The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-07-06

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He meant this; Let the passion how
ever seductive, the temptation, how
ever great, the idol however dear
even thoug 1t be -as dear to you a
your right eye, your right hand, lie
1t be crushed at once, annihilated ant
cast from thee. Better enter heave,
SCARED and MANNED from the battl,
Uf life, a conqueror, than to face eter
nifty bearing the stamp Of sin, a sin
ner.
Guard well your thoughts. Thin
pure thoughts and impurit
will soon take up Its abode In othe
| quarters more hcspItablc than you
own mind. Serve notice ON 1t te
move out at once and II it does moi
let the constable Of your righteous
wrath and unsullied purity eject II
and invite new tenant-chastity.-
to move In.
But you say do not encourage
these bad thoughts nor harbor them
but like the lightnlng's flash they
come. You may be encouraged ther
my friend, you will never fall II yor
never harbor impure thoughts. You
cannot be condemned for fash
thoughts Of flash sin, you. can only be
condemned for encouraging such
temptations. 1t Is not looking on a
woman that Is sin, but looking on a
woman to lust after her that Is
adultery.
II thoughts like unclean birds fly
over your head don't let them ines.
tie In your hair. If evil thought
do gain an entrance into your mind
don't let them lodge there. II you
lust don't linger, but hurry to the
safe security Of the Savlour's side.
Think good thoughts.
Beware also Of evil companions.
Wolves in sleeps clothing prowl
about seeking whom they may de-
vour A young girl coming Into
Broad street station, Philadelphia on
one OF the many local trains, timidly
asked a middle.aged gentleman sit
ting ahead Of her about q station,
when he engaged conversation with
her, sat beside her and insisted that
she should accompany him and lunch
with him. She timidly but steadily
refused and escaped him as soon as
possible. Had she accepted his In
vitation he would have drugged her,
she would have been ruined. There
are numerous places In easy access Of
Broad street station. where the
monster might have affected bis vile
purpose. Beware, beware Of evil
companions. Young men, do you
find as keen delight in the lewd
and lustful stories Of the companions
with whom you mingle as in the pur-
er conversation Of godly men. Be
warned, forsake evil companions and
fee evil thoughts.
But then on the other hand let
me advise you to cultivate the ac-
qualntaince of pure companions.
Avoid being alone. A man is never
at his best who seeks seclusion. 1t
is a mistake to feel that to shun bad
society one must avoid all society.
Not companions but bad companions
are those we are to avoid. To per.
form ones duties well as much In the
presence Of the company OF pure peo-
pie as possible, Is at once man S safe
guard nd has encouragement.
Avoid all Incentives to vice in
dress. ! sometimes think 1t wrong
in a minister to wear clothing that
stamps him at once as a professional
man. Minis ters wear white neck
ties, so do horse jockeys and sporting
men. The white tie may denote
purity and then again 1t may not.
The high cut coat or vest may indi
cate official digaity and professional
purity or 1t may not.
A full dress feminine suit IAN ex-
preston often demonstrating "half
dress') may be cut low-very low
for comfort II worn In July but II
worn In January, may denote a pas
sionate desire for fashion at the ex-
pense of danger and of decency.
Let US be careful III the matter of
dress.
Avoid the theatre. Modern plays
in modern theatres do not assist In
the cultivation Of pure taste aud
In the dethronement Of sensuonsness.
Earnest true Christian people do
not 20 to the theatre for three rea-
sons-for the sake of example, for
the sake Of the company In which
they would be found, for the sake of
the taste 1t creates. No man or wo-
man ever began life Of shame or
sin by attending a low dive and no
SO called first theatre ever sent pa
tron home with superior quality Of
chastity.
Avoid the dance. II there Is any.
thing on earth that incites to the
first step toward lust and sensuous-
nes S it is to keep step to the music In
modern dance with partner Of
the opposite sex in your arms l be-
lleve 1t Is the DEVILS death trap and
is to be Stunned as the rabbit shuns
the mouse. Liberties are allowed
that under other circumstances would
mean the most positive insult. Rob
the dance Of the motion OF the feet
and what have you left? You have
dantily, but all too scantily attired
woman in the arms Of a man who
looks upon her In many instances to
lust after her and Matthew 5:2e tells
us Of what be is guilty.
Avoid bad books. We are educa.
ted and cultivated by the books we
read. Cultivate a taste for good lit.
erature and at once YOU begin to Law