Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-08

Copyright, 1900, by Louis Klopsch,l
WAsHINGroN, March Ain this dis
course DIR. Talmage speaks on Il theme
which all men, young and old, will be
glad to see discussed, and the kindly
warning will no doubt in many cases be
taken; text, Proverbs xiii, 20, "A com
panion of fools shall be destroyed"
MAY it please the court" said a CON
vcted criminal when asked by the judge
what he had TO say why sentence Of
death should not be pronounced upon
Linn, may it please the court, bad com
lany has been my destruction. | received
the blessing of good parents and in ro-
turn therefor promised to avoid all evil
associates Had | kept my promise
should have avoided this shame and the
burden of guilt which, like a vuturc.
threatens to drag me to justice for MY
many crimes. Although ! once moved in
high circles and was entertained by dis
Inguished men, ! am lost. Bad COM
pany did the work for me-" Only one out
of a thousand illustrations was that Of
lhe fact that "a companion of fools shall
be destroyed" 1t is an invarable rule.
Here is a hospital with a HUNDRED men
down with the ship fever. Here is Il
aca THY man who goes into it, He does not
30 certainly catch the disease rs a good
nan will catch moral distcmper if he con
lonts to he shut up with the vicious and
he abandoned. In the prisons of the
liden time it was the custom to put the
prisoners In cell together, and I am
lurry TO say it is the custom still in some
VI our prisons; 50 that when the day Of
lpsratlon comes the men, instead OF be-
hS reformed are turned out brstes' not
'Hh eoch one having learned the wees OF
~ the rest
we may ID our WorldIy occupation De
'h'iged 10 TAN 10 ana co'hnllhgIc WIN
>au people put ne VINO voluntarily
'o"oSes mat hiuu OF hSSo''ation Is carry
~ on couItSH'p WIN Del'i"h "ni'i,
N"' smear the lochs Oh MS s.IeHsth' anu
80 Will ne 'IlPpeu mo Peru''ioh' l'ooN
Nef an ,n' hliIilons Oh 'he race ana you
"hhot snow me single instance where
man voluntarily ASSOCIATED WIN the
IA Tor one year ana maintained ms III
Er'tN' o'n Is ca'chihg' IL Is ihiec'lous'
is epidemic
A young man wakes up IN one of our
treat cities knowing only inc gentlemen
II the hrm INTO whose service he has en-
cred In the morning he enters the
tore, ana all the clerks marx nm, meas
ire hlm' discuss MN. Inc bad clerks
n that estahIlshment' the good clerks OF
nat oNtaplIshment, STAND IN some reIatioh
NM Inc good clerks VIII WISH MN
Nell, but they VIII wait for formal IN
Foducton' ana even after they nave had
ne lhlroductioh they are yer! cautious
Is 70 whether they snail cal MN INTO
H'if ASSOCIATION oelore they KNOW MIN
7ery We'll
bnt the bad young men IN that estab'
nshinent all gather around hlm' Ihey
patronlze him, they otfer to show him
everything mat there IS IN the city on
one condltlon-that ne VIII pay the ex-
penses' Tor 1t always happens so when
good young man and bad young man
90 together TO place OF EVIL entertain
meht-the good young man always mas 10
pay the charges. Just Mt the time the
lcEet Is TO De PAID TOR or inc champagne
Nh Is 10 De settied the oao young man
VIII anect embarrassment ana reel
around III MS pockets ana say Weii'
W''i' really nave iorgo''eh my pocket
''"h'
IN 40 hours ai.sr 'lis innocent young
man nan a., en,efeu 'ne Sto,e 'iie p"u young
I'en WIN suthei nrounu hi.i' sap nm on
tue sho,'uer WIN iaAiiiiar''s, ANU II ne
Stupiu III i,ot pe'ns aole ~ 'ahc ceitui \
"I"Sion,' WIN say AN, my youh; iiithu
you wiz nave 10 De orohen ~ ana
n"l'h 'neS 20 u "orh ~ ple"h hiii
III,
VIZ souns man. ~. ho i"!ien Souht
ln"l sap you On tue shouicer lai'liiariiy
Lurh AROUND ana give wltherihs glance
!hal VIII ilaKe 'ic "re'ch cover IN YOU
presence mere Is no hohstrosity OF
Wlckedhess tnat can s'ahd petore inc
fiance OF purity ana honor: Hod keep'
ine lsntnihss OF heaven III MS own scap
naru' ana no human may reach mem
but 600 gives 10 every young man
IGhthIng whlch lie may USE ana mat Il
ne hgh,hinE OF an honest eye: AhyboaS
mat understands the temptations or oul
great cities KNOWS tne use Oh one sermon
IKE TINS. IN which Try 10 ENFORCE th'
thought mat companion OF Tools shal
De DESTROYED.
Anu' nrst' charge YOU aVoid inc
tReptic-tnat is' me young man VINO put
his thumb IN ms vest and swagger'
about scohng ar your Old fashioned re
igion, then taking out the Bible ano
'urnine over to some mysterious passage
and saying; Explain that, my friend
nSplain that. used TO think just as yor
10. My father and mother used to thinl
Just as you do. But you can't scare me