The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-14
Talmage on Sin.

Sin comes TO the young man. 1t says,
nTake Il game of cards-it won't hurt
you. Besides that, it is the way men
make their fortune" 1t is only Z small
stake. See how easy il is. The young
man plays, and wins a horse and car
riage and house-wins fortune. "See
how easy it is" says sin; ''it don't cost
YOU ANYTHING. Look at those young
men who stick 10 their salary, away
down TO the foot of the ladder, while you
are in great prosperity" The young
man is encouraged. He goes and plays
larger and larger; the tide turns against
him, he loses the horse, the carriage,
the house, loses the fortune. Crack.
goes the Sheriff's mallet on the last
household valuation. Down lower the
man falls, until he pitches pennies for
drink, or clutches for devils that
trample him in wild delerinm. ''Ihe
way of the transgressor is hard"
Sin comes to young man and says,
''Take this glass-it won't hurt you. 1t
has very fine flavor. Take a glass in
the morning; it will be an appetizer.
Take glass at noon; it will aid diges-
ton. Take a glass ut night; it will
make you sleep well.n You are in n
glow while others are chilly. How
bright il makes the eye-hOw elastic the
step. One day you meet him and you
say, "What are you doing here at noon?
| thought you were at business
"LOst your place?n God have
mercy upon the young man when,
through misdemeanor, he loses
his place. Every temptation Of hell
takes after him. Hoppled aud hand
cuffed at thirty years of age by evil
habit! Save that young man; he is on
the express train that stops not until it
tumbles over the embankment of per-
ditiOn. "Hhe way of the transgressor
is hard"
SIN comes to a young man and says,
Take dollar out of your employers
drawer; he won't miss it; you can put
it back after awhile. Take another.
take another! Don't you see how easy
it is? Hundreds of dollars added TO
your income in yearr One day the
police knock at the door, and say, AZ
want you" Discovery has come; dis
! grace, Imprisonment, loss OF the soul.
"The way of the transgressOr is hard. -
/ But you need not look through the
wicket of the prison to learn this, and
/ to find the frozen feet, and the bruised
/ brow, and to hear the coughing lungs,
/ resulting from crime. Every man has
l found out by his own experience thal
| the way of the transgressor is hard
/ Sin demeans US; sin isdesperate-it lac
crates, mauls the soul, it chains yOU
/ like dog, it whips you with innumer
able stripes like dog. There is a le
gend abroad of some one of whom i
was fOretold that she would die of ;
serpent's bite. The father TO keep he
away from that, built castle far out il
the sea. He said no serpent cOulC
crawl there; but one day a boat cam,
under the castle, and the daughter saw
grapes in it, and letting down rope
she got the grapes and was eating them
when she fonnd a serpent entwined il
the cluster. Ii stung her and she died
Sin may seem luscious and ripe, and tC
have all the wealth of the vineyard
but at last sit biteth like a serpent anC
stingeth like an adder" OH have
nothing to do with its approaches. II
promises you robe; it will cover YOU
with rags. 1t offers you a chalice o
| luxurious beverage. It will fill you with
wOrmwOOd. 1t promises you q throne
/ 1t will drive you into a kennel.