Show for the desen NEWS PROFANITY well ill be d dl will you indeed A very gratuitous piece of information and quite superfluous too if your exceedingly emphatic declaration is to be taken as an index to your general character partaking too much of the of a foregone conclusion to elicit auy any doubt as to its truth young man did you really mean that thai do you actually intend that shall he be your destiny it it a prophecy no then what did you say it for fol your assertion must either be true or false if true tru eyou you do not seem to realize the danger of your situation as one would naturally expect in one so predestined while if false you have told a downright lie did it ever occur to you that for every ever y vain word you utter you will some day be called upon to render a strict account oh ob you were only in fun queer fun that how it did make you laugh it what apure acure a pure source of innocent enjoyment what solid solids cheerful pleasure may be derived from such a fountain of delight come now own up like a man is it not a habit that you have of swearing and when you first contracted that habit was it not because you thought it smart and manly I 1 thought so and now iny young friend friends iet jet latime me who have bave been en a myself give you a few words of advice if you are laboring under the hailu hallucination ci BO so common to your years that blasphemy profanity or vulgarity gar ity are the evidences of and manliness or even good common sense the sooner you awake to a realization of how degreg egregiously in error you are the better twill be for you and all who know you if you but knew the contempt you inspire in the minds of all people whose opinions are worth having by the low habit you indulge in I 1 think you would think twice before endeavoring to call forth meir their admiration by such questionable mean means a as oaths and curses you Y ou do not rise you fall in the estimation of all good and virtuous persons by so doing arid ill pledge my word you do not enhance your own opinion of yourself yours dif dlf very ma materially terla teri ally aily ily lly the low coarse and vulgar may applaud and appreciate your violations of decency and morality mora lity and consider you what you wish to be considered a smart YO young ung fellow but ask yourself can you anford afford to cater to their desires de pander noks ow at vt by BO so doing you forfeit own sel eel f e and the repe respect ct the tha nobler better portion of or humanity anani ty will wiil IV it pay in the end that spirit which has prompted you to the 1 folly you havo have committed is isone bisone a one phase of the romance of rascality lity the same that has made robbers and murderers of filled the states prisons and loaded the gibbets with thousands there is something so plausibly berolo abo about t the jives lives of dick turpin jack sheppard and others of uha that likit it ia Is so romantic to picture a scene at pit midnight when the silvery slivery moon illumines the beauties of nature and two forms on horseback are wending their way fhe the silent forest when Bud suddenly denly one who has hitherto played the part of guide reins in his steed seizes his companion by the throat with one handie handlo vels vela a loaded pistol at him with the ot herand shrieks in his ear your money or your life 11 that the young are carried away in sympathy for the rom romance ance of ff the example and frequently burn fo emulate it it Is romance of rascality my friend in a form that influences you to swear blaspheme and disgrace yourself generally you think it sounds high and brave spirited to use slang and profanity but you are ard wrong wron it is low cowardly and filthy do you think that any young lady thinks any more of you because you curse and use oaths in her presence why if she is really a lady she will be disgusted with you and manifest it very forcibly by shunning your society are your father and mother pleased when their boy displays such precocious aptitude for the themes und examples of the wicked and depraved if they were indeed a father and mother to you they would feel grieved and horrified at your language and either remonstrate with or punish you severely do your friends and ana companions encourage you in your coarse style of spee speech chand and action and use it with you if they do they are not your friends frienda any more than you are your own nor should they be your companions at all ull lastly but above all does god your heavenly father approve of your conduct and course thou not swear is his ills answer now my youn friend take this advice and remember though the lord is 13 ever merciful and willing to pardon weakness and thoughtless oti ense ente he be does not view wilful sin with the least degree of allowance keep your mind pure for cleanliness is ls is 19 next to godliness and then your speech will be pure also swear sear not at all cease from all your evil minde mindo mindedness duess your vulgar bywords and profane expressions pres do not associate with those who practice such things unless it be as a refo reformer ymer and an advocate of something better be a man a and you will not only win the respect of the good the pure the intelligent and the refined but you will have the warm approval of your own con icons science and the favor of your father who is in heaven 0 F W elyria ohio march 1 1878 |