Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-12-16


of consumption and an untimely grave
1t is in the ballroom, amid the heat OF
the round dance, that young men have
hatched from the hot bed OF the imagl-
nation, their plans to wreck happy
homes and weave webs Of ruin around
innocent victims. bringing thereby grey
hairs OF fathers and mothers in sorrow
to the grave.
1t is IN the may whirl Of the saloon
that dangerous opportunities for wrong
have been cherished and licentious pur-
poses been conceived and developed.
Amid the heartlcss brilliancy OF the
crowded ballroom young men andyounS
ladies as chaste IS snow have suffered
the sensual passions to be sorenaded and
inward purity to be incipientlv blasted.
Social dancing STILES serious retec-
tion,-excites yanity,-annIhilates
profound consciousness of responsibility
to God,-strips secret prayerot lis pow
er,-and browns the protests OF consci-
ence
Adam Clarke was early taught to
dance. In his autobiography he has
written Dancing was to me an un-
mixed mora. evil 1t weakened my
principles and was the first step III HE
of sin. have it in adherence because
of the evil it did to ne. Because OF II
| have seen sons become proflsate and
daughters ruined
| look on the ball room as the step
ping stone to young man rum. 1t Is
there the death seal is stamped on the
brow of purity 1t is there that the sun
of Rirhto business sheds none other than
farewell beams 1t was when ravished
with the lovelineSs of a skillful danssnNe
that Herod presented to a moral female
monster named Hcrodias the rocking
head OF John the BAPTIST.
In autithesis to physicn! nctiU"y ~
The to,Hsh daocs, | place Hc'Uuy an
Cl-,sfs serricp. Earth, air and water
are teeming with busy life. Christ Is
calling for workers among young men F.;
WORKERS in curbing passion and secur'
ing the perfection OF moral manhood
workers in teaching children and guId-
ing other young men TO Chnst,
'lfy YOU cannot in the pulpit
Preach SayOut's dying love
If ,ou cannot point tur .naasesr
To the realms Of bliss "o"'e,
You can teach cSccIed children
10 The cl,y, '.!lo.e, town;
Youc.ng .lher IN the alleys
Jewels fer Emauuc'S crown"
4 second trap for the soul to which
point young men Is
,. lhe card TaJIs.-There ID I
strong propensity in human nature to
gamble. Nightly, for weeks past, gam
bling has been publicly prosecuted near
our market house. y sharp individual
has been selling pocket books and enveI-
opcs, said to contain prizes OF money,
and many have found them to contain
only slips of brown paper. Yet hI9h'
after Mi sht, in hope Of prize, our young
men have depleted their purses to lat
tcnthato of thecntcrprisinS stranger. Inns
fondness for speculation,-thls eXpecta,,
ton of securing large profit on small
ycnture,-this IS the soSt''re ol 8aIhD-
ljno.-cambling that eliminates at the
card table in financial rum.
Gambling has for ages been a master
vice. Tacllus tells Us how universally
the nations OF antiquity were addicted
to it. In France and Germany It has
national recognition and 4 tram OF OIL
cials to supcrintend It,
PLAYING cards for amusement leads
to playing for gain In our large clllsS
are splendid gambling hells where states
men. capitalists and professional men
are constantly stalking their fortune. on
a card and being reduced from "eaIt"
to btggary. - :.
P.aying cards irritatcs the mind in
flames jealousy hate and eA-
hausts the nervous sy,tem.
The gambler cannot be happy The
practice 80 nourishes covctousncss that
the love of gain gradually engulphs the
finer feelings of the soul. The card ia
bile has been theprimary cause OF vast do
mestic ruin and fearful suicides. BY 1t
few have been enriched, while multi
tudes have been beggared. Every week
vounp men commencing lie Win
mothers prayers, become detected de
faulters, Overwhelming honorable ialnl-
lies with shame, as the fruit OF 's"T"n"g
10 piay cards far Gnusemt"t
| knew a gifted stewart OF our church
who at the card table, lost hIs llSt dol
lar and ruined worthy family. knew
cultivated Sunday School Supeiin-
teudent who fell under similar crcum-
stances, and whose tali startled the Con
ference ~ the fall OF All imperial forest
oak rings through the grove.
Young men. the best throw OF tue
dice is to throw them into the street aud
the best move of the cards /. to move
them into the fire
In antithesis to sk,Wul qualification m
the card fabie, present piri"oIq"at.f-
cai;on forfhsfabie 0fihs LoTd The best
table of the earth is thaton which he the
emblems of the broken body and shed
blood of the worlds Redeemer. The
Golden table of Pompey Is beneath
Comparison with it Kings and Priests
unto God alone approach it with profit.
Thousands of earths purest young men
commemorate around 1t the love and
death of jesus. Thousands confess be
fore it their esteem Tor and dependence
on Emmanuel. Thousands there com
mUne with the Savior washed IN HIS
most preciocs blood. 4 qualification
for its great advantages YOU may receive
AZ Won repent of sin and trust the Re