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TOUXG MAN BEWARE !
THC PITFALLS POINTED OUT
BY DR. TALM AGE.
HakK the Ilome rleant for the Boy
Keep Holy the Sahbatli Day Teach
Indastrj ami Integrity Always
Glories of Virtue.
A5IITVP.TnM n .
5 C. Nov. 24, 1895.
ft In his sermon to
vW Y day, Rev. Dr. Tal-
mage, preacning to
the usual crowded
audience, took up a
subject of univer-
KY-"V interest to
VrAXL youne men. His
text was selected
from 2. Samuel 18:
T3: "ls the young man Absalom saie:
The heart of David, the father, was
trapped up in his boy Absalom. He
was a splendid boy, judged by the rules
of worldly criticism. From the crown
of his head to the sole of his foot there
was not a single blemish. The Bible
says that he had such a luxuriant
shock of hair that when once a year it
was shorn, what was cut off weighed
over three pounds. But, notwithstand
ing all his brilliancy of appearance, he
ws a bad boy, and broke his father's
hearL He was plotting to get the
throne of Israel. He had marshalled an
army to overthrow his father's govern
ment. The day of battle had come. The
conflict was begun, David, the father,
sat between the gates of the palace
waiting for the tidings of the conflict.
Oh, how rapidly his heart beat with
taiotion. Two great questions were to
decided; the safety of his boy, and
the continuance of the throne of
I.-rael. After awhile, a servant, stand
ing on the top of the house, looks off,
and sees some one running. He is corn
in? with great speed, and the man on
top cf the house announces the coming
of the messenger, and the father watch
es and waits, and as soon as the mes
Efrcr from the field of battle comes
within hailing distance, the father cries
out. Is it a question in regard to the
establishment of his throne? Does he
say: "Have the armies of Israel been
victorious? Am I to continue in my im
perial authority? Have I overthrown
my enemies?" Oh! no. There is one
question that springs from his heart to
the lip, and springs from the lip into
the ear of the besweated and bedusted
messenger flying from the battlefield
the question, "Is the young man Ab
salom safe?" "When it was told to Da
vid, the King, that, though his armies
had been victorious, his son had been
plain, the father turned his back upon
the congratulations of the nation, and
wnt up the stairs to his palace, his
hart breaking as he went, wringing
his hands sometimes, and then again
pressing them against his temples as
though he would press them in, crying:
"Oh! Absalom! my son! my son! Would
Cod I had died for thee, Oh, Absalom!
my son! my son!"
My friends, the question which David,
the King, asked In regard to his son,
is the question that resounds to-day in
the hearts of hundreds of parents. Yea,
there are a great multitude of young
men who know that the question of the
txt is appropriate when asked in re
gard to them. They know the tempta
tions by which they are surrounded;
they see bo many who started life with
as good resolutions as they have who
have fallen in the path, and they are
ready to hear me ask the question of my
text: "Is the young man Absalom
safe?" The fact is that this life is full
of peril. He who undertakes it with
out the grape of God and a proper un
derstanding of the conflict into which
he is going, must certainly be defeated.
Just look off upon society to-day. Look
at the shipwreck of men for whom fair
things were promised, and who started
life with every advantage. Look at
Those who have dropped from high so
cial position, and from great fortune,
disgraced for time, disgraced for eter
nity. All who sacrifice their integrity
come to overthrow. Take a dishonest
dollar and bury it in the center of the
earth, and keep all the rocks of the
mountain on top of it; then cover these
rocks with all the diamonds of Gol
eonda, and all the silver of Nevada, and
all the gold of California and Australia,
and put on the top of these all banking
and moneyed institutions, and they
cannot keep down that one dishonest
dollar. That one dishonest dollar in
the center of the earth will begin to
heave and rock and upturn itself until
It comes to the resurrection of damna
tion. "As the partridge sittetu on
esgs and hatcheth them not, so he that
petteth riches and not by right shall
leave them in the midst of his 'days,
.and at his end shall be a fool."
Now, what are the safeguards of
young men? The first safeguard of
which I want to speak is a love of home.
