From the Christian Observer, 1858, pp.251-256
Edited by Moses Bratrud
Difficulties of Young Men
It would be unfair, I think, not to give the “Christian Observer” credit for more candour than is to be found in many other publications of a religious character, and whose main office appears to be, I grieve to say, to chastise — some with whips, and some with scorpions — all who differ from them. But, in some cases, even the “Christian Observer” might, I think, without injury to itself or others, show a little more clemency. There is one class, for example, to which I myself belong, with whom it appears to me to deal a little harshly — I mean that not unimportant class of the community, young men. The particular portion of that body, however, for which I wish to plead, is not the profligate, or even the utterly thoughtless. Such persons I leave to vindicate themselves, if they can, from charges both in and out of Scripture, of, to say the least, a very serious character. But I refer especially to a class anything but rare in our schools and colleges, or even in the common walks of society — persons of thoughtful and even serious tastes and inclinations, strongly wishing to be right, but struggling under difficulties which, if they do not prove too heavy for them, at all events keep them in a state of suspense and doubt — anything but happy in themselves, and often very troublesome to those around them.
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