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OKMONDSVILLE, ~ - N. C.
WEDNESDAY, July 12, 1893.
A WORD TO YOUNG
CHRISTIANS
true self is never seen. You! for charity. Let us follow this 'vatcs {Trace. The knowledge in this'hidden- impulse to do
cannot grow spiritually, which t example.” He iir.meadiately ^ of good books “is the food of our best.—Rol)crt Coll_vei‘,
after all is the dviel thing, with- passed the hat for the colleotion youth, the delight of age, the 1 jgo innn is rich cnongli to
out devotional reading. The for the deserving old man.! ornament of prosperity, the | Reep him out of the kingdom
“Good books, like good
friends, are few and chosen;
the more select the more en
joyable,” and to these wisequo-
tations we will add “the more
profitable.” Our friendships in
fluence our character very
strangely. The thought, speech,
and manner, especially of young
people, take color from their as-
sociates. So it is a matter of
serious consideration that you,
my young friend, should have
your friends “few and chosen.”
But I wish to say a word just
now more particularly about
-your reading. A book may
have even more influence over
usthan a living presence. Sure
ly it cannot be necessary to
speak here about impure or im
moral books or papers. I can
not believe that any one who
reads a Christian paper would
tolerate that which w-ould brim
a blush of shame to the cheek
Bible stands first for this. We
.“grow thereby” both intellectu
ally and spiritually; but there
are many deeply spiritual books
that are the outcome of Bible
inspiration. Let these summer
hours be rich with the compan
ionship of pure and elevating
thoughts. For
“After you have quite forgot
Or all outgrown somevanished ihowght,
Back to your mind to make its home,
A dove or raven, it •will come.”
Selected.
Mr. Bucher did not give a pen
ny, but he gave something bet
ter—his ability.
So the ability of the young
of to-day is not to be prized so
much for what it is in itself, but
for what it may become. Let
the church, then, prize and di
rect the power, present anc po
tential, that is hidden in its grow
ing numbers of youngpeopL.—
Religious Telescope.
THE CHURCH AND
YOUNG PEOPLE.
The relation of yOung people
to the church is a vital one.
The aggressive spirit that dis
tinguishes the church of Christ
to-day is largely due to the rec
ognition of this relation. This
spirit is not restricted to the
schools, to the industrial arts, to
the professions, or to political
life, although these are given
unusual public prominence at
this time. No, the church is
now feeling as never before the
propelling force of a new life,
if it were known. But let me divine,
say, if the temptation to read
that which you would be ashamed
to read aloud to your mother ev'
er comes to you, be sure it i;
from the Evil One himself, and
put it from you as you would a
viper.
But there is a great deal of
reading not exactly vicious
which Is certainly harmful.
Now if you wish to be a strong,
earnest, common-sense man or
woman, you cannot afford to
feed your braiin on chaff. I
knew TQnce a /little boy whr>
had a Very loving mother, but
very unwise. She could not
bear to deny him of anything,
so he ate pie and cake and can
dy all day long, and lost all
relish for good bread and but-
THE LORD’S WORK
FIRST.
ter and meat. The result was
that is closely connected with
the youthful energy that has
grown to such marvelous pro
portions in modern church life.
It is now the province of the
church to utilize the young life
that is marshaling—use it not
so much with reference to Its
present power as with reference
to its future possibilities. The
church, then, is to care for its
young people—train them and
use them, not so much for what
they.are as for^whatf they qiay
Their present power
is not the power of wealth, or
talents, or sevice, but ofembryo
forces that have life in them
and which shall grow—shall ac
quire definiteness of form and
the strength which years and
This is a gospel principle It
is God’s requirement. ItiS" a
most reasonable thing, loo
often we act as though work for
ourselves should have first con
sideration, and then if we have
any spare time we will attend tc
the Lord’s work. Yet this is
rank selfishness, and selfislmcss
never really pays. From every
point of view it Is much more
profitable to make the Lord’;
work our first thought arid
effort. Some years ago [here
was a young man, doing a Itirge,
thriving and exacting buriuess
in a city of the south-west; and
yet he found time to be thi; Sec
retary of the State Suiday-
school Association, the irecre-
tary of this District Suuday-
a sallow boy with stunted growth
and no strength to resist illness.
It is just so with the brain; if we
do not give it good mental food
it loses strength and ability for
useful work. There are many
excellent stories written now;
they teach good truth and are
very helpful in giving one a
knowledge of human nature
through the well drawn charac-
ters to which they entroduceus.