There are those who have no Idea of
the pleasures that concentrate around
that word "home." Perhaps your early
abode was shadowed with vice or pov
erty. Harsh words, and petulance, and
scowling may have destroyed all the
sanctity of that spot. Love, kindness,
and self-sacrifice, which have built
their altars in so many abodes, were
strangers in your father's house. God
pity you, young man; you never tad a
home. But a multitude in this audi
ence can look back to a spot that they
can never forget. It may have been a
lowly roof, but you cannot think of it
now without a dash of emotion. You
ave seen nothing on earth that so
stirred your soul. A stranger passing
along that place might eee nothing re
markable about it; but oh! how much
r means to you. Fresco on palace wall
does not mean eo much to you as those
rough-hewn rafters. Parks and bow
ers and trees on fashionable watering
Mace or country-seat do not mean eo
much tc you as that brook that ran in
.front of the plain farm house, and sing
ing cmder the weeping willows. The
barred gateway swung open by por
ter in full dress, does not mean as much
to you as that swing gate, your sister
on one side of it, and you on the other;
she gone fifteen years ago into glory.
That scene coming back to you to-day,
as you swept backward and forward on
the gate, singing the scugs of your
childhood. But there are those here
who have their second dwelling place.
It Is your adopted home. That also is
sacred forever. There you established
the first family altar. There your chil
dren were born. In that room flapped
the wing of the death angel. Under that
roof, when your work is done, you ex
pect to lie down and die. There is
only ne word In all the language that
can convey your idea of that place, and
that word is "home." Now, let me say
that I never knew a man who was faith
ful to his early and adopted home who
was given over at the same time to
any gross form of wickedness. If you
find more enjoyment In the club room,
in the literary society, in the art salon,
than you do In these unpretending
home pleasures, you are on the road to
ruin. Though you may be cut off from
your early associates, and though you
may be separated from all your kin
dred, young man. Is there not a room
somewhere that you can call your own?
Though it be the fourth story of a third
class boarding house, into that room
gather books, pictures and a harp.
Hang your mother's portrait over the
mantel. Bid unholy mirth stand back
from that threshold. Consecrate some
spot in that room with the knee of
prayer. By the memory of other days,
a father's counsel, a mother's love, and
a sister's cot fidence, call it home.
Another safeguard for these young
men is industrious habit. There are a
great many people trying to make their
way through the world with their wits
Instead of by honest toil. There is a
young man who comes from the coun
try to the city. He fails twice before
he is as old as his father was when he
first saw the spires of the great city. He
is seated in his room at a rent of two
thousand dollars a year, waiting for
the banks to declare their dividends
and the stocks to run up. After awhile
he gets Impatient. He trie3 to improve
his penmanship by making copyplates
of other merchants' signatures! Never
mind all is right in business. After
awhile he has his estate. Now is the
time for him to retire to the country,
amid the flocks and the herds, to cul
ture the doemstic virtues.
Now the young men who were his
schoolmates in boyhood will come, and
with their ox teams draw him logs,
and with their hard hands will help to
heave up the castle. That Is no fancy
sketch; it is every-day life. I should
not wonder if there were a rotten beam
in that palace, I should not wonder if
God should smite him with dire sick
nesses, and pour into his cup a bitter
draught that will thrill him with un
bearable agony. I should not wonder
If that man's children grew up to be to
him a disgrace, and to make his life a
shame. I should not wonder If that man
died a dishonorable death, and were
tumbled into a dishonorable grave, and
then went into the-gnashing of teeth.
The way of the ungodly shall perish.
Another safeguard that I want to pre
sent to young men is a high ideal of
life. Sometimes soldiers going into bat
tle shoot into the ground Instead of
into the hearts of their enemies. They
are apt to aim too low, and it is very
often that the captain, going into con
flict with his men, will cry out, "Now,
men, aim high!" The fact is that In
life a great many men take no aim at
all. The artist plans out his entire
thought before he puts it upon canvas,
before he takes up the crayon or the
chisel. An architect thinks out the en
tire building before the workmen be
gin. Although everything may seem
to be unorganized, that architect has
in his mind every Corinthian column,
every Gothic arch, every Byzantine
capital. A poet thinks out the entire
plot of his poem before he begins to
chime the cantos of tinkling rhymes.
