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Show 1 . Shun Evil Companions, Only a short time since, a young man paid a visit to a neighboring city, as well for relaxation a-for a-for pleasure. Before he left the place of his ab'!t. his standing was every way creditable. He had grown up under the eyes of watchful parents, bail received a good education, possessed a fine mini. and was addicted to no vice. It so- happened that ! one day he formed an acquaintance with a thh-ing thh-ing "man of the world," as ho described himself, who, in fact, was nothing more than a poli-hed sharper and gambler. The youth was led h frm step to step, until all his funds were exhausted, and he was compelled to write home to his parents for a sufficient sum to pay his hotel bill and passaeo back. Meantime he had boon seen in one of the streets of New York partially intoxicated. Fortunately Fortu-nately he was recalled to a sense of propriety in time, but not before his character had received a shock, from the effects of which it took months of good conduct to recover. Naturally kind of heart and correct of deportment, he intended nothing f the kind, but was led on gradually by an evil associate. as-sociate. How many are ruined in a similar manner! man-ner! How many forget the little proprieties of life, commit some r xoess, and then discover, to their mortification and shame, that they have dissrraeod themselves. The young cannot bo too watchful. They cannot guard too vigilantly against had habits hab-its and evil associations. They cannot be o careful care-ful to protect themselves from the vice of falsehood. false-hood. Character, to many of them, is all they possess; it is the only inheritance that has been left. Jl to them by thoir parents, aud it should bo cherished t accordingly. No young man who b as a juf sense ; of his own value will trifle with his reputation. |