Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1842-01-15

w al stahulng at the door deHruction,
unrelormed, unredeemed, unsauctifed and
unmarried.
Man OF maturity! upon whose good
behaviour aud correct department de-
penis the welfare Of wife and family,
| oeseech you from the bottom Of my bo-
some, never 10 frequent the haunts of
gamblers. fyou fancy that you are at
liberty 10 gamble away your shillings
and your shirt, you have nbright to put
your domestic partner in the pool, and
throw in your children, By way of small
change. Rccollect that at the alter OF
liymen you promised TO love, cherish
and protect her; and there wsa no pro-
vision made for you TO sacrifice her at
the shrine of inlquity through the sud-
den impulse OF an unholy inc innation.
No..what is yours is hers and what is
he& is her own, She has an indspula-
BILE claim upon your support and protec-
ton, and if you leave her to retre,in sor.
row to her solitary bed for single night,
while you are wasting the best gifts that
the Almighty ever bestowed upon the
creatures Of earth, over faro dice, or rou-
lette, you ought to be indicted for woman
slaughter in the first degree, and fed up,
on the crumbs Of curses all the days Of
your life.
Man Of gray hairs!-whosc pathway
to tho grave is comparatively barren
whose flowers Of youthful enjoyment
have faded beneath the boar lrosis of age
whose green leaves of Joy have fallen
in the autumn Of exstence-and whose
sense OF love and ambition has become as
dry as pint Of peanuts; | cannot expect
that you will burn out the last Of llfe's
candle In the dark den Of gamblers
Your nose is already in heportal of the
tomb, and few turns, more Of Times
ever revolving wheel will shove you five
or six rods al least beyond the confines
ofithls wicked and wo stricken world
The seeds Of salvation that have been SO
long soaking In yonr sinful breast, trust
are now beginning 10 Sprout-and my sin
cere hope is that the young scions may
not wilt and wilher in the sirocco Of gam
ing and dissipation, during the little time
you are permitted TO sojourn among the
live stock of earth.
My dear friends, one and all-beware
of the gamblers habits; they are death
even to doctors.-When they once get
fastened upon you, they hang on like a
consumptlye cough, and increase in vio-
lence as yol grow in years. The only
medicine that can possibly do you good,
when once afflicted, is such as deal oul
to you in. kindness, mercy, love, and chris
tan philanthropy. If you disregard my
advice, yos may 60 to the devil, and de.
light in your deeds; but if you listen to
it and act accordingly, you can go TO gIo-
ry freee.ef expence. Be warned, like.
wise, of the gamblers fate. He treads
upon miry places through life, and makes
his bed each night among the sharpesl
thorns of remorse. His latter end is as
bitter as the ripest extremity Of u Gu
cumber; and he leaves a mortal steuch
behind him when he departs for that
country whence no transported individual
ever returns. Be warned, repeat of the
gamblers fate, and follow not in his foot
steps, les, you be despised and rejected,
and looked upon as the vilest Of the Ver-
min that crawl upon the lootstool Of the
Omnipolent; but when you seek for anus
ment, let it be that which yields no dead
ly contae ion within itself: bul that which
gives health to the body, activity TO the
MUD, and strengsh,to the morals. Pro-
Iect your pockels-preserve your virtues
be careful Of your characters-get mar
ried as soon as is convenient--never get
drunk or gamble-and you will find the
light of heaven bursting in upon you
before you are fairly out Of thee gloomy
vale of life. So mote it be.
DOW, JR.