There is no object so beautiful as a conscientious young man. I watch him as I do a star in the heavens. Clouds may be before him, but we know that his light is behind them and will beam again. The blaze of others' prosperity may out-shine him, but we know though unseen, he illuminates his true sphere. He resists temptation not without a struggle, for that is not virtue; but he does resist and conquer : he hears the sarcasm of the profligate, and it stings 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 to sin. The atheist who says, not only in his heart, but with his lips, "There is no God," controls him not, for he sees the hand of a creating God and reverences it. Woman is sheltered by strong arms, and guided by loving counsel; old age is protected by its experience, and manhood by its strength. But the conscientious young man stands amidst the temptations of the world, a self-balanced power. Happy he who seeks and gains the prop and shelter of christianity. Onward then; raise thy standard, and nerve thyself for goodness. If God has given thee intellectual power, awaken it in that cause. Never let it be said of thee: He helped to swell the tide of sin, by pouring his influence into its channels. If thou art feeble in mental strength, throw not that poor drop into a polluted channel. Awake, arise, young man, wear the beautiful garment of virtue.