Before every young person stand two kinds of friends, ever reaching out a beckoning hand.

The one class whisper of pleasures that lead to sin and debasement.

They offer the young man the wine-glass, the gambling-table, the gratification of lust and passion.

They offer the young woman flattery, gay dress, the dance, pleasures that will tarnish her womanly purity.

We all know the end of such friendship.
But there is another class of friends who stand before young people, wooing them to noble things.