THE YOUNG MAN.
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There IS no moral object so beautiful as a conscientious young man. l watch him as l do q star in the heavens clouds may be be- fore him, but We know his light is behind

 them, and will blaze again; the blaze of others

 popularity may outshine him, but we know

 that though unkown he iIlumines his own

 sphere. He resists temptation, not without

 q struggle, for that is not virtue-but he does resist, and conquers; he bears the sarcasns

 of the profiigate, and it stngs him. for that is

 the trial of virtue, but he heals the wound with his own pure touch. He heeds not the

 watchword of fashion, if it leads him 10 sin The atheist, who says not only in his heart, but also with his lips there Is no God r' controls him not; he sees the hand of a cre- ating God, and he rejoces in it. Woman IS sheltered by fond arms and loved counsel old age is protected by its experience, and manhood by its strength, but the young man stands amid the temptations of the world like a selt-balanced power-happy he who seeks and gains the hope of immortality. Onward, then, conscientious youth-raise the stand ard, and nerve myself for goodness. If God has given intellectual power, awaken it in that cause. Never let 1t be said of thee, he helped to swell the tide of sin, by pouring lis influence into its channelS,o and if thou art feeble in mental strength, throw not that drop into polluted current. The need of praise, the delight of occopandyn attending ali the way, and the final recompense of re- ward, all taken together, will be found to turn, there can be no doubt rather in favor of him who 6etter employed the one or the few talents, than of him who possessed the more or the greater, and has to show therefor no proportionable greater results. Awake, arise, then, young man-assume the beautiful garb of virtue. tis easy to err-itis difficult to be vlrtuous, to be pure-and to be holy you must strivel Put on thy strength Let thy chivalry be aroused against sinl Let Truth be the lady of thy love-defend her