The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-09-03

the A Alps, and The Rhine says that
"a gambler carries his repu sive SOU!
IN his eyes, in his face. nay lmost in
his very gait. His v,ry presence eau
srs chi ling atmosphere around him,
that up>ets all t'st spproach him.
q NIL ng more completely nj tamor-
phoSes n man than a other crime ex-
ce"t murder Gaming is always
rim nal, either in itself, or in lis ten
dency. he tasis of it is covetous-
ness; desire to Ike from 9th RS
something for which you have neither
given Tor intend 10 give an equiva.
lent. have o en- wond red how So
b and intelligent people, who have
cnnsciences, AID believe tie doctrine
of accountability to God; how p o.
SIS ng Christi rs. as is sometimes III
case III tnis conntry,c n sit whole eve
pInsS t cards. What notions h We
they OF the value of time ? Can they
co ce,ve o. Him VIII Sc exampl we
aIe bound 10 GLOW, as tngay in
this way? What hercu can SIX h
Christianity yet o &C, omlli~h?
Tie excess # his evil Las caused
"vn the overtr row o tmpres 1t
cad to con, pirsc an furnishes
consp'ra orS. PERHAPS It's wee has
% where been carried to g'e trek
cess h in France TIere it b s i 5
admir-; 20 g, its eli is its s ockh Id r,
It's oific r., is pie IS. 1t has its do
ME tics. its in ns"rmers, its spe<, it,
pinps, is assat>i S. lis buliie>, It's aid
ers its ahettors. in f'ct, its Sou DIR IS
OF every d, scri It on ; particular y, it,
''irelng swi dlers, h. are aid to en-
tic the unweary into lie "he l. y
cart ;" SO o ions tom lity md de.
rrvtiNe TO virtue and chri>tia ity. In
Englan I, hi has en- 'ons looked
npon $ on Of the per ic co Sc
quence> to the mmonweaIth, an h :
long been pro' it i, ard j. cue Il,
P MS cd with great se' city. Men
f imme..se wealth have been knoAn
y ente" & mh'ing house, an n
few short hours, be reduced to ,om-
p'tte Z airy.
Here is alec dir ct commuri ATTIC,
''etween this vice and tie brothei !:
and the one is seldom nnaccopp led
by the ether. And c rcrv less obv-
olst con ection this vice II j tenn
prt'ce.
IA 1ng sh ,ull Ie wrned re, er
20 enLer thi, d ca ! ul ro&d to ernal
Destruction Flv the temp at,o' a
you won j the bite OF an asp or he
a OF scorpion. Take not h
lrs step if yon 0, all may b LIST
5 y IT At GU can command yon self
when yoi approach tn conines of
dang +. o tn usanIs have cad,
10 ,eht rs sincere y a yonr,elf and
Yet |. The robabil ii that We
all :.jl whe o many have falle',,
Il n lions TO one an cnAtrar,
,pi ion ls my the dre m of lunacy.
VIII y are inc ii &c to think .our-
sell safe, c id those VITO once
{ II the': yes equ IL, g., have been
corgG Ie :. di,tr ss d, I'll ne by gam
ing. + III warl i, and ha which j.
u camt. Think b w many families
s'c Leen lu geG by it into be2gary,
1 overm helm, d by it in vice. How
ms IN have become liars at tie
ming Ia le. how ma y periur.d,
how mary bia phemer~. If Eur pc"
says Montesqui,u IS TO b ru ned, it
vii be ~ eaming." Bu'gh, in his
ID "a t. If Human Ns.ue,' sums
up the e., lis o, gaming So follows: '''t
is tha eau of IN i'll te !oss f time, Of
no N ,,,s destruction of money, Of ir-
nts.iag The passions, and stir ng up
a,arlc of innImersble sneakins
tricks and lr4ucs; Of encouragement
Of idleness, of DISCUS ing people a.
ain their prop mp!oym, nts, and
Il >in ling nd oebas LIZ al at is tru-
ly lu~U!e and nobls in the human
soIl'
- Truth does not embrace
the world like the great tidal
wave, sweeping along IN majestic
calmneSs OF power, aud filling ev-
cry creek and estuary; 1t rather
descends in mally tertllIzlng rllls,
from the mountain side; aud 1t Is
better that it descend for the pres
ent, even so than it should flow III