The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-12-07
wore, TO Young Ladies,

We wish to say word to You, Young la
dies, about your influence over young men.
Did you cIer think OF il?
Did You eyer realize that you could have
any influence at all over them!
We bci'cve young lady by her constant.
consistent, tnrlStl.n example, may exert an
untold power.
You DO not know tie rcspeot and aimo.t
worship which young III II, 10 matter how
wicked they may ue them"e.veS, pay to u
consistent lady, be she yogns OF old.
i gentlemen once i to Il Id who
boarded III the same house with hGi, that
her lite was constant pEOct OF the Chgis-
iian religion.
Cften me simple request Of lady ]
keep a young man from doing wong v :
have known this TO be the case very igo.
Q1ently, and poung men have been kept from
breaking the Sabbath, from drinking, fru.i
swearing, Just because q lady whom they
Tepcc!td, ai!d for whom they had az aIGc-
ton, requested it.
Attract given, IN Invitation to 60 to chu,h,
request that your friend would read tne
Bible daily, will often be regarded, when Il
more, ,poYarill appeal from .oth3r soarccs
would fail unhaeied upon his heat.
Many of the gentlemen whom yon meet
in society are away from the influence Of
parents and sisters, and they will respond to
snS interest taken in their welfare.
We all speak of young nlan 5 danger
from evil associates, and the very Dad lnlu
ence which his dissipated gentlemen $3.50
sistcs have over him.
We believe that it is all true that gen.
tlenien s character is formed to great cX-
tent by the ladies he associates with before
Ill ,oL> - y u
We think, in other words, that young
man IS pretty much what his sisters and
young lady friends choose to make him.
We know of family where the sisters
encouraged their younger brothers to smoke,
gayydssipated fellows because they thought
It smart, and they did mingie wish them,
body anl soul, alrl ab1sel the slm3 sisters
shamefully. ..-
The influence began further back than
their gentlemen companions. 1t began WI
their sisters, and was carried on thrUu,! II
the,forining years Of their character. On
the other hand if the sisters are watchlul
and atftctionate they may in various ways
by entering. any little plan with in crest, by
Introducing their younger brothers into good
ladies socioty--leaA them along until lheir
character is formed, ana then heightened
respect for ladies', and manly selE-rc pest
viii keep them from ningling with lew society.
II a young man sees that the religion
which in. youth he was taught 10 venerase is
lightly, thought of, and perhapa sncerod at
by the young ladies with whom he associates,
we can expect him to think that. !: is moi
the thing for him.
Let none say that they have no inaucnca
at all. This is not possible. .....
You cannot live without some sort of in.
fueneo, any more than you can live without
breathing g..
One til ng is Just as unavoidable. Be
ware wnat kind OF influence it is that yoc
are constantly exerting.
An invitation to take glassof wine OF te
play game Of cards, may kin lie the fire:
Of intemperanca or gam bling, which vii
burn iarerer.
Ajast given at the exfense Of religion, {
hight, trihiug manner in the house OF God
Or anv, of the numerous ways in which yor
may show your disregard for the souls o
ot.lets, may be the means Of running many
for TING and eternity Home JoWnGl. 90