And yet there are a great many men
who start the important structure of
life without knowing whether it is go
ing to be a rude Tartar's hut, or a St.
Mark's Cathedral, and begin to write
out the intricate poem of their life
without knowing whether it is to be a
Homer's "Odyssey" or a rhymester's
botch. Out of one thousand, nine hun
dred and ninety-nine have no life-plot.
Booted and spurred and caparisoned,
they hasten along, and I run out and
say: "Hallo, man! Whither away?"
"Nowhere!" they say. Oh! young man,
make every day's duty a filling up of,
the great life-plot. Alas! that there
should be on this sea of life so many
ships that seem bound for no port. They
are swept every whither by wind and
wave, up by the mountains and down
by the valleys. They sail with no
chart. They gaze on no star. They
long for no harbor. Oh! young man,
have a high ideal and press to it, and it
will be a mighty safeguard. There
never were grander opportunities open
ing before young men than are opening
now. Young men of the strong arm,
and of the stout heart, and of the
bounding step, I marshall you to-day
for a great achievement.
Another safeguard is a respect for
the Sabbath. Tell me how a young man
spends his Sabbath, and I will tell you
; what are his prospects in business, and
I I will tell you what are his prospects
! for the eternal world. God has thrust
j Into our busy life a sacred day whey
I we are to look after our souls. Is it
exorbitant, after giving six days to the
feeding and clothing of these perisha
ble bodies, that God should demand one
day for the feeding and clothing of the
immortal soul?
There is another safeguard that I
want to present. I have saved it until
the last because I want It to be the
more emphatic. The great safeguard
for every young man is the Christian
religion. Nothing- can take the place
of it. You may have gracefulness
enough to put to the blush Lord Ches
terfield, you may have foreign lan
guages dropping from your tongue, you
may discuss laws and literature, you
may have a pen of unequaled polish
and power, you may have so much bus
iness tact that you can get the largest
salary in a banking house, you may
be as sharp as Herod and as strong as
Sarascn, and with as long locks as
those which hung Absalom, and yet
you have no safety against temptation.
Some of you look forward to life with
great despondency. I know it. I see
it in your faces from tme to time. You
say: "All the occupations and profes
sions are full, and there's no chance for
me." Oh! young man, cheer up, I will
tell you how you can make your for
tune. Seek first the kingdom of God
and his righteousness, and all other
things will be added. I know you do
not want to be mean in this matter.
You will not drink the brimming cup
of life, and then pour the dregs on
God's altar. To a generous Saviour you
will not act like that; you have not the
heart to act like that. That is not
manly. That is not honorable. That is
not brave. Your great want is a new
heart, and in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ I tell you so to-day, and
the blessed Spirit presses through the
solemnities of this hour to put the cup
of life to your thirsty lips. Oh! thrust
it not back. Mercy presents it bleed
ing mercy, long-suffering mercy. De
spise all other friendships, prove re
creant to all other bargains, but de
spise God's love for your dying soul
do not do' that. There comes a crisis in
a man's life, and the trouble is he does
not know it is the crisis. I got a letter
in which a man says to me:
"I start out now to preach the Gospel
of righteousness and temperance to the
people. Do you remember me? I am
the man who appeared at the close of
the service when you were worshiping
in the chapel after you came from Phil
adelphia. Do you remember at the
close of the sermon a man coming up
to you all a-tremble with conviction,
and crying out for mercy, and tellir,3
you he had a very bad business, an 1
he thought he would change it? That
was the turning point in my history.
I gave up my bad business. I gave my
heart to God, and the desire to 6erve
him has grown upon me all these
years, until now woe is unto me if 1
preach not the Gospel."
That Sunday night was the turning
point of that young man's history. This
very Sabbath hour will be the turning
point in the history of a hundred young
men in this house. God help us. I once
stood on an anniversary platform with
a clergyman who told this marvelous
story. He said:
"Thirty years ago two young men
started out to attend Park Theater,
New York, to see a play which made
religion ridiculous and hypocritical.
