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‘tlown hill bfhis Womble-rice out: “I
will leek it yet again. I will try it once
more.”
Our libraries are adorned with an elegant
literature addremed to young men, Noting
out to than all the dungeons and perils of life,
complete maps of the voyage. showing all
therocks. the quichnda, the shook. But
suppme a man hasalready made shipwreck;
suppoae he in alreuly oil the ,truck; supper:
hehasnlmdygomastny, howishc to get
back? That is a field comparatively , unv
touched. lpropoeetoaddres myseltthis
evening to such. There are the. in thishu—
dienee who, with every pasion of their
agouiaed soul, are rmdy to hear this discus.
oion. They compare themselves with what
they weretcn years ago, and cry out from
the bondage in which they are incarcerated.
Now, if there bonny in thishouse,come
Wilhmm yet tooling they are
beyatdtheplool Christian rympathy,uad
thatthesu‘monoan hardly be expected to
address them, then at this moment I give
them my right hand and call them brother.
Look up. There-hi glorious and triumphant
hopefor you yet. i sound the trumpetof .
gospel deliverance. The church is ready to
spread a banquet at your return and the
hierarcha of heaven to fall into line of ban-
ncredprooemiouatthenewsofyouremnnci-
pation- SofarasGodmay helpme, 1 pro,
posetoshow what are the obstacleeof your
returmandtbenhow you are to surmount
those obstacles.
Thetirst dillculty intheway of yourre~
turn is the force of moral gravitation. Just
. as there is a natural law which brings down
to the earth anything which you throw into
the air, so there is a corresponding moral
gravitation. In other words, it is easier to
godownthanit istogo up; itiseosicrtodo
wrong than it is to do right. Call to mind
the comrades of your boyhood days-some of
themgood,aomeofthem bad. Whichmoet
aflected you! Call to mind the anecdotes
thatyou haveheard inthe'last live or ten
years—semen! them are pure andsomeol
them impure. Which the we easily sticks
to your memory? During the yearn of your
life you have formed certain courses of our
duct—some of them good, some of them had.
To which style of habit did you the more
easily yieidl All! my friendar, we have to
take but a moment of self inspection to find
out that there is in all our soulsa form of
moral gravitation. But that gravitation
may be resisted Just as you may nick up
from the earth something and holdit in your ;
hand toward heaven, just so, by the punter l
of God‘s grace,aeoul fallen may be lifted
toward mace, toward pardon, toward heaven.
Force 01 moral gravitation in every one of
us.but power in God's grace toovereorm
that force of moral gravitation.
The next thing in theway of your return h
thepowerof evil habit. I know therearo
thoeewhomyitisveryearyiortbem togive
upevilhahita Idonotbelieve them. Here
isamangivutoiutoxieatiou. Heknews it
isdisgracinghisfamily,d¢atroying hisprop—
erty,ruiniaghim.hody.miud and soul if
. thstmambeinganintelligeut mamand lov-
ing his family, could ean‘ly give up that
habit,wmldhenotdosol The'lact that he
doesnotgiveitnpprovesitkhardtogiveit
up. ltisavryeasythiugtomildown
stream, the tide carrying you with great
tom; but suppom you turn the heat up
stream, iriteoeasythentomwiti As long
asweyield to the evil inclinations in‘our
hearts and our bad habits, we are nailing
down stream; hit the moment we try to
turn, wepntourboatintherapidsjmtabova
Niagara, and try to row up steam. Take a
assoondaretoputmyrlghthand inthedre
asonoetoindulgo in it. Whyt Became it
wasnehatarriblestruggle to get over 3.
Now,letamanheadvised byhis physician
togiveupthsuseottobaeoo. Hague-around
what to dowith himself. He
completendget. Whatpowu-hitthathae
rolleda waveofwoaovertheearthend
Er
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pence upon blur like e peek at
was with their melee tearing ‘eweyat
the drain of one poor reindeer. in Paris
than is a monitored Willem d
Mmmgodofmvehy. Hoistidlngen
a pandaor at full leap. Oh] how suggestive.
lateral-yonuwhh needing on bad ways
umlmtand he is not riding a docile and
well Mac-teed, but he h riding a monster
wild and blmalthiroty, going at a dmth loop.
now many there are who "mire on a be!”
life. and say: "When shall i nwnlrol'I
but, used on by their old mun, cry: ,“l
will", items, m; i will seek it yet
lulu!” Yuan am there were unu Prime
“Wm were skating and the ice
was very thin, and more one worm-d the
,' thou-the all-inland
"' warned than warmly to leave
tit-place. But one you; man with bravado.
ah all the rat had stopped,cried out:
“Oneroundmorer' lie swept» annual, and
watdowmaud was .bswght out it counts.
I] kinda, We are thousands and tens of
Wise! men being their eouis inthat
way. it h the one mid umre.
gran: tousay thatifamanwants to
e practices pasty repulse-
3hha. Desiring torefonn. honeys: “New. I
will shake oi! rnyoid amiatcs,andlwill
find Christian mmpunionship.” And be ap-
pears at the church door some Sabbath day,
and the usher greet him with a look as much
auto say: “Why. you here! You, are the
lastman I ever expected to son at church!
