The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-07
BAD COMPANY.
Dr. Talma90 on the Evils Of I'm
proper Associations
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IN . recent ssrmoa at Brooklyn % III
subject Of Evil Associations Dr.. Taimagu
took his text from Proverbs Kill. .: "A
companion OF fools shall b. destroyed y
Following 10 the sermon:
"Msy 1t please the court" said . coa-
victed criminal, when asked IL he had any
thing to say before sentence OF death VA
passed upon him; may il please the
court had company has been my ruin.
received the blessings Of good parents and
In return promised to avoid all evil asso.
Citations Had 1 kept my promise I should
have been saved this shame and been free
from the load Of guilt that hangs about
me like . vulturA threatening to drag mo
to justice for crimes yet ~unrevealed. /
who once moved in the 0rst circles Of
society and have been the guest Of dis
tinguished public men, am lost and all
through bad company"
This 10 but one OF the thousand proofs
that the companion Of fools shall b de-
stroyed. 1t is the iuvariable rule. There
10 . we'll man in the wards of . hospital
where there are . hundred people sick
with ship fever and he will not be SO apt
to take the disease As . good man would
b apt to be smitten with moral distomper
il shut up with iniquitous companions
In olden times prisoners were herded to.
4ether In The same cell, but each one
learned the vices Of all the culprits, %
that instead Of being reformed by incar.
ceration, the day OF liberation turned
them out upon society beasts, not men.
We may in our places OF business DO
compelled to talk and 10 mingle with bad
men, but he who deliberately chooses to
associate himself with vicious people 10
engaged in carrying on q courtship with
q Delilah whose shears will clip OF all the
locks II his strength aud he will be tripped
into perdition. Sin is catching. is in.
fectious. is epidemic. I will let you look
over the millions Of people now inhabiting
the earth and l challenge you to show mo
. good man who, after one year. has made
choice and cousorted with III wicked. A
thousand dollars reward for one such in.
stance. l care not how strong your char.
acter may be. Absolute with gamblers.
you will b . gambler. Clan with tho
burglars and you will become q burglar.
Go among the unclean and you will be.
come unclean. Not approaching the truth
Of my t. II, many . young man has been
destroyed. He wakes up some morning
in the great city and knows nj n
except the persons into whose employ he
has entered. As he goes into tho store all
tho clerks mark him. measure him and
discuss him. The upright young moi OF
the store wish him WELL hut perhaps wait
for . formal introduction. and ever then
have some delicacy about inviting him into
their a associations. But the bad young
men OF tho store at tho first opportunity
approach and offer their services. They
patronize him. They profess tn know all
about tho town. They will take him any.
expenses. For il . good young man and
they ought not the good young man has
invariably to pay the charges At the
moment the ticket 10 to Be paid for OF the
.See!s around in his pockets and says: Il
havo forgotten my p ,cke;book." In forty.
eight hours after tue young man has On.
Establishment slap him On tho shoulder IA
,mi.iarly. and. at his stup diy In taking
certain lin .ions. say: MY young friend.
you will have to b broken II" " and they
Immediately proceed to break him in.
Young man, in the name Of God, l warn
you to beware how you lst q bad man ak
.amiliarly with you. II such an ONE slap
you ON the shoulder Familiarity turn
around and give him . whitening look I'M.
til the wretch crouches 10 your presence.
There - no monstrosity OF wicsedness
that can stand unabashed under the
glance Of purity and honor. God keeps
the lightnings OF Heaven in his own scab.
bard and no human arm q WELD tDem;
but God gives to every young mau . light.
ming that he may use and that 10 tho light.
ming Of an honest eye Those who have
been close observers will not wonder why
I give warning to young men. and say.
Beware Of bad company"
First, I warn you to shun the skeptic-
the young man who puts his fingers in his
vest and laughs at your old fashioned re-
ligion and turns over to some mystery OF
the Bible and says: explain that. my
pious friend; explain that" And who
says: Nobody shalt scare mo; I am not
afraid OF the fu ure; I used to believe in
such things, and 50 did my father and
mother, but l have got over it." Yes. he
has got over it; and il you sit in his
company q little longer you will get over
it too Without presenting ono argu.
ment against the Christian religion such
mon will, by their jsers and SCOTS
and ~caricatures. destroy your respect for
that religion which was the strength of
your father in his declining years and the
pillow Of your old mother when she lay
dying. Alasia time will come when that |
clustering young infidel will have to die,
and then his diamond ring will fash no
splsndor in the eyes OF Death, ~ he stands
owe the couch waiting for his sou. Those
beautiful locks will b ancombed upon the
pillow. and the dying man will say: Il
can not die-I not die" Death, stand.
ing ready, beside the couch, says: you
must die; you have only half . minute to
live; let me have il right away-your
mo" says the young in6dsl. |
shsrs are my gold rings. and these pict.
take them all" NO" says Death. |
what do I care for picturss-your souls
Stand back" says the dying inAdsl. II
will not stand b. ck," says Death '.for
fou have only ten seconds now TO live:
~ant vour souln The dvinR man savs. |