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1... 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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taatted
and deeper in
tejoic
a —
When
Wlees,
letarns Danger
Bird Island,
i spread 4
hat cast its
orner of her
tin foot
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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
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DAILY
M.
II. Exalted Privilege:
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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.
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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,