Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-02-02
M. E. PASTOR
TALKS ON THE
YOUNCMAN,S

Rev w. w. Moore of the First M.
E. church preached Sunday evening
on the subject, ''Is the Young Man
Safer There were goodly num-
Der present. The speaker said in
part:
The character of an individual is
largely determined by its emphasis.
Two men may possess the same
amount of property. One may lay
entire emphasis upon his business
interests and be wholly worldly ma
terialist, the other may hold his en-
tire property as subsiderary to his
spiritual interests and be spiritual
man.
The bible is a book of proper en-
phasis. 1t deals with humanity as
we know humanity yet it never con-
dones sin but exalts God and right
eousness.e In the life of King David
we see many sins and weakness but
David as a man exalted the. great
things of life. No more beautiful
picture of the king is found in the
scripture than the story Of Absolom's
treason and when the son that had the
villany to seek the death and over
throw of his aged father, was slain
David lifted his voice in wild lament.
"Absolom my son Absolom would God
had died for thee"
This fatherly solicitude Of the king
for his rebellious boy is lesson for
each home and for the nation as we'll
concerning the character of its youth.
No nation has no foundation for
prosperity that has not a virtuous
manhood upon which to build
Young men to be safe must have
their best protection from the quail
ties of their own mind and heart.
Adam and Eve fell in paradise, Je-
sus lived the life of God among sim
full men. The temptations are strong
or not as men are inspired by lofty
principles and noble purposes. Az
busy man with definite purpose will
walk safely where the purposeless
idler will fall to thousand foes.
But we all need help and the home
is the FIRST aid" station in life. 1t
is sorry commentary upon some
homes that the parents permit their
son to do things in our city that our
school authorities consider nothing
but a detriment and hinderance to the
high school students.
But womanhood has much to do with
the safety of our manhood. Every
hohorable chiYalrous man thinks
highly of woman and expects her to
be better than himself For a man
to lose respect for womanhood means
the downfall of the man himself
But if men keep their respect for
women they must be worthy of it;
and if she is worthy of it she must
retain her modesty. The mOdesty Of
womanhood is therefore not only her
own greatest protection but the pro-
lection of manhood as well. How
long mothers will permit immodest
dressing of their daughters and how
long women will let fad for i'm
modest dressing control their fashions
is a question frought with gravest
to the moral life of the
nation. When men lose their respect
for womanhood it spells disaster for
society, and men lose that to the de-
gree that women are immodest.
But no man is safe without the help
of God. 1t is the high privilege of
men to be helped of God. About our
weakness can be his strength, about
our. faithlessness his abiding care,
within our hearts the fullness Of his
grace, and in the words of Paul F." We
can do all things with Christ that
me-"
The young manhood and with them
the young womanhood of our land is
only safe when we all work in the
home, in the church, in the city and
in the state for the building up of that
greatest wealth of the nation the
of it's youth
1t is fitting that in the home and
in the legislative halls of this and
every other country men be exercised
as was the ancient King David as the
young safer