The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-13
TON COUNTY NEWS.
spWoRTHI LEAGUE.
FOR the week beginning Nov.
Y awhnt Interpcrnnce Costs
our Nation''--Text, Prov.
xxiii. 1-T, 1874.


our Nation''--Text, Prov.
xxiii. i-T, 1891.
not among winebibbers, among
n, eaters of flesh.'
I. temptations Of young men nre
nnch different now from what
rere in the days when this book
o0rcrbs was written or compiled.
| ,omaln the same In all lands and
| This need surprise no one II
| An stop and consider what the as
.us side of a young man is and
/ nlnts on which he is most liable
| ! attacked
|D.,booG is passed. Self reliance is
| rloe rapidly. Muscles have been
[l,uIng and the sense Of physical
.tb IS strong. Self direction
y 10 the front. He is thinking for
In Authority of others has lost
| N hold. The new life of manhood
\, 10 assert itself. He can be no
I, led. he must of necessity find a
/, hr himself. The world is wider
] se has known 1t to be. He mustex-
4, must master 1t for himself. His
has before this been selected for
!. others have protected and direct
IN future hemust make his sown way.
nust do his own selecting, form his
f, nstes and habits of living. For
M IS the young man who has had
i lous direction while In boyhood.
1,nalousness Of strength and right
Aose for himself are the two lead
4 ,ements in the life of the young
IS distinguished from the boy. A
/ factor is found In the inclination
4 wmpanionship. These three are
erong foundations on which stable
aaer can be builded and long,
rr career secured. They also give
chance for sharpest temptations
utter failure of happiness and
IskIng Of all hope.
{Ev physical appetite Is keen and
Int and needing firm, strong CON
i Every social instinct is alert and
. .H that pleasure is the highest good,
experience has not been able to
hate the worthy from the vicious.
i makes small difference whether
i bone be In city or country or what
4 hly occupation may be, wherever
JOung man or young woman lives
will be found two classes Of com
ns who will urgently solicit
lshlp. The free. easy. witty, jo-
\ oyers of good time who are not
Mice in speech or action, but who
y the dance, the theater, n social
and cigar, music and the COM
! Of the opposite seX-it is useless
Tempt to deny the attractiveness
Bis class. They are not so very
E and there are beauty, grace, en-
int social mental and physical, in
Ewmpanionshlp.
@ who think these things evil
b often dull, commonplace. lack
pIrt prosy and prudish that they |
~ nther than allure. What won
bat multitudes of the young drift |
llberately steer for the track of |
sskers Of pleasure!
dear note of warning is needed;
arsh, but full, ringing, unmistak- /
80 that the danger which lies in
fack Of the fascinating wrong
be realized and avoided. One
PS for a score of years watched
'eS OF our young people in city
@Hntry must have seen the in
Ny fatal results of association
hose who use intoxicating liq-
lnd walk with winebibbers and
eaters of flesh. 1t makes no
flce whether it Is in high society
life. The amount Of money
AOt change the result. Moral
''er and religious hope are sure
wrecked. Evil communications
good manners" No physical
ulon Is proof against the as
Of alcoholic liquors. No moral
lOn is abiding in the companion
The socially impure.
\ does 1t cost the nation? We |
compute the waste in wealth
'al'h' how much less can we es-
'le loss In manhood and wom-
But the loss to our nation of
length and beauty in its young
The most terrible of costs.