ISBN: 9781458888280

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841. Excerpt: ... LECTURE VI. DANGERS PECULIAR TO YOUNG MEN IN GREAT CITIES. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way! by taking heed thereto, according to thy word.--Ps. cxuc. 9. Truths which are of universal and daily application, are often quaintly, but forcibly expressed by proverbs. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, is one of these proverbs. The very structure of our nation is designed to make us an agricultural, a manufacturing, and a commercial people;--and yet the father of our country gives his last advice that we be always prepared for war; and the reason was, that he saw that this was only another way of advising us to prevent wars, and thus to live in peace. A single word will sometimes explain an action, and save a community from a quarrel; but when the flame is once kindled, you find 9 (221) a brother offended is harder to be wbn than a strong castle. A young man might be walking on the brink of a precipice, and a single step might plunge him down to destruction, when one word of caution might cause him to take heed to his steps, and save him from death. My text asserts three very important truths, viz., that the young man is in peculiar danger, and needs to have his way cleansed; that he can only do this by taking heed--that is, foresee and anticipate his danger; and that he make the word of God his guide in doing it. And in pointing out the dangers of young men, if by the grace and goodness of God I am able to do any good, it must be chiefly to those who have not yet been led away in the paths of ruin. The most skilful pilot can do nothing to aid the ship which has already struck out of the channel and plunged into the quicksands. She must lie there, and heave and flounder, till she goes out of sight. And those young men who h... John Todd, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, The Moral Influence, Dangers and Duties, Connected with Great Cities Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: J. H. Butler in 1841 in 287 pages; Subjects: City and town life; Moral conditions; Conduct of life; Cities and towns; Juvenile Fiction / Lifestyles / City & Town Life; Literary Collections / General; Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development; Self-Help / General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Social Science / Sociology / Urban;<