The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-08-20
Tahira' Drpmtnrnt.
A Word to Young Ladies.

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dies, about your influence over Young nien.
Did you ever think of il2 Did you ever
realize that you could have anv Influence at
all over them? We believe that young
lady, by her constant. consistent, Christian
example,, may exert an untold power You
do no, kiiow the respect, and almost wor-
ship which young men, no matter how wick.
ed they may be themselves pay 10 consis
tent, Christian lady, be she young or old.
A gentleman once said to lady who
boarded in the same house with him, that
her life was a constant proof of the truth of
the Chris tian religion, Often the simple
request of lady will keep young man
from doing wrong. We have known this
to be the case very frequently; and young
men have been kept from breaking the Sab
bath, from drinking, from chewing, just be.
cause lady whom they respected, aud for
whom they had an affection, requested it
tract gwen, an invitation to go 10 church.
a request that your friend wouid read the
Bible daily. will often be regarded, when
more powerful appeals from other sources
would fall nnheeded upon bis heart.
Many of the gentlemen whom you meet
in society are away from the influence of
parents and sisters-and they will respond
to any interest taken in their welfare. We
all speak of a young mans danger from evil
associates, and the very bad influence which
his dissipat1d gentlemen companions have
over lIim. We believe ii is all true that a
gen,leman's character is formed, to great
extent, by the ladies that he associates with
before he becomes complete man of the
world We think, in other words, that a
young man is pretty mucn what his sisters
and young lady frien is choose 10 make him.
We knew q family where the sisters encour-
aged :heir younger brother to smoke, think
ing 1t was manly, and TO mingle with CAV,
dissipated fellows, because they thought il
SMART" and he did mingle with them,
until he became just like them, body and
soul, and abused the same sisters shameful
ly. The influence began farther back than
with his gentlemen companions. 1t began
with his sisters, and was carried on through
'he forming years Of his character. On the
other hand, if sisters were watchful and af.
tecuonate, they may, in various wnys-by
entering into any little plan with interest,
by introducing their younger brothers 10 good
ladies' society them along until their
character is formed, aud then high. toned
respect for ladies, and manly selfrespect
viii keep them from mingling with low so.
ciety.
If a young man sees that The religion
which in youth he was taught to venerate.
is lightly thought of and perhaps sneered
at, hy the young ladies with whom he asso-
cia'es, we cen hardly expect him TO think it
is the thing for him. Lei none say that they
have no influence at all. This is not posi-.
ble. You cannot live without having some
sort of influence, any more than you can
live without breathing One is Just as nm.
avoidable as tile other.
Beware, then, what kind of influence it is
tina: you are constantly exerting. An invi,
tation to take glass of wine, or to play
game of cards, may kinde the f.es of in
temperance or gambling, which will burn
forever A jest given at the expense of re.
lgion, in light trifling manner, in the
house of God, or any Of the numerous ways
in which you may show your disregard for
the souls of others, may be the means Of
running others for time and eternity.
GeniO G. Scott, in the Home Journal.
TIE MoTnER.-Despise not thy mother
when she is old. Age may wear and waste
a mothers beauty, strength. limbs, senses,
and estate; but her relation as mother is as
the sun when it goes forth in his might, for
ii is always in the meridian. and knowett