Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-12-15

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their good Then. II your father or
mother advise you not to associate with
this boy or that girl or this young man
or that young woman. you should obey
their wishes. They know best Mark
me. II you will make friends OF the
young people your parents wish you TO
90 with and no others. pure life. n
good and noble life. IL almost certain
10 be yours. Furthermore. mark me
also In this. II son of Christian par
those companions whom his father or
mother disapproyc in the end that boy
will turn out badly lie will do this in
u physical and moral and "a spiritual
SENSE There is hardly any exception
To the rule
Let me drive this truth n little fur
Their home. What is the matter with
John OVENS | ask. You know him
well. lie lives on the same block He
has good father and mother A few
happicst boys In the neighborhood. HIS
eyes were always dancing and full OF
fun. He was always leader In your
sports. No laugh was merrler than his
Now he has dark rings under his eyes
His akin IL not healthy color. He
looks rs though he is going into u de-
cline. When he meets me, instead Of
holding his head erect and IN q manly
way nnd looking me straight In the
eye. he always slouches along with a
unless he is compelled TO-" oh" you
answer. the trouble is John has gone
into bad company. He is not at heart Il
bad boy. but his associates are bad.
lie goes with the boys Of the town.
who think IL smart to hang around the
billiard halls and TO bet and to tell
filthy stories. You are right No one
can 20 with Johns associates and have
n pure. good. clean mind Through his
diSSipatcd companions he Is not only
his physical health" All. Is that so?
Too bad. too bad. we say John Owens
diSsipated career will be the natural
sequence Of every boy or girl who AS
s0ciates with companions whose true
characteristics Christian father and
mother would not approve.
what Killed Her.
But the evil physical effects OF Inn
pure associates do not end with youth.
They inevitably lind their elimination
In an unl ~ marital alliance. When
the yOua daughter makes the wrong
kind of friends at school there will
come Il time when she will begin to
associate with young men whose repu-
The influence of the one class on the
other Is just as sure In its results as
that the midnight darkness follows the
twilight glow Then when the call OF
love comes into the young madcn's
heart. instead of going and telling her
best friend. her mother. all about IT,
she will keep the secret concealed in
her own heart or perhaps she will con
iidc In her school friend. who Is herself
Il girl of whose friendship with their
daughter the parents do not approve.
Cannot you hear the two young girls
talking about this love In their hours OF
friendly intercourse? Then comes the
marriage. Perhaps II is an elopement
Then what followsf Inevitably an un-
happy and an unholy home Cannot
you see the worried look In the face
of the young wife? Cannot you count
there many wrinkles? Cannot you see
the hair prenaturely whten? Cannot
you hear the church bell toll the fu-
neral dirgc as the poor wife's body Is
carried 10 its early grave? What is
the matter: Why did she die? oh"
you answer she died of a broken
heart She had good for nothing.
worthless husband. He abused her.
lie killed her" All. my friend. that
Is not the direct cause of that young
wife's death. She prematurely died
because in her young school days she
made friends with young girls whose
associates her father and mother did
not sanction. Her premature death
was the direct result of not then Civ
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daughter. no son. should make friends
independent Of the parental sanction.
Aud why should You young people
not Introduce your friends TO your par
ents? Are your fathers and mothers
fooliShly jealous? Like miser, do
they wish 10 keep you from loving
any one else or associating with any
other people but themselves? II you
make the right kind OF friends. are
they not glad? Is their home prison
of solitary confinement? When you,
as loving son. would bring home
desirable friend does not your mother
always have u place for him ut the
table? Does she not always gladly
welcome your boyhood associates?
Why should honeybee live with
wasps and scrpents when she can have
the companionshlp OF other bees in
the maternal hive? Can dove have her
wings covered with silver aud her
feathers with yellow gold when In the
befoulcd company OF buzzarls she Is
feasting upon carrionf Neither can a
child lead n pure life and grow spIr-
itually strong and come 10 an honored