The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-09
Or. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE 3Y rHE NOTED
DlvNEs

DISCOURSE 3Y THE NOTED
DIvINEs
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Subjects Evil CoInpanions-Kindly Ad.
vice to Young Men-sAvoid Bad Com
pany, Especially skeptics and 1dlerl
-shun Those Who Seek Only Pleasure.
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WASHINGTON, d. Gin this discourse
DR.. Talmage speaks on b theme which all
men, young and old, will be glad to see
discussed, M the kindly warning will NO
doubt Ia many cases be taken; text, Pro.
verbs Kill. 20, "A companion OF fools shall
MAY Il please the court" said q con-
victed criminal when asked by h Judge
what he had to say why sentence OF death
should not be pronounced upon him, may
1t please the court, bad company has been
my destruction. I received the blessing OF
good parents and in return therefor prom.
ised to avoid all evil associates. Had /
Kept my promise I should lave avoided
this shame and the burden OF guilt which.
like q vulture, threatens to drag me to
Justice Tor my many crimes. Although /
once moved in high cirfles and was enter
tanned BY distinguished men. I am lost.
Bad company did the WORK for me-" Only
one out. OF q thousand illustrations was
that OF the fact that "a companion Of fools
shall be destroyed" II Il an invariable
rule.
Here is q hospital with q hundred men
down with theehip lever. Here Is q healthy
man who goes into Il. He does not so GER
tainly catch the disease las q good man will
catch moral dfstemper X he consents to be
shut up withtho vicious andthe abandoned.
In the prisons OF the oiden time 1t was the
custom to put prisonerslin q cell together.
and | am sorry to say It'll IS the custom still
In some OF our prisons; Iso that when the
day OF liberation comes the men, instead
OF being reformed, are turned out brutes,
not men, each one having learned the vices
OF all ther rest.
We may In our worldly occupation be
obliged to talk to'and cd mmingle with bad
people, but he who Voluntarily chooses
that kind Of associations Is carrying on a
courtship with apelilah which will shear
the locks OF his strength, and he will be
tripped into perdition. Look over all the
millions OF the race. and you cannot show
me q single instance where a La volun-
tarily associated with the bad for one year
and maintained his integrity. Sin Is catch
Ing; 1t Is infectious;@ 1t is epidemic.
A young man wakes up In one OF our
great cities knowing only the gentlemen
OF the firm into whose service he has en-.
tered. In the morning he enters the store,
and all the clerks mark him, measure him,
discuss MN. Inc bad clerks OF That estab-
,snMent' tne gooo clerks OF nat estaD-
rba s.anu u somS loia.lon 70 IIm.
nno gnu u clelAs VIII Wlsn LIN wen, put
and even after they have had the intro
auction they are very cautious as to
whether they shall call him into their asso-
citation before they kno'r him very we'll.
But the bad young men In that estab-
= a. kaInor asounu I'LL. Iney
paaron.1o 1im. tloy oIor 70 SLOW n!In
o y i,t.nn th la suolu - - 'ne olay ~ uno
~. ~ oim.L no VIII Ply eho 0Apenses;
~. ! a.wuys nuPpens 70 mhen q soou
yous n"1 ~ 3 3 ynuns non -
seSnel 20 = pace o. eyn ensellaInmens-
aho soOu young Mal always nas 20 pay tue
cnaIgoS. JUST a. tne tlMe the ,ichet ~ 70
70 PAU ior ol tne nil = 20 %
So...ou .n0 pau souns inan MN 9neo. oM-
VA ala saM ..W aHu 1851 nfy LII - : nis pocse.s
anu say, wen, WEI 1oasy : nave ior-
sotae1 ny P~ockeIpook. ,a. 81, 1865
youn n W n nS on.ersu lug SUE sne pau
hung Is mon WIN sa.nel a.ounu I'LL, sap
~ ~ " 'ne sn1uiuer VIII .ana nhna ana,
= rs = ntup.u = In2ke1E3n ap,u ~ .aKo
S ssana alus,unI' VIII sfs' al ny yoang
i ana you VIII thn lave - 10 Iro Ok ..sI IN.
nnu =, no : eney g " worA ~ preak
I'M y.
clnr 49,, / 1-lI. I -at:.ItO n---
s,ap you on the shoulaer iamliiaflyl q
a LIZ, anu give . wltaerlng glance tnas
VIII MAKE the WretcE cover IN your pres
ence. IueIe - no "on7trosisy Of wicked.
noss Lnal can stanu Detore tne glance %
putty anu nonol. uop heeps tne Ilgnt.
lungs o neaveh IN MS own scapDaId, and
no human may ieach .nsm, PUT zoo gives
may use, anu .n1s - .ne aga.nlng 81 an
nonesL ~. AnyDouy llaat unuerstan0s tne
lemptatlons OF our great citles Knows the
use Q! one sermon IKE Ills, IN winch Try
90 enIorceIne tnougne tna. a companion
q Ioois snaii pe eslroyeu
And. nrst, Lcnarge you, avoid me skeptic
thumb in H. his Ine v s9un and man wce pa aaon nts
scofhng at your old fashioned religion,
to some mysterious passage and saying:
Explain !nat, my lrlend, explain that. !!
used to THINK Just as you 40. MY father and
motner useo 70 tnink lqst as you 40. But
you cant scare me ABOUT the future. 1
USED 60 pe,1eve n nose tnings put I've got
over II" res, ne mas got over II, and you
VIII get over II II you ssay In MS compan-
lonsnIp mucn longeI. ZOE awhne ne may
1ol pling one rgumen1 against u molly
OnIistianity. ne VIII ~ SCOTS ana !eers
anu caIica.ures Destroy our Iailn IN mat
ee.,glon wnicn Was tnf comIort O your
- wh.aa !. .m 49, ouA - plA1o"
On wnicn your oio motner Jay a-oying.
Laat prilliant young. skeptic VIII after
aWnile nav9 20 ule; ana MS diamono VIII
nas1 no sPienoor INTO me eye OF death.
nls nair Wili Ie uncomped On the pillow:
DeHtn VIII come u ano tnis skeptic WI!
say 70 nIm; = cann0t ole. cannot dle."
Uoa.I VIII say. Q must ole. fou
nave pul ten SECONDS more 70 I'VE. Your
s0ul-give II % me rignt away. our soul"
I'd. mo-. says tne s{eptic. DO not
oreatne tnat c4la an ingo my race; Q
s isowu ane log nalu. ie1ls ee..ins oark IN
the room. Here -takeimy rings and take
AZ tne pictures IN the room, but let me
oH., NO. says Deatn, your soul! Your
Inen the aying skeptic begins to
10y, - Goa. Deat1 says, You declared
there was no God" Then the dying skep-
sic says, pray Tor meS ard Death says:
1t 10 too late to pray;Fou have only three
seconds more to live, AID !! Will count them
onA-one, two, three. Gonel"1 Where?
WhoTAY Garry him 0nfsand Law him daWn