They had been brought up In Christian
families. They started for the theater
to see that vile play, and their early
convictions came back upon them. They
felt it was not right to go, but still they
went. They came to the door of the
theater. One of the young men stopped
and started for home, but returned and
came up to the door, but had not the
courage to go in. He again started for
home, and went home. The other young
man went in. He went from one degree
of temptation to another. Caught in the
whirl of frivolity and sin, he sank lower
and lower. He lost his business posi
tion. He lost his morals. He iost hit
soul. He died a dreadful death, not
one star of mercy shining on it. I stand
before you to-day," said that minister,
"to thank God that for twenty years I
have been permitted to preach the Gos
pel. I am the other young man."
Klectrlclty In Art.
Electric lighting Is to be applied to
art in Brussels. On the Anspach me
morial St. Michael is represented on
horseback slaying the dragon. The
6word will be made to blaze like a
sword of fire, lights will be put in the
saint's .eyes and in the insides of the
dragon.
RAM'S HORNS.
The worst deception is self-deception.
A good thought planted in good soil
will grow.
" The real coward is the one who is
afraid to do right.
It is impossible to love God until his
word Is believed.
When bad men are elected to office
the devil rules the city.
We can't keep away from other peo
ple and know, ourselves.
The man who never gives away any
thing, cheats himself.
It is hard to please the man who
never knows what he wants.
As soon as Eve took the forbidden
fruit the devil had an army.
Don't go security for the man who
runs his boots down at the heel.
The sermon that most pleases may
not be the one that most helps.
The recording angel never gets any
information from a gravestone.
The more a Christian grows in grace
the less he thinks of himself.
He is not very good who is not better
than his friends imagine him to be.
God can say much to the poor that
he cannot make known to the rich.
A lie trembles all over whenever It
discovers that truth is on its track.
Love to God and neighbor is the only
law needed for the good of men.
Try to count your mercies, and many
of your troubles will be rubbed out:
If we have only given Christ a second
place, we haven't given him any.
The poorest man In the world is th
one who gets rich by selling whisky.
A fool will be all his life in learning
what the wise can see at a glance.
In taking revenge a man is but even
with his enemy; in passing it, he la
superior.
Before Jesus taught his disciples to
pray, he taught them how to give.
THE SUNDAT SCHOOL.
' LESSON X, SUNDAY, DECEMBER
8 DAVID AND GOLIATH.
Golden Text: The Itattle la the Lord's
1 Samuel, 17:41 Coliath, the
Champion of the Philistines, Ooea
Down Before David.
NTROD UCTORT :
The events here re
corded transpired
about 1063 B. C. Saul
-was still King of Is
rael. David was about
20 years old. I. In
the fertile plains along
the coast, southwest of
the Israelites, lived
the fierce and warlike
race of the Philistines
(from whom the name
Palestine is derived).
These people wereoften made God's In
strument for the punishment of the sins of
his people. After Saul's disobedience it
is said that "there was sore war against
the Philistines all the days of Saul"
(14: 52). "The mode of warfare pursued
by them was of the guerilla description.
They made a series of sudden raids on un
protected places for purposes of plunder. At
the time of this lesson their central camp
was In the valley of Elah, near Shochoh.
The hills on either side are seven hundred
to eight hundred feet high, running nearly
east and west. Through the middle of the
valley wound a ravine with steep sides, the
bed of the winter torrents, "forming a natu
ral defence to any force drawn up on either
side of it. The Philistines were encamped
on the southern slopes; and Saul had assem
bled an army of defence on the northern,
with the valley between, and neither army
dared to leave Its position, and make an at
tack across the ravine, whose steeps sides
would give the enemy a great advantage.
II. Goliath, the Champion of the Philis
tines. While the armies were in this posi
tion, within sight and speaking distance of
each other across the ravine, there came
out from the Philistine ranks a giant cham
pion, who proposed that the Israelites should
send forth a warrior to meet him, and have
the whole battle decided by a single com
bat. III. The Challenge. Thus armed and
plumed, the giant stalked down into the val
ley in sight of Saul's camp, and in a voice
answering to his huge form defied the armies
of Israel morning and evening for forty days.
