No Bad Habits

A young man who was at home on a brief vacation was overheard in conversatiiin with liis mother who exprossed sorne solicitude concerning him. Seeking to allay her f'earB, he said : "You needn't bc alarmed for me. I haven' t a single bad habit. I don't smoke, nor cliew, nor drink, nor lie, inr steal, nor swear." God keep that young man. May he be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Let him that standeth take heed lest he t'all. It is a great deal, in these days, for a young man to bo able to say in truth what that young man said. It is a great thing for a young man not to have a single bad habit. And yet this should be the aim and the endeavor of' every young man. He should form no bad habit. And if he has been so unwise as to form any, he should hasten to break off from it, whatever it may be. A bad habit is a bad thing. And why should a young man cling to a bad thing? He should ncither smoke, nor chew, nor drink, nor He, nor stcal, nor swear, nor gainble, nor enter the doors whose house is the way to heli, leading to the chambers of death, nor break the Sab bath, nor scoff at religión, nor practico any immortality, for all these are bad things. He should carefiilly give hoed tothe admonition ol' the wi.si; man : "Knter not into the path of the wickod, and go not in the way of' the evil men, Avoid it, pas not by it, and pass away." Hather should he walk in the ways of wisdpm, which are pleaaanüMM, and in her paths which ara !;aiv. Thuswill ho have the appnibation of his conscience, the estcem of all good men, and the favor office!, lio will U: a far happier man than f' l,o walks in sirful paths.