The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-16
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Or. Taimage 8 Concluding d.
course on the Dark Side OF CITY
Life-Young Men Ruined A.
Bad Companionship.
\ man of sanguine temnaramar-
must nave occupation . dc. said Dr
Iairnace III his discourse at TIE B1ook
iyn tabernacle Yesterday morning
\ Young ma said 20 a w.A.hv
Quaker. How did you make ,our
uches: by dealing in an art,rl.
IN which thou may II DIAL If than
wilt Although the preacher did not
explicitly explain What this article va,
ii must have been wisdom. for TIA.
whole object Of his discourse was t.
prove that "a companion OF fools shall
De DESTROYED. Proverbs. xiil. "a
young man never eoes INTO places OF
dissipation alone he always take
some one with him 10 ruin. Ten ar
twenty or thirty souls, ten or twenty
or thirty households are involved IN
every mans destruction. Nearly
every man who dies on the scafFold
confe~ses. Bad company. did IN.
work for me" We MAJ be compelled
Id the course Of business To como into
contact with bad men. but he who
voluntarily associates with dlssolut.
pope must go 20 destruction. A
thousand dollars reward" cried TIA,
preacher. for one instance where
h associate of bad men escapes com
plete ruin
QUICKSANpS Oh BUSINESS.
The influence of associates IN bust.
ness next claimed DIR. Talmage's al
tentlon. When n young mau enters
II of the large New York
cial houses as a clerk the bad Young
men al once gather round HIM, while
the good young men keep aloof until
they are introduced. and even their
until they know he IL worthy of their
friendship. The bad young man of
fers to take him to places of di>sipa-
ton, but always on the implied condi-
tlon that he Is to pay the expenses.
for when settlement IL 80 be made for
the champagne the bad young man is
apt to remember that he has forgotten
his own pocketbook. Among the
companions To be avoided the sceptic
and the idler were given the greatest
prominence. In thus part of his dis
course the preacher described the
deathbed # a young sceptic. In his
last moments he calls upon God. bu,
obtains for answer, "You said Their.
is no God" \ mocker in DIR. Tai
images vast congregation here gave
audible expression to his mockery.
w~hereupon the speaker said, "ihls is
not the first time | have been inter
rupted, and | will call the gentleman
by name If he again interrupts me in
this service" There was no further
interruption, and the preacher seized
the moment for one of his dramatic
outbursts. You have only three
seconds more To- live" ID. ath SAYS 10
the dying sceptic. Each word that
was a paragraph.
One
Two
Thrce-
Gone,
Where?
The question was repeated. and the
thrilled audience quivered with it.
repetition.
IDLENESS AND RUIN.
The evil mission of the idlcr was
next considered. He will call upon in
yolr busy hours, said the speaker. and
ask you to ride to Coney Island or 10
the Central Park. He viii name some
wine which you mast drink, and 50
lead you into evil. If you associate
with such men you will soon become
ashamed of your clothes and then be
gin to neglect your work. You ill
first lose your place and then your re-
spectability. Then the p%,lice will be
gin to look for you, and you will find
a home on the Island. Such is ALWAYS
the fate OF young men who having
nothing to do, because they allowed
wicked companions to take them
from their business. Shake off the
sceptic, cried the preacher shake of
the idler look out for the man who
plays but never works. Sailing yachts
and playing ball are delightful amuse-
but they are destructive when
they are the only occupation of life.