It "reminds us of De Dohun at Dannockburn,
or of the Norman Taille-fer at Senlac."
IV. David Visits the Army. The three
oldest of David's brothers were in the army
of Saul, only about ten miles from home,
and Jesse, feeling anxious for news about
them, sent .David to the camp with some
fresh provisions. It was the fortieth day of
Goliath's challenge when David reached the
camp, and heard bis haughty words. He
soon took in the state of affairs. Ills in
quiries and comments brought upon him the
rebuke of his oldest brother. But he kept
on till his words came to the ears of Saul.
All this, and bis practice with the sling, and
his conflict with the lion and the bear in
previous days were Decessary steps to his
great victory.
V. The Israelites' Champion, David. Vs.
Z-i0. It is well to mark the moral qualities
which David manifests, and which make him
a worthy champion, and without which he
would either have failed altogether, or
diminished the value of the victory.
38. And Saul armed David .with his armor,
and he put a helmet of brass upon his head;
also he armed him with a coat of mail.
39. And David girded his sword upon his
armor, and he assayed to go; for be had
not proved it. And David said unto Saul,
I cannot go with these; for I have not
proved them. And David put them off blm.
40. And he took his staff in his band,- and
chose him five smooth stones out of the
brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag
which he had. even in a scrip; and his sling
was in his hand: and he drew near to the
Philistine.
41. And the Philistine came on and drew
near unto David; and the man that bare
the shield went before him.
42. And when the Philistine looked about,
and saw David, he disdained him: for he
was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair
countenance.
43. And the Philistine said unto David, Am
I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?
And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44. And the Philistine said to David, Come
to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the
fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the
field.
45. Then said David to the Philistine,
Thou comest to me with a sword and with a
spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee
in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God
of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast de
fied. 46. This day will the Lord deliver thee
Into mine hand, and I will smite thee; and
take thine head from thee; and I will give
the carcasses of the host of the Philistines
this day unto the fowls of the air, and to
the wild beasts of the earth; that all ths
earth may know that there is a God in Is
rael. 47. And all this assembly shall know that
the Lord saveth not with sword and spear; for
the battle is the Lord's, and he will give
you into our hands.
43. And it came to pass, when the Philis
tine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet
David, that David hasted, and ran toward the
army to meet the Philistine.
49. And David put his hand in his bag.
and took thence a stone, and slang It, and
smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the
stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell
upon his face to the earth.
50. So David prevailed over the Philistine
with a sling and h stone, and smote the
Philistine, and Blew him; but there was no
sword In the hand of David.
51. Therefore David ran, and stood upon
the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew
it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him,
and cut off his head therewith. And when
the Philistines saw their champion was dead,
they fled.
Agony Easy to Rear,
Husband Now, my darling, be sure
to write to me the moment you arrive
at your sister's, telling me all about
your Journey, and exactly how you felt
after the wearing ride. I shall be in
an agony of suspense until I hear that
you have arrived safely and in good
health,
Wife Oh, I won't .wait to write. I'll
se,nd you a nice, long telegram.
Husband Um that is very thought
ful, my angel; but er these telegraph'
companies are very unreliable. Put
your telegram In an envelope and mall
it to me, and then I'll be sure to get
It. Here's a two-cent stamp.
GEMS OF THOUGHT.
Vanity is a poison of agreeableness.
Greville.
What makes life dreary Is want of
motive. George Eliot.
Get your enemies to read your works
in order to mend them, for your friend
is so much like your second self that he
will Judge too much like you. Pope.
Humanity Is divided into pounds,
shillings and pence. The pound rule,
the shilling trade and the pence labor.
The unconsidered trifles are the farta
lngs. Labouchere.
IK
The Modern Ideal Kitchen.
'The Ideal Kitchen" is treated at
length, described in detail by James
Thompson, and illustrated in the La
dies' Home Journal. Mr. Thompson
says that in the model kitchen of the
present the walls should be of glazed
tyles or enameled brick to the height
of six or seven feet. In place of these,
painted brick or plaster may be used.
Soapstone is also excellent. The tiles
or brick should be carried clear to the
floor; no wooden baseboards must be
used. The floor should be of tiles,
plain mosaic, stone or cement, all hard
and dirt-resisting and easily kept clean.
