The Red Cloud chief., 1889-04-19
EVIL INFLUENCES.
d. Talmage Discourses on tho
Temptations OF Young Men.
The Evil Of Reckless BOrroWtag-A Picture
Of City Life-Ths bay nj Reckoning
Sure 70 Cone-How to Remedy
the Evil

Rev. I. Dewitt TaImsge in q recen
sermon ~ s. Louis took for bis sublec
1.-The Slaug ht-r." and his text, Proverb
I'll. 81: As an OK TO the slaughter" II
said:
There 10 nothing in the voice or IL
the name OF the butcher To ind cat.
to the OK that there is death ahead
Tho OK thinks he 10 going on TO q rio,
pasture field Of clover. where all day Ion,
he will revel in the herbaceous iuxari.
ance; but after awhile the m-n and tb'
boys close in upon him with - cks an
stone and shouting. and drive hiu
through bars and into a doorway, wher,
he Il fastened, and with a well aimed
stroke rhe Z fells him; and 20 the an.
;icipstion u the reiolent pasture field h
completely disappointed. So many q
young man has been driven on by tempia.
ton to what he thought would be para
dlsaical enjoyment; but after awhile in.
daences with darker hue AMI swarthie,
arm close in upon him, and he finds that
instead OF making an excursion into q
garden he has been driven "as An OK g
the slaughter"
First-We are Apt TO blame young mel
for being destroyed when we ought q
blame the influences that destroy them.
Society slsushters . great many young
men BY the b-hest: you must keep VI
Appearances: whatever tie your salary
you must dress as well as others. YOU
must vine and brandy as many friends,
you must smoke as costly cigars, you mus:
give rs expensive entertainments, and YOU
must live in As fashionable Q boarding
house. II you haven't the money. borrow.
IL you can't borrow make a false entry, or
subtract here and there q bill from a bum
die Of bank bulls; you will only have u
make the deception q little while; in . fsw
months, or in . year or two. you can make
ali right Nobody will be hurt by it; no.
BODY will bo the wiser. You yourself will
not b damaged" BY that awful process
. hundred thousand men have been
slaughtered for time and slaughtered for
eternity.
Suppose You borrow money. There Is
nothing wrong about borrowing money.
There is hardly a man in the house but
has sometimes borrowed money. Vast es-
tates have been built on a borrowed dollar.
But there are two kinds OF borrow 81
money. Money borrowed for the purpose
Of starting Or keeping up iegitimate enter.
bItsc u VApCHs". uuu INJURY ca
to get that which you can do without
The first is right; the other is wrong. II
you have money enough u you own 70
buy a coat, however plain. and then you
borrow money tor q daBdv's outfit you
ave taken the first revolution OF the
wheel down grade. Borrow for the lux
uries-that tips your prospects over In the
wrong direction.
The Bible distinctly SAYS the borrower
10 servant Of the lender. 1. is q bad state
VI things when you have 10 go down some
other street TO escape meeting some one
you owe. I! Young men knew what
Is the despotism II being in debt more OF
them would keep ou: Of il. What did debt
do for Lord Bacon. ~ it'll "a m nj towering
above the centuries: IL induced him 10
take brides and convict himself a q GRIM
nal before all the ages. " hat lid deb; do
Tor Walter Scott? Broken-heaTted at Alb
botsford. Kept him writing until his hand
gave out in paralysis To keep the sheriff
from his pictures and statuary.
for him x he had IN nded the maxim
v hich he had chiselei over the fireplace at
AbbotsfOrd, Waste not, want not"
The trouble is, nv friends the people 10
not understand the ethics Of gong in debt,
that II you purchase goods with no
of paying for them, or 60 into
debts which you ~ not meet, you steal
so much money, II go into IL gTo-
GERS store and l tuv >ugRrs and coifees
and meats with n capacity TO pay for
hem and no intention Of paying for them.
| AM more dishonest than il l 40 into the
store, and when the grocer fac, is turned
|ha pAher s~ar fill NJ p,-t.s. 18th th.
of merchandise and carry "a a
la the one case l tai. the merchants
Ii me. and the time Of hi. messenger 10
the goods TO my house, while in
he other case I take nons Of the time OF
be merchant. and l wait upon myself.
l transfer the goods without any
TO him.. In other words. a sneak
hicf 10 not SO bad a. a man who
or debts he never expects TO pay.
Yea in all our cities there are families
ha, move every May day to get into prox-
nifty to other grocers and m~eatshops and
They ow. everybody within
lalf . mile OF whore thew now live, and
lext May they wi! move into . distant
art Vt the city, finding a new lot NJ vie.
inns Meanwhile you. the honest family
n the new house are bothered day by day
y the knocking At the door Of disap. |
bakers and butchers and dry
,oods dealers and new spaper carrierA and
90 are asked where your predecessor IL
ou do rot know. II was arranged YOU |
hould not know. Aeanwhile your pre-.
lecessor has gone to some distant part Of |
he city. and the people who have any |
hing 70 sell have sent their wagons and |
topped there to solicit the valuable"
ustOm OF the new neighbor, and he, the |
'ew n~eighbor. with great complscsncy |
nd with an cir OF afiuence. orders the |
meet steaks and b highest priced sugara |
the bsst Of the canned fruits and per.
aPA oil che newspaper And the debss
riil keep on ~sccumuia;ing until he gets
10 goods On April % In the furniture art
hey cheat the oce out Of The green
pples which makes them sick. the phyai.
who attends their distrese and the
who dts them out for departure
On b neiGhborhood where tAey pAy
debs Of nature. the emily deb, they ever
. payl
Now. let me say, IL Tiers are any sueh in
hoase, II you ave any regard for yoar
IN c~onveuisaca you had better remove
some greatly distant part Of the city.
} 10 too Bod that having had ALL The
'cubis Of consuming the goods yoo
Aouid also have b troahls OF being
And let me say that IL you Ind
~ this pictures your photograph. instead
being il church you ought to Be- in the
No woodert that 90 many o.
n m~eecAants fail in business They aN
sindisd into bankruptcy BY these van.
.rsse Arshs these nomads OF city Life
Wow our ysanG men are coming up IN
10 depraved state Of commercial eshica
III Am solic,fous ahoas them ivans
VAN them against being slaughtered
he sharp edge Of debt. Ysu want
any thinEs you have not ny young