The Washington herald., 1918-01-26

a double line from New York to the
Golden Gate. and they represent a
power that would stagger mankind.
when you think. throwing them on the
right side or on the wrong.
Now, somebody has said that this
Is an age of competition and women
are the most formidable rivals of
young men today. Women. as q rule,
make a more thorough preparation
for their chosen pursuit, II is alleged.
and women are more subordinate and
less selfish and less meddlesome and
apply themselves more closely to
their tasks. and are more accurate
and rapid and Industrious.
They neither smoke nor drink nor
gamble nor loaf around billiard halls.
and they are always on duty and they
rarely prove dishonest. Two-thirds
Of the money taken in by the great
department stores Of America is taken
in by women; and two-thirds OF the
letters written by the great institu-
tions OF this country. the government
and States as well. are written by
women. and unless the young men
today reform and stir themselves to
redeem their captured domains, they
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the girls of our day.
want you to win want you to
win. I am trying TO be your friend.
II you will let me. Have a fixed pur-
pose in life. You will never win II
your life Is regulated by impulse,
never, and IL you haven't made UP
your mind to say, Get thee behind
me, Satan" you will take a long walk
with the devil every time you meet
him.
Hope of Nation.
A stray dog will follow anybody.
but a trained one. his master. And
1t 10 the young man who will not say
ct will never taste liquor" who 10 in
danger of being damned by drink;
and Just as surely as a young man
knows how to play cards, that will
open the door to a certain class Of
temptations that he never would know
anything about IL he didn't know how
never would know.
So. the more you listen to the devil
and do, the more doors of temptations
are opened for you to go into. The
way to protect yourself from the
gambling robber 10 to be liable to say.
L oOh hI1O" hO" " pldys
And the moment a young man makes
a bet, the devil has got a rope around
his neck. He Is gone. He Is gone. No
matter II you win or lose-if you win
then you are fired with a desire to
win more. II you lose, you are fired
with an ambition to regain what you
lost.
Death Is the penalty for being on
speaking terms with vice. The wages
OF sin is death, death to yaur man
hood, death to your ambition. death to
your character and death to your i'm
mortal soul.
Yes, sir! The first mile toward the
pit Is always Travelled in easy stages.
The tracks make by the cloven hoofs
Of the devil are covered UP with the
fair flowers OF promise that turns to
cactus later on.
And the young man who doesn't
decide important matters for himself,
lets the devil decide them for him.
The way to keep your character out
OF bondage Is to keep your soul free
from the power Of the devil
If vile thoughts fill your mind, then
you will become an easy prey to
wrong desires. A look toward the
devilis as dangerous as leap.
John B. Cough saw years and years
Of his wayward. drunken. vile life
pass in panorama before him as he
fell upon the platform. with his body
surging with the power Of God and
bathed in perspiration-his dying
words were, Young man, keep your
record clean"
Men are rolling into the pit like
bugs under the street lamps because
they fail to decide, Il am going to
stand by Jesus Christ and on the side
Of God and the church."
Not to make a start for heaven is
to more than half decide that you will
go to hell. I hope you will not lose
out.
A dog was coursing along the banks
Of the Nile and he grew thirsty, and
fearing to drink lest he would be
seized by the monsters that inhabited