Seven Lectures To Young Men On Various Important Subjects

Author : Henry Beecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781545340318
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Lectures to Young Men on Various Important Subjects written by Henry Beecher and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I know of no work so admirably calculated, if read with attention, to lead young men to correctness of thought and action, and I earnestly recommend it to the study of every young man who desires to become eminently respectable and useful." -Hon. John McLean, Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States "Characters and qualities, whether for warning or imitation, are drawn with uncommon graphic power and justness of delineation, as anyone may satisfy himself who will turn to 'the picture gallery,' and survey the full length portraits of the Wit, the Humorist, the Cynic, the Libertine, the Demagogue, and the Party-man. Would that every family might procure and peruse it!" -Christian Mirror, Portland, Maine "It is the most valuable addition to our youth literature that has been made for many years. Let all get it and read it carefully." -Louisville Journal "Every youth should possess it. Every father should place it in the hands of his sons. It should be in every Sabbath School Library, on board every Steamboat, in every Hotel, and wherever young men spend a leisure hour." -D. H. Allen, Professor at Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio "To find anything new or peculiar in a work of this kind, now-a-days, would indeed be strange. In this respect we were agreeably surprised in looking over the book before us. The subjects, though many of them are common-place, are important and handled in a masterly manner. The author shows himself acquainted with the world, and with human nature, in all its varying phases. He writes as one who has learned the dangers and temptations that beset the young -- from personal observation, and not from hearsay." -Daily Cincinnati Gazette "It is an excellent book, and should be in the hands of every young man, and of many parents. But few of those who are anxious to place their sons in large towns and cities -- are aware of the temptations which beset them there; or of the many sons thus placed, who are unable to withstand these temptations. This work will open their eyes, and place them on their guard. It is written in a popular, captivating style, and is neatly printed. It goes right at the besetting sins of our age, and handles them without gloves. It ought to be extensively circulated." -Baptist Cross and Journal, Columbus, Ohio "In handling his subjects, the author has a peculiar style. There is a freshness and originality about it, which at once arrests attention. He writes with an ungloved hand -- presents truth, as truth should be presented -- naked! Whatever there is beautiful, or whatever there is hideous about her -- there she stands, a mark for all to gaze at! We have vices enough in New England which need rebuking and reforming. There are none so virtuous who may not be profited by these lectures. They are addressed to the young men particularly -- yet the aged may glean from them many a useful lesson. We commend the work heartily to all. It is not a dry, abstract treatise on morals; but highly practical throughout. The pictures presented are life-like -- flesh and blood portraits. The illustrations are apt and insightful, while an occasional vein of humor comes in as a very agreeable seasoning. The author writes like one in earnest, like one who feels the importance of the duty he has assumed. A better work for the young, we have rarely read." -Portland Transcript