Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-30
BAD COMPANY.
DIR. TALMAGE,s SUNDAY THEME,
Shun the Co1npansenship OF Idfers.
Avoid as You Would Death
the Gambling Spirit.
TEXT: walk. not thea IN the way with
them.N-pr0Efrh.f

IN - t4JA II AIf way Win
them-"-prov1th. T., IS.
Hardly sny young nan goes T. = rlace =
dissipation alone. Each one i acce~rAutof.
\" nan goes e ruin atone Eoe!9av4 ,ak.s
s'iffe one els" with h- fsNayit pleas tn
court. said corotttei criminal when asked
u ne had az ytting u cay befor. sentence II
h'Aih Wa la->ed upon hiT-tmav /. rlc--t
me coart. bad COMPANY hss t~"r : ri1. I
F"~iScd the blessing ot c971 y.r-ts and in
r'fnrl promised T. AVOID All evil a.-oeia.
tons. Had kept ny r-a.. use l should have
h-'i Itv'-i this shsa1" and been free fro2,
IN" 'nad Fl grin lint hangs around mo ~"
! Niith~i< threatening to drag rna = .t.,tice
~ "rlr.es yet unrevealet ! who o..ce
i.''Ntrl in the first circlo.-. society ana have
ho"n th" guest ~ Distinguished Tnhli, men
"a fo-t, and aHfhrough bad COMPANY
lhie I" h0t one OF the Thousand re.Jf,
nat rFi' as.o.iation- blast aad ,,"~tIov. It
r 'ha invarlahie rnln. Ttn- i il we'll man
Tff" wards e = ~ho".'-tl where there are Il
h~andrel people ak with ship fever. and he
viii not b" p, apt 10 take the disease az a
ioHd ran would be apt to be |=initter yitr
rHE"i d~lstemp"r.i if shut np with itif"it ,us
companions. In eileen t,r.r> i>cnrr- were
brrind together ir tn 49,. cell. hut each
~" learned 'he 'i@o, Fl All the c~ulprIts. 50
that inst",S - icing reformed by incarcera-
I tier =" riaJ OF liberation turned them ort
aion society beasts. not men
( We may. in our places rf t~ttfio.s, ha com
pellei Z" talk t. an1 r~S1cie with had mon.
hut he who Deliberately chooses to associate
hl'l So WIN v!clons people is engaged in
N'rf"itR. On Il courtship with a poljiah
whose shears will clip off all the locks cf hi
strength. and h" will ,bo trippei into ravdj
ton. Sin Is catching, is infettjtts g cpl
denic. ] viii let vor lock c'o< tho million,
81 p"opl" row i-hatitEhe the earth, and |
cl'''"nse E6r t ph1w me- u good man who
HltCS cno "r@r has made choice and 0neortc!
: TNh=tnO wicked A thnrconI ILIfc,, -.
: ward for one such instance. 1 care not hoy
strong your character may be. CO sin
IN" corrupt and you will bcete't corrupt.
Clan with burglars, "a: You will be-
come Il burglar g., among the unclean,
and roA "iii become unclean. MANY u
: rcU { man has been destroyed i.y net
*"HtNalating this. He wakes M eo,ro
morning in .he great city and frc3. no
one except tho persons irtc wtftsc employ
he has entered. As r. r,Jes int0the store all
the clerks r;.rt fi.l, measure him and dis
cuss air, The upright young men OF the
formal Introduction. and ever th-.t nave
som" delicacy about inviting him into their
associations. But the t.d young men Of The
store at the first opportunity approach and
olier tfcir s'r: ices. They patronizo him.
.hoF rrefcss to know all about the tovr.
lhcI Wllltake him anywhere he wtsht1 Il
gothic will pay the expenses. TO il acood
Nohng man and a bad yQ'ia5 man 20 tc
some place whore they light not. tho conf
youn@ man has Invariably to pay ~
charG"s. Al 'he moment the ticke. .s paid
'ot, CT sAt champagne .set.lrt Tor. the bad
Nc"hg man feels arorct. IN his pockets and
st-ys, 81 have -, soften nv pocketb1ok.n
In foTfvoight hours after the vounS mar
has entered the store the bad fellows OF iht
establishment slap him on tho shoulder ia.
miliarlv, AMI, at his stupidity IL taking CIR.
tain illusions, say, "My young friend, YOU
VIII nave to b" t'tken in and They sn1ne
uiately proceed to break hi1r 10 Young man
Ia the aah1o Of God } VAIN you. to bewar,
now You let & ksfs man talk Familiarity witt
yo". ii E"|,l acme slap you on the shouldel
l~aTEi'nfly, turn round and give him Q Witt
e1i1S look until the wretch crcuctct y You,
presence. There is no mon*tr'#ity of wick
elness that can stand Hr..1ashcd under tht
glance of p:rits Hat honor. God keeps tn,
i:shtnlnSs " heaven in His own scabbard
ana Ne rIlnan arm can WELD them. but Goo
G'FpS TO every young man q lightning that Il
may use, and that is the lightning N AZ ION
cst eye. Those who have been close tb,nrt
crs Of city life will not wonder why I Civ
evil companions"
VAN yot - shun the skcitic-.hc youn.
Fnsn VIC puts his fingers III his vest an
'afitns a Your old fashioned religion, az,
!, turns over to soma mystery rftFo Bible. an
say, Explain that ~ rious friend, eS
plain that" Ind who say: 'Noboi
> shall --arc M; l am not afraid % tn
i"tlr". used to believe in such thing.
ani 50 dil}lny father and mother. but { hae
!: got over it" Yes. he he's S. n3rr il. and
you sit in his company a little longer YOU wi
yet over it toe. without presenting on
argument against the Christian "raliciot
s}ieh Man VIII. Icy their ieors and SCOTS an
tari"atHres, destroy your-resp"et for that r.
lleion which was the strength Of Your fathe
in his declining years and the pillow Of YOU