But too much story-reading is
not good. It is like eating too
many sweetmeats. You, Chris
tians as you are in these days
eff stirring questions need a
brain with power to reason, to
judge, to decide, and so you
must furnish it with the facts
of history and^also exercise its
faculties by mastering the
thoughts of the great thinkers
of the age. One page a ,day
thoroughly made your own from
a book requiring real thought
will be of more value to you
than a dozen of a ligther sort
hastily gone over. And let me
suggest that burry is not a
good thing in reading. “Skim-
ming over books and papers
may do for editors and review
ers, whose brains are tought
and who have overmuch of read
ing necessarily; but your books,
remember, like your friends,
should be "few and select.”
How many charming bio-
Traphies there are nowadays!
'Fhey are not like they used to
be, stilted and solemn records
from the “diary” or “religious
correspondence” of some very
man or woman whose
school Association, the .becre-
dlscipline alone can give.
The young people can serve
and bless the church by doing
their best with their present
gifts. That is all that should
be asked of them. Their best
given now may be better than
the gift of large money or influ
ence. The church should rec
ognize this in its dealings with
the young people and in its ef
forts to secure their cooperation
and help. The story is told
that one day on the steps of
one of the public buildings of
Florence, Italy, an old, disabled
soldier sat playinga violin. By
his side stood a faithful dog.
In the mouth of the dog was the
old veteran’s hat. Now and
then a passer-by would drop in
a coin. A gentleman passing
stopped and looked at the pict
ure. He stepped up, and asked
for the violin. He tuned It and
began to play. The sight of a
well dressed man playing a vio
lin in such a public place and
with such associations attracted
the passers-by, and they stop
ped. The music was so charm
ing- that they stood enchanted.
The number of contributions
largely increased. The hat be
came so heavy that the dog
growled. It was emptied and
was soon filled again. The
campany grew until a great
congregation was gathered.
The performer prayed, one of
the national airs, handed the
violin back to its owner, and
quietly retired. One of the
company present said, “That is
Amard Bucher, the world-re-
tary also of the Young Men’s
Chsistian Association of hi; city,
the superintendent of an after
noon mission Sunday-s'hool,
the teacher of a Bible cla?s in
his church school, and the con
ductor of a twilight prayer-meet
inCTfl'^n : >.'r-ir1av-
ing askea how he could do sc
much without neglectiiv; his
business, he replied: “Wien I
go to my office in the mci'nin
I do the Lord’s work first, and
He always gives me time and
strength to do my own work
afterward.” He did noi' say
in what the Lord’s work pre
cisely consised, as related to
himself, but we may suppose
that for one thing, it was earn
est, soulful prayer, that he
might have sufficient wisdo.n_ to
help him rightly discharge all
of his duties, that he migh: so
conduct himself as to mo:5t fa
vorably impress all with whom
he had any dealings, and that
he might have power to actom-
plish great things for God. -- He
undoubtedly sought, first of ail,
to please God, which means to
do his will in everything, so lar
as lies in one’s power. In this
case we see how it is quite pos
sible for one to do the Lord s
work first, and yet
good
comfort of adversity;” it is an
open door to the best society,
a crow'n of honor that outshines
the sun. These things being
true, it is one c'f life’s necessi
ties that the young should read
good books and not weary
therein. The following sugges
tions will help to profit in read
ing;
. Plan your reading. Se
lect the books to be read far
in advance. Prefer books that
are old enough to be classical,
attractive if possible, pure al
ways. Hooks with beards are
letter, than beardless hooks.
2. Vary your reading. Fol
low romance with history, his
tory with biography, travel, art,
science, philosophy, religion,
Variety gives breadth and keeps
up interest.
3. Limit your reading. Know
a few books well rather than
many books indifferently. In
tensive is better than extensive
reading. Big fish swim In deep
water.
4. Fi.x Yonr. reading. To
this end read carefully, weigh
thoughts, talk them over to
3’ourself and with others, try
to remember them. “Think
makes that we read ours.’
, Time your reading.
Have a book hour each da}',
if possible. Especitillv how
ever utilize fragments of time
for a few pages of reading.
Little and often master the
largest volumes.
G. Enrieh your readin,
This do looking up all allusion
to histqr_v, poetr}' art,TlU'
tnuiogv, jjLiSuiioi places,
7. Preserve your reading.
Own if possible ever\' book
YOU read; mark choice pas
sages' in them; make compari
sons of them; often commune
with them.
These seven things remcm-
lOB PlllSTiNG.
of God if he is also an humble
servant of the Lord Jesus
Christ. And no man is poor
enough to gain admission as
a cliarit}'. At the gate of en
trance here and in heaven the
rich and poor meet togeth-
r,” and the gracious Christ
is the Saviour of them all on
the same tCH'ms.—Christian
Inc[uircr.
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GOLDEN GLEANINGS.
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Reading is companionship,
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and furnishes and beautifies tne
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nowneJ violinist He did this I enriches conversation and ctihi-
Things that are changed or
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-Charles .Dickens.
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