Come, take this seat right down by the
door.” Instead of saying, ”Good morning;
I am glad you are here. Conic, I will give
you a first rate seat, right up by the pulpit.”
Well, the prodigal, not yet discouraged, our
ter- a prayer meeting, and name Christian
man, with more real than common sense,
uyl: “Glad to see you; the dying thief was
five-hand lsuppoeetbereisnmy for you.”
The young man, disgusted, chilled, throws
himself on hisdignity, resolved be will never
enter into the house of God again. Perhaps
notqnite fully discouraged about reforma—
tion, he aides up by some highly respectable
mheueedtoknow, going down the street,
andimmediately therespcctahle mauhesan
errand down some other street Well, the
prodigal wishingto return takes some monk
beroi' aChristiah nauticiation by the band,
C trio-ta The Christian young man looks
athim,looksat the faded apparel and the
marks of dissipation, instead oi giving him a
warm grip of the hand, otters him the tip
ends of the long fingers of the left hand,
which is equal to striking a man in the fowl
Oh! how few Christian people understand
how much force and gospel there i» in o
good, honest hand shaking. Sometimes,
when you have felt the need of encourage.
ment, and some Christian man has taken
you heartily by the band, have you not felt
thrilling through every fiber of your body,
mind and soul an encouragement that was
just what you needed? You do not linmv
anything at all about this unless you lino“
when a man tries to return 1mm evil mums
of cmuluct he runs against repulsions innu—
merable. Wesayoteomeman,helivmnhlock
or two from the church, or half a mile [mm
the church. There are people in ourcrowded
cities who live 1,01!) mih irons church. \‘lurt
deserts of indill‘erence between them and the
homeofGod. Thefactiswe mnetlrecponr
respectability. though thousands and tons of
thormnds perish. Christ sat with publicnns
and sinners. But if there came to the house
of God a man with marks of dissipation upon
him people almost threw up their hands in
horror, as much osto nay: “isn't it slim-l:-
ing?" flow time dainty, fastidious Chris-
tians in all our churches are going to get into
heaven 1 don't know. union they have an es-
pecial train of cars, cmhionul and uphol-
stered, each one a earto himself. They can-
not go with the great horde of publicans and
sinners. Ohl yo who curl your lip of scorn
at the fallen, Itell you plainly, if you had
been surrounded by the same influences, in.
stead of sitting today amid the cultured.
and the refined, and the Christian, you would
have been a crouching mud: in stalllrnr
ditch. covered with filth and abomination.
Itianotbeeause you are naturally any bet,
tembutbecause the mercy of Godhaspro-
tected you. Who are you, that, brought up
in Christian circles andwaiched by Christian
parentage, yourhonldhesohardon the
fallen?
1 think men also are often hindered from
return by thefaet that churchesare too anx-
imabmttbeirmunbenhipand tooanxious
about their denomination, and they rush out
whenthey seeamaaabouttogiro nphissin
and rsturnto God, and ask him how he is
gdng to be btptiaod, whotllu' by sprinkling
cimnrerdon, and what kind of a church he
hgoing tojoln. Oh! my frieuh, it isa poor
time to talk about Prabyterinn enthechisma,
and Episoopd liturgies, and Methodist love
Mandbaptistriestoamanthat is com-
lngoutofthodarknalot sin into the glori-
u- light of the ml. Why, it reminds me
damdmnmgmthmandahtelmt
puts out fit him,aiultheman intbe boat
.ystothernanoutofthe boat: “Now, if i
get you ashore, are you going tolive on my
streeti" Fiat get him ashore, and then talk
about the non-enurtiak of religion. Who
cares what church he joins, if he only joins
Child and star-ta for heaven! 0h! yonought
to have, my brother, an lllumined tom and
hearty grin forever-y onothat tries toturu
tremble evil way. Take holdof tiresome
hook with him though his direipatione slmke
the book, remembering that “he that con-
thetharinner franthe errorof his ways
diall are a soul from death and hide a mul—
tihlde of sin"
Now, lhaverhownyou tbemolntaclea ha-
auselwantyou to malentaml l knowall
thedlflcultleeintbeway; but i am now to
tell you how Hannibal may scale liloAlpu.
and bow the-buckles may be nurivch-d. mid
isn'thapatho‘ virtue forsaken may be ro-
ninld. First of all. my brother, "War
on and. Go to him frankly, and
earnstlymndtall Him three habits you have,
and-thin“ there h anyhelp in all the
resource-oi Omnipotent love, to give it to
m Donut Infilthd Wristbands ‘a-opla
all prayermade up at “oh" and “am," and
“tmaadm,anaast'oetetmlnmlcry
flor heipl helpl helpl and if you canmrtcry
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When will be M wounded mm W; he
readytotalw met them” and men my
ehmuhthere went in some twenty or thirty
man and women to look after these pom
wounded follows. As they tame, muefm
empartet wound, seine tromauother, no
uneaskedwhether this man was from Ore-
gon, or from Manchu-alts. or from Minno»
sets, or iron: New York. There was a
wounded midisr, and the only quest-ion was
how to lake or! the rags the mom gently. and
put on the inndage, and administer the
cordial. And when a soul mum to God, lie
does notuk Where you more from or what
your amenity was. Heeling for all your
wounds. Pardon {or all your guilt. t'olu-
tart tor all your troubles
Thu-bod «until you! yoummt to
get back. tooult all your bad m‘lflllbnfl.
