The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-07
BAD COMPANY.
d.. Talma9o on tho Evils Of I'M
proper AssooiationA


nlnful Poesons-DaAesss q To0 Mech
Ions - n Avoided.
In recent ssfmoa at Brooklyn % Tie
subject Of Evil Associations d.. Tainags
took his taxi from Proverbs Kill. -: "A
companion Of fools shall b destroyed"
Following 10 the sermon:
'1May 1t please the court" " said . con.
victed criminal, when asked II he hadsuy
thing to say before sentence OF death wa
passed upon him; may il please the
court had company has been my ruin. !
received the blsssings Of good parents and
In return promised 70 avoid all evil 1850.
ciationa Had l kept my promise I should
have been saved this shame and been Tree
from the load Of guilt that hangs about
me like . vulturA threatening 70 drag me
to justice for crimes Jet 'unrevsaled. /
who once moved in tho arst circles OF
society and have been the guest OF dis.
tiuguished public men, am lost and all
through bad company"
This 10 but one OF the thousand proofs
that tho companion Of fools shall b de-
stroyed. 1t is tho invariable rule. There
10 Q 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 ~ . good man would
b apt to be smitten with moral distempcr
il shut up with ubiquitous companions
In olden times prisoners we're herded to.
xether in the Same cell, but each one
learned the vices Of all the culprits, 20
that instead Of being reformed BY incar.
.ceration, tho day OF liberation turned
them out upon society beasts, not men.
We may in our places OF business 30
compelled to tall and 10 minGle with bad
men, but he who deliberately chooses to
associate himself with vicious people 10
engaged in carrying ON . courtship with
Delilah whose shears will clip OF all the
locks # his strength aud he will be tripped
into perdition. Sin 10 catching. 10 in.
fictitious, is epidemic I will let you look
the earth and I challenge you to show mo
. good man who, after one year. has made
choice and cousorted with the wicked. A
thousand dollars reward for q such In.
stance. l care not how strong your char.
acter may be. Absolute with gamblers.
you will b . gambler. Clan with the
burglars and you will become q burglar:
Go among the unclean and you will be.
come upcIean. Not approaching the truth
Of my t,xt, many . young man has been
destroyed. He wakes up some morning
in the great city and knows no ono
except the persons into whose employ he
has entered. As he GOES into the store all
tho clerks mark him. measure him and
discuss him. The upright young mon OF
the store wish him we'll hut perhaps wait
for . formal introduction. and even then
have some delicacy about inviting him into
their rs sociations. Blu the bad young
mon Of the store at tho first opportunity
approach and offer their services. They
patronize him. They profess to know all
about the town. They will take him any.
wher he wishes to go-if he will pay the
expenses. For il . good young man and
a bad young man 20 "a some place Whefe
they ought not the good young man has
invariably to pay the charges At the
moment the ticket 10 to be paid for or the
champaign. settled for the bad young man
feels around in his pockets and says: Il
havo forgotten my p~Icke;book." In forty.
eight hours after tue young man has en-
ter. d the store tbs bad fellows Of the %.
Establishment slap him on the shoulder Il.
,m;iiarly. and, at his stup d!ty in taking
certain il.u .ions. say: MY young friend.
you will have to b broken In" aud they
Immediately p-ocssd TO break him in.
Young man, in the name Of God, l warn
Sou to beware how you lot q bad man talk
.a,niliarly with you. II such an n slap
you ON the shoulder familiarly turn
around and give him . whitening look un.
al Hk> -.otnh npouOh~a ia vnNe neAaAnNA
There 10 no moustrosity OF wicsedness
can stand unabashed under the
glance of purity and honor. God keeps
the lightnings Of Heaven in bi, own scab-
bard and no human arm ran WELD tDem;
but God gives to every young man . light.
ming that he may use and that 10 the light.
ming Of an honest eye Those who have
been close observers will moi wonder why
I give warning to young mon. 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
thu Bible and says: explain that, my
pious friend; explain that" And who
says: Nobody shalt scare mo; am not
afraid of the fu ure; I used to believe in
such things, and 50 did my father and
mother, but / 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 one argu.
ment against the Christian religion such
mon will, by their jsers and SCOTS
and ca~ficatures. destroy your respect for
that religion which was the strength Of
your father in his declining years and tho
pillow Of your old mother when she lay
dying. Alasl . time will como when that
clustering young infdel will have to die,
and then his diamond ring will fash no
splsndor in b eyes OF Death, ~ he stands
over the couch waiting for his soul. Those
beautiful locks will b uncombed upon the
pillow. and the dying man will say: Il
can not die-I can 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
soul" NO." say tho young inadsl,
shsrs are my gold rings. and these pict.
urss; take them all" NO." says Death.
what do I care for p~icturss-your soul"
STAND back" says the dying inAdsl. II
will not stand b says DEATH" 'for
fou have only ten seconds now TO live: I
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