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Subject: Evil COMPLEMENTARY Id
vice tosxoang M1H.sAyald RsA e6m-
pany. Especially skeptics an1 1dlers
-Shun Those Who seehOnsy Pleasure.
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wAsHlSdfss, D. Gin thas, discourse
Dr.. Taimage speaks on a themb which all
men, young. and old, will be glad to see
discussed, end the kindly wsr4ang will no
doubt dn many cases be .ttksr te1t. Pro;
be destroyed.n. An
"Msy is please the court" saldsa con-
victsd cffiffhdf when asked, by the judge
what he had to say why sentence of death
should net 10 pronounced upon him, may.
1t please the court. bad company has been
my destruction. received ttiefblessing OF
good parents and In ret Hrn ,ttAhfor prom.
kept: my promise should haNse avoided
this shame and the burden of guilt which.
like, a .vulture, threatens to drag mo to
Justice for my many crimes. Although /,
once moved in high circles and was enter.
tanned by distinguished men, I am LOST
Bad company did the work for me-" Only,
one out of a-th0nsand illustrations wass
tuat OF the TACT tDht II com paulcn Oh lOOfS,
shall be destroyed" 1t is an invariable7
rule. "a =
Here is a hospital with a hundred mon.
down with the ship fever. Here Is a healtbyt
man who goes into it. He does not so cer-.
tainly catch the disease as gcoo man viii
catch moral distemper IL he consents to hPs
shut up with he vicious and the abandOned.s
, In the prisons OF the oldep time,it was thes
custom to put prisoners In cell together,
7 <r~c , Se ha ,ctS1
lin some OF our prisons; so that when the
day OF Liberation comes the men, insteaR
OF being refoI ned, are turned out brutea, i
not men, each one having learned the vices
: OF all the rest. l..
We may in our worldly occupation be
obliged to talk to and commingie with bah
people, but he who voluntarily chooses
that kind OF association is carrying on n
.courtship with Delilah which will sheari
the locks OF his strength, and he will be-
tripped into perdition. Look over all thes
millions Of the race, and you cannot sho
me single instance where man voiuHs
Farilv associated with the bad for one year
and maintained his integrity. Sin is catchrs
ing; 1t is infectious: it is ep1deriiic.s 81
A young man wakes up In one OF ousH
great cities knowing. only the geptleme Ii
tered, In the morning he ,enterS*4p storey
and all the clerks marx him, medsfre HING ]
discuss him. The bad CLERKS qf.that estab-
lishment, the good clerks of athat estab- 4
lishm mt stand in some reation44o him.
The good clerks will wish him We'll, BUTT
fhey win writ f6r y f1fm. At PRODUCTION
anil even after they have had the intfdt
whether they shall call him into their assd-sl
citation before they know him very well. =.
=. But the bad young men. In that Nstgk-:
iishment all gather -arounf fiif:' +Tliey
patronize him, they offer to show him
everything that there Is in the city on one
con AieieHHatt &eale M ~ th1 exren eAk|
for It always Hap eehs 20 when a. gdH4 j
young man and bad young man 60 f4I
gether to place OF evil entertainmepfKA
the good young man always has to pay thsS1
charges. Just at the time the ticket is-t0f|
be paid for artherchNmpaxns',ali s.to 4beH
settled tho bad young man will effect en-
barrassment and feel around in his pocketsi1
and say, swell, WELL really have for
kotten my pocarekbooh' = s. ~~ j
: II forty-eight hoari ager sbiy innocent il
young man hasentered the store the batii}
young men will gather around him, sfapaa
him on tho shoulder with familiarity, AND,
II he isfstfpid In not beifg able to taEs.I
certain illusions, will. say ;!'Ah, my youngH
friend, you will have to be broken iR.ihI
And forthwith they so to work to "breaasl
him I'M -
Oh, young man, let no fallen young NAH
slap you on the shoulder familiarity TITpsi
around and give a whitening glance thatst
will make the wretch cover in your -prss-sl
once. There is no monstrosity Of wicke&sf
ness thdt can standa before the glance -1fft
purity and honor God Keeps the lights.
nings OF heaven In His own scabbard, aIfdd
no human may reach them, but God giyessl
. every young man lightning which he'd
nay use, and that is the lightning of Rai}
honest eye. Anybody that understands t4%eH
OF our great cities knows tffe}
lse OF one sermon like this, in which Try y
% enforce the thought that "companiOa II
Il fools shall be destroyed" II
And, first, charge you, avoid the skeptie i
that Is, the young mantwho puts hissl
humAs in hiss vest and swaggers about, 4
coming At~yohr old fashioned religion, i
hen taking out the Bible and turning over +,
9 some mysterious passage and saying: !
Explain that, my friend, explain that. Il
Sed to think. just as you do. Ny fatheraxd II,
ou can't scare me about the future. I =,
sed to believe in those things but I've got
vsEiG" YES, he has got over. ut, and you
Pill get over 1t II you stay in his compan-
onslhfp much longer. For awhile be may !
OF bring one argument against cur holy
christianity. He will ry SCOTS and jeers
81 isss ahics % Sss15Rs ts!t1 as!
ssher in bis declining years and tie pfilJEa t
q which your old mother lay a-dying.
That bgilliant young skeptic will after
whild hive to ais, mHd his diamond will 9
ash no splendor into the eye OF death. =
tisa1afrWfll lie uncombed on the pillow.
e9th Yill come up, and this skeptic will !
" to BIN: 81 cannot die. Icannot die"
cath will say: You must die. You :
ave but ten seconds more TO live. - Your =
1t to tnefight away Your soui!" y
Oh, nor says the skeptic. "Do not !,
re9tha that cold air into my face. You
:ovd Hs tho h,ifd. 1t is getting dark in 4 y
le roQm.. Here take my rings and take
i the pictures In the room, but let mo q
"No," says Death, Your soul! Your y
'uH" Then the dying skeptic begins to : !
ere ere was no Cody sRIsn the 4 yaeYc b
8 says, 'tPray for me-" and Death says:
It Is too late-te pray; you have OILY three
conds more to live. and Will count them n
E-one, two, three. Gone!' Where? q
here? Carry him ont and lay him down q
side his old father and mother, who y
ed under the ,delusions OF the Christian q
figion singing the songs OF victory. LIZ
Again, avoid the~fdlers that is, those
ople who gather around the store or the al
op or the factory and try to seduce you "
ray from your regular calling and In your ~
siness hours try to seduce you away, | W
lere Is nothing that would please them OF
we'll as to have you give up your EN-.
oyment and consort with them. til
These idlers YonwillQ find stan ding around al
. engine houses Of Eta n&iSg at nponday W
about noon OH tho ssteI5sof sdnfe fotel fst
fashionable restaurant. They have not ne