Telegram-herald., 1889-06-03

BsooxayS. Jane s--Ths Rev r Ds wits
falui4gs, .. D preached - tbs IaterDAcls
tosay Alter sxpoUisd-zg TIE Serlpsurss hs
gave 49, tA-s pepGlar hyEaa - a. Il Tos-
la"1y, besinnlngs
ear bzrFs. 80 trenlSlllg s41Uts.
LOsu fIsal tAs sl-5ss S-1e.
He took Tor Is text Proverbs All 50 "A
e1alI saiol Il to5ls SAL bS destroyed Fol
i9alls ls a verbatim report u ths ssrLDoa-
Nay 3, please lie court sd convicted
criminal, s1sn ssk7i 4 hs had anything 70
ssy before sentsEoe of Gsash ~as pSssed
Gpoa hin. may u psssss the court. b4d com
pany las oeesl ny ruilL | resolved The bless
nss of good parents. aad. IA return, prom
ised T. avoid all evil associations Had
kept my promise shoald have beea saved
this sosms, and been fres from TIE load q
guilt that hangs rOund me Ike yulture
Threatening 10 dTas ne - justice for crimes
yet unreyealed / who once moved Ia the
hrst circles Of society, and have been the
guest u distinguished public men, am los;
ana al through Tad company"
This Is but one Of the thousand proofs that
the companion Of fools shall be destroyed.
Ii Is the invariabls rule. There Is a well man
a
hundred people slck with ship fever, and hs
viii not DC 50 apt 10 take the disease a.
good man would be apt u De smitten with
moral distemper II shut up with Ubiquitous
companions.
Ia olden times prisoners were herded to-
gether IN the same cell, but each one learned
the vices Of all the culprits, 50 that, instead
OF being reformed by incarceration, the day
OF liberation turned them out upon society
beasts, not men.
Do NOT SEX BAD COMPANIONS.
We may, in our places of business. be COM
PEELED 10 talk - and mingls with bad men;
but no who deliberately chooses to associate
himself with vicious people is engaged in car
rying on courtship with a Delilah, whose
shears viii clip OF all the locks Of his
strength, and he will DO tripped into perdi-
ton Sin is catching, is infectious, is epi-
deraic. l will let you look over tho millions
Of people now inhahiting the earth, and |
challenge you TO show me good man who,
after ono year, has made choice and consorted
with the wicked a thousand dollars reward
for one such instance. i caro- not how strong
your character may be. Associate with gam
blers, You will become "a gambler. Clan
with burglars, aud you will become a bur
glar. Go among the unclean, and you will
become uneloan. Not appreciating the truth
of my text many young man has been de-
stroyed. tic wakes up some morning in the
great city ,,and knews no one except the per-
sons into whose employ he has entered
As he goes into the store all the clerks mark
him, measure him and discuss him. The up
right young men of tho store wish him well,
but perhaps wait for formal introduction,
and even tken feel delicacy about inviting
him into their associations But the bad
young menaof the store az the first opportu-
nifty approach and offer their services They
patrsnize him. They profess 70 know all
about the town. They will take him any
where that he wishes 10 go-if he will pay
the expenses. For If good young man and
bad young man 20 70 some place where
they ought not, the good young man has in
variably 10 pay the charges At the moment
the ticket Is 70 30 paid for, or the champagne
settled for, the bad young man feels around
in his pockets and says: II have forgotten
my pocket book" La forty-eight hours
after tho young man has entered the store
the bad fellows of the establishments slap
him on the shoulder Familiarity, and, at his
stupidity in taking certain illusions, say:
My young friend, you will have TO bs bro
ken in;' and they Immediately proceed to
break him In. Young man, in the nano Of
God warn you 70 beware how you let a bad
man talk familiarly with you. If such an
one slap YOU on tho shoulder familiarly, turn
round and give him whitening look, until
the wretch crouches in your presence. There
is no monstrosity ot wickedness that can
stand unabashed under the glance Of purity
aud honor God keeps the lightnings OF
heaven in his own scabbard, and no human
arm can WELD them; but God gives to every
young man lightning that he may use, and
that Is the lightning of an honest eye. Those
who have been close observers will not won
der why l give warning TO young men, and
say: Beware of bad company"
flrst, l warn you to shun the skeptic--the
young man who puts his fingers in his vest
and laughs CT your old fashioned religion,
aud turns over TO some mystery Of the
Bible and says: Explain that, my pious
friend, explain that" And who says: ''No-
bod 8 shall scare me; / am not afraid Of tho
fnture; / used to believe in such things, and
50 did my father and mother, but have got
over it," Yes, no has got over it 4 and if you
sit in his company a little longer you will get
over it, too. Without presenting one argu-
ment against the Christian religion such men
will, by their jee.s and SCOTS and caricatures,
destroy your respect for that religion which
was the strength of your father in his de-
clining years, and the pillow Of your old
mother when she lay a-dying. Alas time
wiz come when that clustering young infdol
VIII have 10 die. and then his diamond ring
viii fash no splendor in the eyes Of Death as
he stands over the couch waiting FOR his soul
Those beautiful locks Will be unc0mbed upon
the pillow. aud the dying man viii say:
al cannot die-I cannot do Death, stand
ing ready beside the couch, says: You
must die; you havo only half minute TO
live, let mo have i. right away-your soul"
mo, says the young infdel, "here arc my
gold rings and these pictures. take them all -
NO" saws Death. what DO ] care for pic
turosi-your soul "Sta1d back" saws the
diving in1deL Il viii rot stand back, !" soys
Death. "for you have only ten seconds now
- live: / want your soul. The dying man
says. "Dunt breathe that cold air into nay
face You crowd me too hard Its getting
dark in the room. - Cod" Hush SAYS
Death. YOU said there was no God" Tray
for me- exclaims the expiring nfdel Too
late 70 pray saTs Death "but three more
seconds % live. end I viii count them OF
one-tvo-tbree lie las gone Where's
Wherel Carry him out--out, and bury bin
beside his father and mother. who died while
holding fast the Christian religion They
died singing, but the young infi6ei only said:
Don't breathe that cold air into my face.
You crowd me too hard It is getting dark
In the room
THE MAx WHO D~zs NOTHING r. woRTs
NOTHING.
Again. I srgsiyou = shua Tbs Scornpaziou-
shin 4 i6lerS There are uleo banging around
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