Have as little woodwork as possible,
and what you are obliged to have let it
be plain, with as few joints and crev
ices as possible. Your cook will at first
object to this style of flooring, but a
few days' care of this cleanly surface
will convince her.
Quiet Reception Dress.
Any pretty silk with a fancy neck
dressing is in good taste for an elderly
lady who does not go out a great deal,
writes Isabel Mallon in December La
dies' Home Journal. If she fancies It,
a dainty bonnet may be worn, though
I think it in better taste at an evening?
affair at a private house for the head to
be uncovered. Black satin, brilliant
with black jets, softened with frills of
black lace, makes a rich 'and fashiona
ble gown for the matron, while for the
younger woman all the pretty floured,
striped and chine silks are in good
form Silks showing changeable back
grounds with brocade figures upon
them are advocated by the dealers, but
I confess myself to not caring for them,
inasmuch as they look better suited to
covering- a chair than making a lady's
gown.
WHERE GRAIN CROWS.
Manitoba's magnificent crop of 1895
demonstrates the wonderful fertility
and productiveness of the soil of that
western Canadian province. The yield
of wheat on 1,145,276 acres was about
35,000,000 bushels; of oats, nearly 30,
000,000 bushels on 482,578 acres; of bar
ley, 6,000,000 on 153,839 acres, and there
were besides 1,250,000 bushels of flax,
65,000 bushels of rye and 25,000 bushels
of peas. This is an average of over 30
bushels of wheat to the acre, of 60 bush
els of oats, and of 39 bushels of barley;
and this immense crop was safely har
vested by 25,000 farmers, many of whom
settled in Manitoba within the past ten
years with very little capital except in
dustry and energy, and some with little
or no experience whatever in farming.
In the aggregate these 25,000 farmers
have averaged 2,880 bushels of grain of
all kinds; and besides this have pro
duced magnificent crops of roots, pota
toes, cabbages, onions and garden vege
tables of all kinds. They havs shipped
to eastern markets, in addition, thou
sands of head of sleek cattle and large
numbers of sheep. And all this has
been accomplished without the expen
diture of one dollar for artificial fer
tilizers and with a very small outlay for
wages.
Beyond this province are fertile lands
and a ranching country stretching miles
to the foothills of the Rocky Moun
tans. These are divided into the dis
tricts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and
Alberta. The eastern part of the t inn
er Is also admirably adapted for wheat
raising and mixed far "ling, and the
western part of the district and the
southern half of Alberta combine to
furnish the great cattle rancnes of the
northwest, there being countless acres
of prairie land on which grow the most
nutritious grasses on the continent.
Northern Alberta, to which have
flocked in recent years thousands of set
tlers from Nebraska, Kansas, Wash
ington and other states, is the poor
man's paradise, and although it has
only had the advantages of railway
communication since 1891, is rapidly
filling up. There is practically no tax
ation in these districts, except for ed
ucational purpo3es, and each one pos
sesses every requmr in climate, soil,
fuel, water, etc. that the most favored
old settled countries eujy. No coun
try, is more prosperous than thU Cana
dian northwest, and to none will there
be a larger immigration, as its won
derful productiveness becomes known.
TuIiih.
Clander, where do you s'pose twins
tome fromV asked Majorie during her
visit in the country.
"From under cabbages. I puess." an
swered jrr;indpa carelessly, as he busily
set out a louif row of young cabtages
beside the garden path.
Some time after at ." in the. morning.
Majorie was found kneeling in her
nirht-dress in the path industriously
pulling out the very last of grandpa's
youns cabbages: llounee at her s de.
regarding uneasily his "tiny mistress
and the row of uprooted greens. . At a
cry of protest 'from grandpa, Majorie
answered sweetly:
Don't upset yourself, erandpa: 111
plant 'em again. Me and IJounee are
hnnting for twins, and we want 'etn all
girls. ' ilu(ii'e.
A bich ro.Ier rolls mility !ov toward
the latter end of Lis career.
God wants us to rejoice always, be-
cause there 13 always some good rea-
son why we should.
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