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TALMAGE'S SERMON. enses of Young Men, opened the eyes of the 8117, ning in Dothan, a young tudent was scared by find- ; } and Elisha, the prophet, upon wi he waited, surrounded by a whole army of enemies, But vener- able Elisha was not scared at all, ¢.use he saw the mountains full fease for him, in chariots made out of fire, wheels of 6 dashboard of fire, and cushion of fire, drawn by horses with nostrils of fire, and mane of fire, and | Les of fire, and hoofs of fire— young Dies of d ire, RAL APPEARANCE 1 not be seen with the natural eve, So the old minister prayed that the voung minister might see them also, and the prayer was answered, and the Lovd opened of the young man, and he also saw the fiery proces- , looking somewhat, I suppose, like iirondacks or the Alleghanies in vl resplendence, men, standing ( tremenduous the eves among have closed. may $y realities, half shut or entirely ut that my sermon {0 eves your safe r and your destiny, HTY DEFENSE. ab ran in front and sano ana Alig No barred gatey ad home, t I'here you b se trees you planted, Two monarchs of old fought a duel were kingdoms, Milan and Burgundy. You fight with sin, and the stake is Do not get the fatal idea that you are a genius, and that, therefore, there is no need of close application, It is here where multitudes fail. THE CURSE OF TIS AGE is the geniuses: men with enormous else, I had rather be an ox than an eagle; plain, and plodding and useful, rather than high-flying and good for nothing but to pick out the eyes of car- cases, [Lulraordinary capacity without work 18 extraordinary failure, There is no hope for that person who begins life resolved to live by his wits, for the probability is that he has not any, It was not safe for Adam, even in his un- fallen state, to have nothing to do, and, therefore, God commanded him to be a farmer and horticulturist, Ie was to dress the he and his wife obeyed the divine in- junction and been at work, they would not have been sauntering under the trees and hankering after that fruit which destroyed them and their poster- ity; proof positive for all who do not attend to their sure to get into mischief, t know that the prodigal in would ever bave been t given up his i f i 1 i Fave gone to feeding swine for a + v ' + L DSS are I do ne i WS ana . ider her HO OVE] food in the : Wi harvest.’ 1 "meat in ck 1 man wi ind the and DOOK, } SAW, the that your toll always iy 1 Linnest Bere wile, uel 2&1 end SELIVE LL id are to prison, and afl resolved Perhaps he borrowed {i lover's monev-driawer, for he Onl § ack, o : \ Drovil iil a copy-plate of Never mind, some dark ni dreams SOON Val ill be ready t sy world, and am § uiture the i those young men who were his schoolmates, and Knew tter than to honest will come with their ox-teams to aw him » help heave up his castle, This fancy picture, It is every-day should not wonder if there were totten beams in that palace. 1 would not wonder if dire sicknesses should smite through the young man, or if God should pour into his cup of life a draught that would thrill him with unbearable agony. 1 should not wonder if his children should become to him a living curse, making his home a pest and a disgrace, I should not wonder if he goes to a mis erable grave, and beyond It iuto the gnashing of teeth, I'he way of the un- godly shall perish, THE BATTLE AND THE STAKES, dom 5. Then ¢éngage in He, I ne My young friends, there is no way to genuine success, except through toil either of the bead or hand, At the battle of Crecy, In 1346, the Prince of Wales, finding himself heavily pressed Ly the enemy, sent word to his futhér for help. The father, watching the battle from a wind-mill, and seeing that his son was not wounded and could gain the day if he would, sent word: “*No, I will not come. Let the boy win his spurs, for, if God will, T desire ‘that this day be his with all its honors,» Young man, fight your own battle, all through, and you shall havé the vic- Lory. Oh, it 1s a battle worth fighting, allowed to go 11 all of us, tence: and boasted of my day's rk, and was T his shuttle was worked well, but that work cost me thirty t We bran hed out ap- plauded, tried Sabuath housand dollars, red, and the 186 heaven was upon me from that day onward.’ While the him 1 1 al en cl of must upon frown tramples Divine who rest this erves it, the week, The song and sermon and sanctuary will hold back from presump- tuous sins, That young man who be- gins the duties of life with either secret venture to prophesy, will meet with no God's curse will fall upon his ship, his store, his office, The down, In one of the old fables it was sald that a wonderful child was born in Bagdad, and a magician could hear his footsteps six thousand miles awry, But I can hear in the footstep of that young man on his way to the house of wore abiip this morning the step not only of a lifetime of usefulness, but the on-coming step of eternal ages of happiness yet millions of years away, A NOBLE IDEAL, and confident expectation of approxi. mating to it, is an infallible defence, The artist completes in his mind the great thought that he wishes to transfor to the canvas or the marble before he tikes up the crayon or the chisel. The — — —— EI SENS before he orders the workmen to begin, and though there may for a long while seem to be nothing but blundering and rudeness, he has in his mind every Corinthian wreath and Gothle arch and Byzantine Capital, The poet ar- ranges his entire plot before he begins to chime the first canto of tingling rhythms. And yet, strange to say, there are men who attempt to build their character without knowing whether in the end it shall be a rude Tartar’s tent or a St. Mark’s of Venice, Men who begin to write the intricate poem of their lives without knowing whether it shall be a Homer's Odyssey or a ryhmester’s botch. Nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand are living without any greats life-plot. Booted and spurred and urging thelr swift hottest haste, I ask: “HALLOO, MAN, WHITHER His response is “Nowhere,” courser in the 3) AWAY? the busy shop or store of many a and taking the plane out of the laying down the yard-stick “What, man, is all this about, so stir, sweat?’ one, say: and between } ght main down teeth and lips. Every day’sduty ou only to be the filling break up of the them Iraw out cruelty falsehi (31 il a8 Color ped, but with ke the palms « kest cloud place w of the dyir t burn the title him to tell He smiled waste your time by a (Go and do your work, and they can do you no I took his counsel, and all was Long ago I made up my mind that if one will put his trust in God and rest, and said ;: “Do not home evil, and all the combined forces earth and hell can do you no damage. And this leads me to say that the mightiest defence for a the possession of RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE, Nothing can take the place of it, may have manners that wounld put to shame the gracefulness and courtesy of a Lord Chesterfield, Foreign languages may drop from his tongue. He may be able to discuss literature and laws and foreign customs, He may wicid a pen of unequalled polish and power, His quickness and tact may qualify him for the highest salary of the counting-house, He may be as sharp as Herod and as strong as Samson, with as fine locks as those which hung Absalom, still he is not safe from contamination, The more elegant his manner. and the more fascinating his dress, the more peril, Satan does not care for the allegiance of # cowardly and illiterate being. He 5 # i service, castle of into efficient But he to storm that character which has in it the most spoils and treasures, It was not craft thie valueless cargo that the pirate atta but the ship full winged and flagg plying between great million of The more natural and acquired accomplishimen the more need of the religion of Jest That does not cut in upon or hack any smoothness of dis ion ol havior, loves BOT creeping along const specie, YOuil po it YMMETRY. woul which IT GIVES 8S It arrests that in the to be arrested, and propels that propelled, 1t fills elevates and gives more beauty, to tact ought which up ought to be gulleys, It I'o beauty it When the impresses the image of God He does not spoil the eanva multitudes young whom religion has acted you col nature that had t been the lea would yield this proposition, enthusiasm. Holy Spirit of one { § SLT I sirengt temp Y ou may now have enough haracter to repel the various I q wield O JTO8S 3 n t ist v of those two young I'lie man who entered was caught in the whirl of temptation. He sank deeper infamy; he was ng man was saved, a he now stands before you to bless God that for twenty vears he has been 1 . 14 taatted and deeper in tejoic a — When Wlees, letarns Danger Bird Island, i spread 4 hat cast its orner of her tin foot ¢ ! ¥ 1 of the Wiles s of a sturdy oak shadow over the northeast father’s broad pasture tapped coquettishiy al violets, stock leaned on the bars, his chin re &t- ing on his hands and his eyes drinki in the charm of Miss Godli's face, bine a pair of Her socks were red, The glaring color caught the eve of a nervous bovine of the male persuasion grazing near her, and with an angry roar he lowered his head and charged straight at the tantalizing hosiery. With a frightened scream the girl fell into George's muscular arms, and he lifted her over the bars just in advance “(Greorge,”’ panted Miss Gosh, as she lay confidingly on his low-cut vest, “George do you know what battle in modern history this reminds me of?" “1 haven't the slightest idea,’”’ mur- mured George, “Bull Run," she lisped, and George's breast hove with sub«dude emotion. If work horses are not in good condi- tion when they commence spring work they will continually get poorer, They are offering twenty-five centa apiece for cats on the San Joaquin River, California, to kill the gopher ground squirrel, SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. Buspay,''e... Judgment and Mercy, LESSON TEXT. Memory verses, 27 . LESSON ay 1887. (Matt, 11: 20.30 PILAN. Toric OF THE QUARTER: Je King in Zion. GorLpex Tex1 FOR THE QUARTER: and the for all that 18 in lweaven and in the carth 1s thine; thine is 11 Lessox Toric: The King fi. Bearcrs Who Repent Not, [Lesson 2. Hearers Who tee Troth, COutilne Hearers Who Accept | (: 01 Come unlo me laden, DEN TEXT that labor an { will qive a ares heavy M i4 SJE . DAILY M. II. Exalted Privilege: i ¢ (3 i ¥ {) \8 1 111 Truth Known Through the Son: ['o the earth; 5) to thu , “Thou d veal.’ 1) The The disclosure of whom hidden: (2) How To whom vealed, rebellious, cand didst re. hiding of truth; truth. ~-{1) From hidden: (3) How dst hi je, {oy {ae} . 1 1. feveaiei, | 4) was well-pleasing in thy (1) The sight of God; (2 good-pleasure of God; (3) The decisions of God, 111, HEARERS WHO ACCEPT CHRIST. I. Humanity's Condition: Ye that labour and are heavy laden (2). As a heaven burden they are too heavy for me (Psa. 38 : 4). Yet is their pride but labour and sorrow ...and lay 23: 4). .. which neither our fathers were able to bear (Acts They bind heavy burdens, them on men’s shoulders { Matt. A yoke.. nor we 15 : 10) IL Chris't Call: Come unto me (28). Come, follow me (Matt, 19 : 21), Come to the marriage feast (Matt, 23 : 4). Come, o> blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom (Matt, 25: 34). unto Oe me, and drink (John 7 Ye shall find rest unto + DOGLng believer's teacher Cure Round Shoulders. ¥ ¥ pert Haw ive + . $ i HOWINDE movements, in wooden duamb-bells, or | movements, will be found if persevered The 1 retiring, any The {i with one-pound beuelicial in. best time is up 1 as the body should ¢ 1 Tising al not 3 be bound in 1. Arms extended horizontally in with palms facing, hand Hold the head erect and the chest out, Then draw the hands in strongly, the elbows passing close to 2. Same position except the hands Swing the hands back to the 3 Hands hanging in their natural po- sition at the sides. Raise the anus slowly, side wise, until the backs of the them as far back as possible, Of course as erect a position as possi ble must be maintained at all times, or the special traning will do no good. Do not be discouraged, for you have been getting that stooped back for years and you musn’texpect to straight. en all of a sudden, Above all things don’t wear shoulder braces, They strengthen the muscles of the chest by the continual resistan while the back muscles are not ed in to action,
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