OPPORTUNITIES OF THE YOUNG.
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We copy the following from the Churchman,
hoping it will be attentively read by all read
ers, particularly the young g


Young persons little know what many of their
elders would give to have it now in their power
toset out well, and to begin the day of life afresh
They little know how these self accusers look
back on the neglected seed time as some bright
paradise which they have madly forfeited, thrown
away. With such knowledge, the young would
require no other monitor. But though they can
not experimentally ascertain the depth Of these
sighings, and vain regrets, yet surely they should
believe the testimony Of those who tell them, ev-
en- weeping, that they have continual sorrow and
heaviness in their hearts and that they feel more,
far more, than these confessions can express. To
think they now hold in their hands that jewel
which SO many would esteem it far above all the
treasures Of earth once more to call their own
and that that jewel once cast from them never can
be recovered-to think that the eyes Of God and
their Saviour of angels Of light and saints in bliss
and friends and relatives in glory are upon
them that this cloud Of witnesses encompasses
them, and intent to see that they start to ad-
vantage, and perform successfully the earlier sta
ges of their race for heaven-surely such thoughts
cannot but fire the youthful breast with high re-
solves, and nerve the youthful candidate with
new determination, and new strength to gain the
prize of an incorruptible crown.