known were Chris
tian Young people. If you think it is
q duiI life you simply do not know.
Two men who have Influenced the
world of today more than any others
are Roosevelt and Bryan, both Chris
tian men. The great movements to-
dav. the ones fullest of life, are Chris
tian world movements and young peo-
ME are leading. A church can't be
lively without young folks In 1t any
more than a family can be- says an
eminent Japanese Christian.
"Reinforcements in time Of war are
Of utmost Importance, and so all
armies have their recruiting stations.
such are the B. P. Y. us ard the
Christian endeavor and other young
peoples societies. When the snow
drops of youth appear in the garden
Of the church, II evinces that there is
a glorious summer approaching
Look at the roll Of our presidents
and other great men; were they youths
Of folly. If you want to be really
happy and have something to grow
toward a future paradise in your soul
Join IN with these movements of Gods
young nobility. 1t is a modern chival-
~. The champions of the real OPP
pressed, the heralds of a new day.
They are more courageous and more
beautiful in their lives than the knights
Of King Arthur. They are engaged in
a holier and more successful warfare,
and have a better king. even the Jesus
Christ, who leads all abundant life
lovers.
This union with Gods forces does
not hinder any proper good time but
promotes II. There iS better love, and
higher honor, and happier marriage,
and more beautiful homes in this life.
No home can reach a high ideal which
is not adorned first of all with Chris
tan love.
THE church ought to be the iiveliest,
happiest, most progressive place.
Somehow. men know that a Chris
tan sweetheart is little sweeter than
one whose heart has never been quick
sned with the divine impulse. There
are marvellous opportunities in this
age. especially for the young. There
are also destructive forces fighting for
the young.
THE pictur" of the prodigal as he
spent his money, wasted his youth, and
found himself without funds, and had
to Join himself to a foreigner to feed
swine, should be pondered more in this
age, it seems to me, than almost ever
before.
. Yield not to temptation for yielding
Each victry will help you some other
to win.
Fight manfully onward, dark passions
subdue,
Look ever to Jesus, He'll carry you
through.
To him that o'ercometh God giveth q
crown,
Through faith he shall conquer tho
often cast down.
He who is our savior, our strength will
renew,
Look ever to Jesus, He'll carry you
through
''Wolseys lament, oh, Cromwell,
Cromwell, had I but served my God
with half the zeal The best remedy
for idleness Is work. The best remedy
for evil rnindedness is to be filed with
activity. Get busy in noble
deeds and base things lose their lustre
Make friends of Gods children and the
devils crowd will look cheap and taw-
dry to you.
work for some good, be it ever Sc
slowly,
Cherish some flower, be it ever SC
lowly;
Labor. all labor is noble and holy:
Let thy great deeds be thy prayer tc
thy God.
Some of you are in danger of un-
holy alliances. You are with the
wrong crowd. You had better break
ties which hold you to wrong COM
panions than to have your heart
broken. Some are in danger from the
contact with the wrong boy, or the
wrong girl. An evil influence lures
you. You would better put your fin
gers in your ears and flee from It thar
to have it Rugged to you to be g
weight and a care all your life. Many
homes are failures because somebody