Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-01-25

cioos company, gaming and all other
crimes.
We viii consider-2d, its progress.
| No person that | have ever heard OF,
has set 90. for protested gambler;
there is something disgraceiul IN the
terms and we attach to 1t every hing that
is dishonorable; and we must 10 vIO-
lence to those feelings produced by
Revelation and conscience e'er we can
| Surrender ourselves to its dominion. Ii
IS true, our education IN this respect IS
defective, Cards, Dice, &c. &c. have
not been considered by Parents and
Guardians az perniciOus: and ccuid
name many persons celebrated tor their
| wisdom aud learning in Church and
state, who have Thought we might ~
nocenlly indulge ia those things. How
dangerous this opinion: At the com
mencemem OF our career we consider
it an agreeable mode of passing away
time-we become acquainted with
those whose company 10 agreeabIe--we
| play for mere trlhe, which can produce
| no serious effect on our circumstances
we become warmly attached to Ill
our business is neglected for the ga
! ming iabse--the stake worcestershire
| habit Is iOrmed--a we consider this
| wretched practice accessory to our
happiness--"ecan emily Ell y ourselves
when engaged therein. but let us
proceed To CONSIDER It's Consequences
Tine as togstcd, on the improvement
OF when depends our everlasting all,
and heaps OF stain merseuts VIII call
for vengeance on us III the great day
1 of eternity iieciM that INV aiuabe
gift Of Heaven, how isit impaired by
gaming Let any reasonabse beng re
fiect upon the passion " h,ch it excues
the iatemperance re which 1t leads
the necessary rest oi which It rohs
hun the Ruiit aDd rewoi sc in when
it involves him! aud he will be convin.
ced that ii has direct Tendency to IN
troduce disease and hurry TO prema
ture grave. ChdTGCtsr. Al Is certain
| iy or duty, by course Of good
conduct. to secure tbe good opinion OF
The world, al lea,, thas part OF it;
whose good oplnIen is estlmabit, but
where Is there gambler that IS not
detcsiedt net oi'iy by every true chris
tan but by every orderly Citizen;
VINO sees IN him Nniture that is prey
ing opon the vitaIs OF MS fellow crta.
tures-a destroyer that is building up
l,, 1f
of The morals of youth--an enemy to
his, country and TO the world at lafge
1t IS impossible for such q person 10
possess any standing Ia civil society ---
Fortune To waste al the gaming
Table the riches with which proyi.
tience has favored us, for the purpose
LOT providing for our families, and sup
! plying the wants OF our suffering fellow
creatures; to impair our faculties, so as
10 render ourselves unable to pursue
profession that wonid lead TO wealth
and independence TO fotieii The conf
dence pf our fellow men, without
which their coun,enance cannot be eA
pected; mus, be highly criminal, mus:
'NnN@ 10 "F'foLh sots nbC Ne1u WltiUp0l
friends --heoce of NINA. The mind
ef the gambler must be IN the Language
OF revelation, like the troubled Sea
whose waters cannot rest, bus are
continually casting up,nlre and DIRT.
Reflection fills h,m with inexpressi
BILE pain - slight affhction excltes the
most awful apprehenslon-the prosper
before hlm pierces him through with
many SORROWS. u now can be ENJOY
peace, whose co8scleuce is constantly
accusing nilR, when the s,erm is raging
{wIihn and all around him ready to
| burs, upon his guilty headr
! Domestic happiness If the gam
bier be a husband, what wounds does
he iDtiict rs ihe'mlnd OF his companion?
W nal ~omsn of worth or sens,blty
can see without sorrow the man whom
she loves, devoung-hls time and mo
Bey 10 the grsuhcailon of thls disgrace.
fuI passion? How car she receive
" Ith a smile one " nose condGc; wrines
her soul with unutierable augusl? she
weeps, she pFays, she eXpestuiates,
but all in vain: he perscveres, and
makes the tears and prayers and ex-
postulations OF his wife, an excuse
Tor seeking abroad what he has des
treyed at home, VIZ. DOM sic felicity.