to yonder young man, as he greets his newly acquired freedom: "What luck I Now there will be no more schoolmasters, no more home tasks, no more strict regulations, no being kept in, no scolding and petty fault-finding I Now I will let myself go, and do whatever J choose — just please myself 1 99 A truly remarkable manner this, of enjoying freedom 1 Certainly this is not enjoying freedom as a reasonable being or as a Christian, since it opens wide the door to the passions which obscure reason and jeopardize one's eternal interests if allowed to have full sway. It is certainly not enjoying freedom as a well-brought-up young man should do, if good manners, and the regard which is owed to the family, are thus trodden underfoot. To act thus is to enjoy liberty like a savage who knows no Haw, like a wild beast which is destitute o» reason.
3. My dear friend, to enjoy freedom after this fashion is to render yourself unworthy of it, to dishonor and degrade it. Such freedom as this is rebellion against the lawful authority of God, the freedom of sinners, the freedom of evil, of the flesh, of the passions, unreasonable license — yet more — it is bondage itself, according to the words of Holy Scripture: "Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin" (John viii. 34).
A madman acts in accordance with the promptings of his own fancy, gratifies his impulses and inclinations, but is he therefore