One unholy intimacy will fill your soul with
moral distemper. in oil the ages of the
church there box not been an honour-c where
a man kept one evil Willie and was in»
formed. (to home today, open your desk,
take out letter palm, stamp and envelope,
and then write a letter uomething lilac this:
“My Old Companions—i start this day for
haven. Until lam pounded you will join
me in this, farewell." ’
Then sign your name and send the Ivttcr
by the first put. Gwe up your bad mm-
panlons or give up heaven. it in not ten had
companions that dutmy a man, nor five hull
companions, nor thus» had companions, our
two bad emrilmnions, but one. What chance
is tirere for that young man i saw along the
atreet, four or liege; young men with him.
halting in front of a grogshop, urging him to
go in, ho‘ resisting, violently Milling, until
after-K while they fin-co him to go in! it was
summer night and the door was left opem
and 1 law theproceas. They held him fast,
and they put the cup to his lips. and they
forced downthe strong drink. What chance
is there for such a young man!
1 counsel you, also, seek Christian advice.
Every Christian man is bound to help you.
If you find in) other human ear willing to
listen to your litory at struggle, come to me,
andlwill bycveryeympathyot my Ml",
and ovary prayer. and everytoil of my band,
stand beside you in the struggle for rcfornur
tion; and as i hope to have my own sins for-
given, and hope to be acquitted at the judg-
meht mat of Christ, i will not betruyyou.
First of all, seek God; then reel: Christian
counsel Gather up all the energies of body,
mind and soul, and, appealing to God for
success, declare this day evr-rhrsting war
against all drinking habits, all gaming prac-
tices, all boom of sin. Half and half work
will amount to nothing; it must be a Water-
loo. Shrink back now and you amidst. Push
on and you are saved. A Spartan general
fell at the very moment of victory, but he
dipped his finger in his own blood, and wrote
on a rock near which he was dying: "Sp-ma
has conquered.” Though your struggle to
get rid of sin may seem to be almond a death
struggle, you can dip your finger in your
own blood, and write on the Rock of Ages:
“Victory though our Lord Jesus Christ." Oh!
what glorious news it would be for some of
these young men to send home to their
parents in the country. They go to the post
office every day or two to see if there are any
letters from you. How anxious they are to
hear! Nothing would please them half so
much as the news you might send home to-
morrow that. you had given your heart to
God i know how it is in the country. The
night comes on The cattle stand under the
rack through which bursts the muses of
bay. The horses just having lriskul up
through the meadow at the night fall. stand
knee deep in the bright straw that mviu-s
them to lie down and rest. The porch of the =
hovel is full of low], their feet warm under
the feathers. in the old farm house at night
no candle is lighted, for the flames clap their
hands about the great backlog, and shake
the shadow of the group up and down the
wall. Father and mother sit there for half
an hour, saying nothing. i wonder what
they are thinking of. Alter a while the
father breaks the silence and says: "Well, i
wonder where our boy is in town tonight?1
and the mother answers: “In no bad place. I
warrant you; we always could trust him
when he was home, and since he has been
away tin-re hnve been so many prayers
Ullt'l'ml for blur we can trust him still."
Then at a o‘clock—for they retire curly iu
themuntry—nt 5 o'clock they knccl down
and comunnd you to that God who Watchm
in muntry and in town, on the land and on
the sea.
Sumo one said to a (lrccimr general:
':What was the proudest moment of your
lite!“ Ho tlmught a moment and said: "The
proudest nuunont of my life was when I sent
went home to my parents that i had gained
the victory." And the proudest and most
brilliant moment in your life will be the in.»
meat when you can em] word to your par-
outs in the (poultry that you have conquered
your evil habits, by the grace of God. and
become eternal Vim. ‘ Ulli despise not
parmtal anxiety. The time will come win :1
you will have neither fatlur nor mother, and
you will go round the place where they mod
to watch and find them gone from the house,
andgone fmmthe field, and gone fromtho
neighborhlod. t‘ryas loud for forglvomm
as you may over the mound in the church~
ygnl'thoy will not answer. Dead! Druid!
And then you will take out the white lock of
and yo. will our and think, and wish mi
had done just as they wanted you to,and
would give the world if you had uoverthnmt
apangthrough their dear old hearts. God
pity the young man who has brought dis
grace on hie father‘s norm. God pity the
m me who When his mother'u
m I he
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