Show to young men meu it is an old saying that none are so bad but hut what they might ie be wol woj iloise se there is in every man and woman a latent spark of goodness which if we only knew how to disinter from its surrounding bed of abkes without extinguishing it might be fanned into a name same do not you in your reflective moments feel aspirations after something nobler and purer than you now enjoy do you not often feel dissatisfied with yourself your or are you content with your present mode of life content to waste your precious time in folly or worse in becoming an adept in nean mean ne anness nebs and crime content to associate with the reckless and graded upgraded dp content to be shunned by the wise and goo good d and excommunicated from their society no it is not in you nature to be thus ibus content you must feel at least are occasional yearning after goodness and ana doubtless make frequent revolutions of reformation then rhy why rby pot vot commence now why not break affat od at once you surely do not intend always to he a drunkard always to be dishonest to be the byword and cou con contempt tempt of society all your life fife when will it be easier to commence to do right than now never procrastination is the thief of time timae evil habits acquire daily increasing strength and in proportion as they increase the power and disposition to over core them decreases recollect in nature nothing stands still you are either going 0 backwards or forwards becoming better or worse progressing in dither either elther good or evil C t none need complain of want of 0 opportunities Now nowhere bere bele under the circumstances are greater facilities offered young men for improving themselves than in this cily city kity here hers are men from various parts of t the b e w world or I 1 d wh wha who a have come bringing with them a knowledge of the different languages languages and the numerous nume rous roua arts and sciences and here are schools rr provided 0 in which that knowledge is freely im imparted to all those who are willing to receive it all that is re required is a willingness to be taught without tb thes this S the wisest and best teachers in the universe can do nothing neither can any complain of want of time the hours bearb bear squandered dered in idleness in loafing round groceries or often in unnecessary sleep sleepy ouid would ii if i rightly im proved improved give many a ayoung young man an excellent practical useful education but I 1 am coiry to say bay it is so generally regarded as the prudish teachings of a gentile sectarian spirit or a relic of unenlightened fanatical piety to talk of these things that I 1 have little hope of making much impress impression iiri ibri upon many but if there is one who feels that he was born for a nobler purpose than to io fritter away his existence in dissipation or in the frivolous pursuits and pleasures of the th fashionable world it is to yon you I 1 am speaking and no matter what your previous life or present station I 1 would encourage and assist you if in my humble power to achieve that con quest over yourself that greatness of soul and nobility of character which will make you happy yourself and useful to others silius |