The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-04
PREACHED ON aFRrENDsHIp."
Rev. a. j. smiths sermon at the
Eirst Presbyterian Last Night.

nav Arthur J. Smith preached on
.Tr,endship" last night at the First Pres
h,,erian Church. The sermon was one
Of series for young women.
Friendship" said Mr.. Smith. 'is
sacred. Next to the ties of blood come the
ties Of friendship. 1t is almost a-sniracle.
We cannot tell where it begins or how.
Friendship is soul attachms mt; that pecu-
liar affinity of the soul Of one for the soul
NJ another, which cannot be explained.
much less understood. 1t may be the re-
suit of respect esteem and affection. We
have Illustrations of it in the Bible. Da-
vd and Jonathan were true friends Their
souls we're joined together as one. Jona-
than rsked his crown and his life for
David his friend. We see illustrations of
4 almost every day all about u.s.
Tho choice of friends is enc of the most
critical things young woman has to 60.
There is danger of choosing the wrong
kind of friends. We are influenced SO
much by our friendships in this word
The Alpine climbers are tied together
one member of the party making g m S.
step might mean the plunging of the party
over the mountainsde 10 certain death.
We are thus tied together in this world
by our friendships. One mlsstep might
mean not only the extinction of our
friends, but ourselves also If we are tied
TO them.
"A wise young woman will look for the
following characteristics In her friends,
be they men or women:
"Thoughtfulness-One who is not gildy
and frivolous, bent on pleasure constant
Iy 1t is the earnest, thoughtful young
woman and young man that makes .desil-
able friends.
Industry-Idleness leads to extrava-
zance. An idler is generally a spendthrift.
An old proverb says, The devil tempts
men. but oilers tempt the devil An
Industrious young woman or young man.
one who Is always busy doing something
d for somebody, is a good one to make a
Q Iiend of.
I "Purity-The impure young women and
young men have nothing to offer for our
friendship They should be Stunned, and
we should seek for those whose thoughts,
words and deeds are above reproach. Such
will lift us up while the others will drag
US down. Reliability-We trust our reputa-
ton. character and happiness with our
friends. We need to trust them as AL
exander trusted the physician who had
been his long and tried friend. Some one
told the ruler that the doctor was going
to poison him. When he came in he calm
ly took the potion the doctor handed him;
then, after quietly looking into his friend g
face for a moment, he drank the cup to
the dreg5 and then handed the doctor the
note that informed him of his danger.
That was trusting a friend. We must
seek for friends we can trust like that"
Mr.. Smith, In closing, said no Christian
young woman should make friend of
any one who was not Christian wholly
consecrated. IF we find those in the
world whom we would like to make our
friends, the way to cultivate such a
friendship is by the Golden Rule
Mr.. Smith announced that the coming
week would be observed as a week of
prayer. The church is to make a special
offering next Sunday. There will be ser
vices each evening. at $3.50. Rev. Bascom
Anthony will speak tonight.
The yearly ride. which had been ar
ranged for Tuesday evening, has been
postponed one week on account of the
week of prayer services Tickets for the
9th win be good on the 18th.