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Show nn. M.tESKii's r.KCTUui: llfllitrt.l at Ihe MiidrmV Socltljr .Mtfllnj I'tlJjr lltrnlag, A cromlcd house uaacmbletl at the Social Hall I'ltdny evening, to llalcn to tho letturo ol Dr. K. O Mrner, 111 auljiit being "Tho Advntitagca of Voulh." Tbo company waa o largo that tho rildlngnloon earatlug the two upper roonu were thrown open an I thoilace entirely fllleil. Tho lei tun r commenced hli rcmatU by reft rrlng lo two kind of alvintageii enjoyed by Iho youth of 7,lon, thu lint of which la tho ndvinbige of opiair tunltlea for (.blalnlngenJo menu llila la extending u aa to become almoit an evil, Anotlierelaaaor advantage eon-lata eon-lata In t limicM" r ir galtiltig employ, luent, which an to w l.lo nnd t xteii.le.1 aa to tm deceptive lu their tiaturo. Thin many nru let ti forfcltthelrnivi-hood forfcltthelrnivi-hood In order to curry favor Willi tho who offer cmploymint nud worldly advancement, and It la not until all cbanco. or pn ferment In Ihe world tn come nro swallowed up lu tho libori or llila, that one realhciaiw tut bu might hnvo gained. Othirailv.antJge. !m. ever, are nit a deceptive. And they nny bo dli IJcd lnlutworl.iv.ra, tho-o without and tbooo within thu mind. Opliortuultlca for gaining kuowlirlgo Mong to the llrat ctaa, but unlera tbo iKirauit of eilucntloti li aupplemented by a rlcoriHia tnlulog of the moral faculties, ajch liurrull will fall or lla proiar nttaimpll.timiiib Tho opport unltlea within are Ihoro ror tho development de-velopment ofthaTacter, nuj tho cdu liitlou of Ihe heart; nnd thiu me to tai I'oual kred tho ntoit Imtairtant with whlrh nu allwlao CrtaUir ha, endows! en-dows! Iku joutli of lllachoten people. Diu tirlticlplu of goveriuiunt re-cognlrctl re-cognlrctl In our llenenly Katler'a 0a-ratlonaat nil llnu-i l, "tlo. never acta upon nrbltrary ltlnelplea" All or Ilia at.ta nru i romptctl by Juatko nnd love, and upon llila bia'a tho ml.ilon or Jcaua Cbrlat waa npluteit tu 1 1 Im bu-lore bu-lore tho f iiiudallim of thu wolld. The I'rorhetJoaephritolth waa thotcn according ac-cording hi theao great rlticlle, and thujouthof Xlon inn claim that their birth among till, favored foplo hoi boon thu riaull of tlulr pn-exll.nt alate. I nthlatale,nu account of Ihelr exctllcnci', theao nidrlu weru clio-en ror Iho great rlvlbyo or being lioru undir theieal or tho rrleathood. Till, adinutagu la grMtir than all otbera combined. Home or llin children or Ion may go uatrny, btitlu thatca-u omebody ruuit nuaiacr ror thctu loat oul. Clo.1 mutt b.ne bad aonio nlject In Ihtii aettlug njatt hli children lor auch a birth. Thli puriuao la thu redemption redemp-tion or the world, which inuil la brought about by tbo oplo of .Ion-llila .Ion-llila redeeming work muitlvgl ii Initio beatla or lbb people, and It will real un Iho jouug men or .Ion tu p. r-form r-form tho nilylon of regenerating tbo wolld through the ire precept, of the Ooel and tlulr ow ii w ortby and noble example. Home may fill In thla ml.ilon ml.-ilon aa fallurea havo octurnal In the rformanco of other lilvra, but each one who doto fall will at nomn ruturtt llmo Iki abowfi what ho might haio accorujillabetl. Whulovtr tho youlli of .Ion lerfurm deiieud, uu tho dnvelopment of their rbaruter,, which moat l noiirlibeU by prora.r tlurlplia. 'I bono who apoud tlulr tlmu In Idienara ur In filvolotia piiiulta,anblig Iho opKitunllle. allordnJ tlmm of preparing tat thla gnat work, audbytbeae loat rhaucea they will beju.lgod. not only hireaner Lutevtu wbllnyitlll Iho llerh. l-oil oprtuultlea aiv ninong ihe mt rruel of all tormrtitnra, for they aiullko fiery rojlatinllie hevl, They will continually con-tinually cuiuu up Iwfuro the tutint nnd reproach tho loaer Willi not lalng able to uia thoKt talcntj he ha, bid tho chatico of rutlhntliig. Kvery advantni;o otrered la a voire or .ro beey eoncirnlng the ruturo or thu Individual to ulioui It la preaenti J, but It rmla Willi that ptraon whether uch prophecy la fuUHIcd. Kviry man la fllltd fir roDielhlng In the world, but many inlaa tho w ork of their Uvea. If nllian notrlauto the highlit loll-Ileal loll-Ileal ulluatloua, lath rail become a lira and noble frwn, mil this thould bu tbo hlgbir aim. All talenta ate given lo tlulr faiamaora lor a thrtf. fold ur(w Ural, that tiny may do good to ttielr fellow-men, aecond, lint they inay romulgalo Iho great work or rrdtmi'tliin, nnd thin, that they may glorify their lleiouly rather, I'loti Iho aoeonipllihmeiit of tliuo objeitadijA udaatl (me happlniaai. A ft lit lion, 'Invoralloii tu Harmony," Har-mony," by Iho t'ollrgo (lire Club, fol-luwetl fol-luwetl by .Ml-a l..llth Itonlkr ireitlug "A rauar' Story," two gtilurnnd mandolin rileilloua by Meaara. Thos. Aihwottli, A. Chtao mid W. Hlddo-way, Hlddo-way, clonal n rty ItiUreithi)! pro-gramme. |