Titus 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. "Tell me," said Edmund Burke, "what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young men, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation." This is but an echo of the epigrams of the ancients. The modern statesman but repeats the wisdom of the past. The dominant power of the young men of a nation has been recognised in all ages. It was because he taught her young men, that Socrates was feared at Athens. Standing in the market place, visiting the gymnasia, or speaking from the porticoes, he wielded a power that senators viewed alike with envy and with dread. When Wesley was desired to leave Oxford to take a local parish, he refused, because, he said, the schools of the prophets were there, and he felt that in forming the sentiments of young men he was doing a greater work for the next generation than he could possibly do in any other locality. Parallel Verses KJV: Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. |
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